NEWTON, Mass. – Suffolk men's soccer returned to the win column with a 1-0 victory over Lasell Wednesday night at Taylor Field. The victory wrapped up a three-game road trip for the Rams.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Lasell 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-2-2) | Lasell (1-3-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring was limited Wednesday night. Neither team managed to break on the board in the first set of 45 minutes and it took nearly 15 minutes into the second stanza before the scoreless action was broken. Brady Sorensen converted a set-up by Aiden McLaughlin to put the Rams on the board in the 75th minute.
The one-goal gap remained in the Rams favor the rest of the way as Suffolk's defense backed up Xander Balog. The blue-and-gold backline blocked a pair of shots and the sophomore's goalie gloves gobbled up the lone attempt on target the rest of the way to preserve the victory.
NETMINDER NOTES
- Balog finished with four saves.
- Gabrielus Bazikus logged four stops in the setback.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Sorensen scored the lone goal in the contest.
- McLaughling recorded one assist.
- Suffolk outshot Lasell, 18-10.
- The Rams had five shots on target compared to the Lasers four.
- The blue-and-gold took 70 percent (7-10) of the game's corner kick attempts.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk moved to 6-8-4 all-time against Lasell.
- The Rams have won back-to-back battles against the Lasers.
- The blue-and-gold moved to 3-4-2 when playing at Lasell.
- The shutout decision marks the eighth cleansheet in the all-time series since 2002. Suffolk is now 3-4-1 in shutouts against Lasell.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0-0, against the Lasers under Bill Maddock's guidance.
- Both wins over the Lasell in the Maddock era have come in shutout fashion.
- The Rams kept their third opponent off the scoreboard this season.
- McLaughlin tallied his first collegiate point, an assist.
POST-GAME PIC
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is back at East Boston Memorial Park Saturday, Sept. 24 for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) clash against Endicott at 3 p.m.