Lasell men鈥檚 lacrosse drops third straight game to Mount Saint Mary鈥檚
NEWTON, Mass. (BVM) 鈥撀� The Lasell Lasers men鈥檚 lacrosse team fell to 0-3 on the season as they lost at home to the Mount Saint Mary鈥檚 Knights 12-11. The loss leaves the Lasers still searching for their first win under new head coach Dieter Treusdell.
The Lasers got off to a strong start in this game as they took a quick two goal lead in the opening minutes with goals from junior Nate Taggart and sophomore Anthony DeRosa. The Knights responded with a goal of their own from senior Coly Martin with just over six minutes left in the first quarter.
The Lasers then responded with two goals in 47 seconds from senior Jordan Hines and freshman Ryan Stone. The Knights pulled back one late in the quarter thanks to Martin鈥檚 second goal of the game. Martin would go on to lead the Knights with four goals in the win.聽
The Knights carried that momentum into the second quarter with junior Ryan Olmstead and Martin scoring back–to–back goals in eight seconds.
Less than three minutes later the Lasers went back up by two with goals from Hines and Stone. The half would finish with Lasell up 8-5 as senior Bash Cunningham sniped a goal with just three seconds left on the clock.聽
The game stayed tight in the second half, but eventually the Lasers were able to build a three goal lead going into the fourth quarter as DeRosa and Cunningham both added to their tallies on the day. Martin and sophomore Kaleb Pullis each added a goal in the third quarter to keep the Knights af濒辞补迟.听
Down 10-7 in the fourth quarter, the Knights mounted an incredible comeback scoring three straight goals as junior Nick Gurello, sophomore Sean Mueller and junior Mike Travers all found the back of the net to square the game up at 10 a piece.
With just over five minutes left DeRosa completed his hat trick to snatch the lead back for the Lasers. The Knights did not go away as sophomore Xavier Rodriguez found the back of the net less than a minute later.
With 37 seconds to go in regulation junior Maxwell Greenwright scored his first goal of the season to power the Knights past the Lasers. The goal came off a ground ball that managed to roll past a scrum of players and Lasell senior goaltender Alex Beuchmin. The goal also capped off a five goal quarter for the Knights.
While disappointed, Lasers鈥� head coach Treusdell did acknowledge that there were some positives from the loss.聽
鈥淥ffensively we started to click for the first time this year, really in the first half. Our defense was playing well in the first half,鈥� Treusdell said.聽
Going forward Treusdell stated the Lasers need to get better from this loss.聽
鈥淛ust getting better from the loss. We don鈥檛 want to be 0-3 but we have to learn from this game,鈥� the Lasers coach said. 鈥淰ery much ahead most of the game and then we let it slip away at the end, so playing four quarters completely, keeping our composure, staying out of the penalty box, and coming up with ground balls at the end, that鈥檚 something we got to take with us moving forward.鈥�
The reigning Great Northeast Athletic Conference champions will face UMASS Boston on the road in their next game on Tuesday.
