Lasell Bolts Past Men's Lacrosse

Leicester, Mass.- Lasell College defeated Becker College 13-4 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference men's lacrosse action at a rain soaked Alumni Field.

The Lasers jumped in front just 1:17 into the game when Sean Speciale (Hillsborough, N.J.) scored an unassisted goal. Lasell increased their lead 28 seconds later when Dylan Gray (Bayport, N.Y.) added another unassisted goal. The Lasers continued their first quarter attack when they scored two goals in seven seconds, one off the stick of Nick Sampson (Londonderry, N.H.) and one from Jon Elia (East Lyme, Conn.), making the score 4-0.

Elia added to the Lasers lead 1:01 into the second quarter on a feed from Ladson Shaello-Johnson (Binghamton, N.Y.).  Lasell made the score 6-0 with 12:49 remaining in the half when Dylan Gray tallied his third point of the game on an assist from Nick Sampson.

The Hawks finally got on the board with 4:43 remaining in the half when Jeff Petersen (Syracuse, N.Y.) set up reining GNAC Rookie of the Week David Deschenes (Gales Ferry, Conn.) next to the left post for the score. The Becker excitement was short lived as Lasell made the score 7-1 on goal from Dylan Fernandes (Billerica, Mass.) to close out the half.

The Lasers made the score 8-1 when Jon Elia scored his third goal of the game to complete the hat trick. Dylan Gray finished with a game high four goals for the Lasers. Sean Speciale also chipped win with a hat trick.

Becker goalie Michael Munoz (Avon, Conn.) made 11  saves in the loss as the Hawks fell to 6-8 overall and 2-2 in the GNAC. The Hawks will continue GNAC action when they host Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Saturday afternoon at 3pm.

Lasell goalie Eric Walsh (Weymouth, Mass.) turned away six Becker shots as Lasell improved to 6-6 overall and a perfect 4-0 in the GNAC. The Lasers will continue the GNAC portion of the schedule when they host Daniel Webster College on Saturday at 1pm.