NEWTON, Mass. – The Lasell University men's lacrosse team scored 10 consecutive goals in the middle two quarters Tuesday afternoon on the way to a 15-10 victory over New England College in non-conference action at Grellier Field. Lasell improves to 4-2 while NEC drops to 2-2.
Senior Andrew Fidalgo (Wilbraham, Mass.) led the Laser scoring parade with four goals and four assists while collecting a team-high six ground balls. Graduate student Chase Kapuscienski (Grafton, Mass.) added three goals and two assists and juniors James Anderson (Medway, Mass.) and Bash Cunningham (Norwalk, Conn.) tallied three goals each.
Senior Charles Hacking (Canterbury, N.H.) and freshman Lucas Ferreira (Brampton, Ont.) scored three goals for the visitors, and senior Connor Smith (Oakland, Maine) added a pair. Junior Quint Bartush (Norwalk, Conn.) kept the Pilgrims in the game by winning 21 of 27 face-offs and picking up 12 ground balls.
The teams traded goals in the opening period but NEC pulled ahead 5-3 by the end of the frame. The Laser offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring all six goals to give the hosts a 9-5 lead at halftime. Kapuscienski tallied three goals in the quarter, while Cunningham, Fidalgo and sophomore Nate Taggart (Scarborough, Maine) scored one each, the first of his career for Taggart.
Fidalgo scored the first three goals of the third quarter for Lasell and then set up junior Jordan Hines (Essex Jct., Vt) for a goal as the Lasers ballooned their lead to 13-5. Ferreira scored twice for NEC in the final two minutes of the third to cut the margin to 13-7, but couldn't stage a comeback in the fourth quarter and Lasell went on to the win.
Junior Alex Beauchemin (Westfield, Mass.) made 16 saves to earn the win in the Laser goal. Freshman Michael Catalano (Norwood, Mass.) made 10 saves for NEC.
Lasell will be home again on Saturday with a big Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match-up against Norwich University at 1 p.m. The Cadets upset the top-seeded Lasers in the 2019 GNAC championship, 8-6. NEC plays again next Wednesday, April 14, at home against Keene State College at 7 p.m.
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