Women's Soccer Shoots Down Mount Ida 5-2 on Senior Day

NEWTON, Mass. (10/18/14) – The Lasell College women's soccer team got four goals from Bridget Lynch as they remained unbeaten in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play with a 5-2 win against Mount Ida College. The win pushed Lasell to 11-4 on the season and 9-0 in league matches while the Mustangs dropped to 3-11-1 overall and 2-6-1 in conference play.

Bridget Lynch scored four goals, two in each half and Megan Cullen added a goal for Lasell as Molly Masiero, Erin Smith and Sarah Jones each tallied assists in the victory. Leah Pappalardo made three saves for Lasell to earn the victory in goal, and Caitlin Greco notched a save in relief.

Alee Bonola and Kristin Daley each scored for Mount Ida, and keeper Nickole Soto made four saves in the loss for the Mustangs.

Bridget Lynch wasted no time in getting the Lasers on the board, making it a 1-0 score with an unassisted goal with a strike from the right side of the box in the 4^th minute of play. Alee Bonola tied the score at 1-1 for Mount Ida when she nodded over the top of Lasell keeper Pappalardo in the 22^nd minute. Bridget Lynch scored her second of the match a few minutes later when she buried a cross from Erin Smith, and Megan Cullen scored a goal late in the half when she took a ball down the left flank past a pair of Mustangs defenders and beat Soto to make it 3-1 for Lasell at the half.

Masiero and Lynch connected two minutes into the second half when Masiero found Lynch with a through ball that Lynch finished to give her a hat-trick, and the senior forward added the icing on the cake on senior day when she scored on a service from Sarah Jones for her fourth goal while making it a 5-1 lead for Lasell. Kristin Daley scored from outside the top of the 18 yard box with a strike just underneath the cross bar in the 89^th minute to produce the final 5-2 score.

Lasell will head to St. Joseph's College of Maine on Tuesday October 22^nd for a 3:30 p.m. kick-off against the Monks.