NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Lorenzo Lauria (New Haven, Conn.) had two goals and an assist to lift the Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team to a 4-1 win over the University of Hartford on Tuesday evening at Celentano Field in a non-conference game.

Rafael Antonio (Bristol, Conn.) and Michael Abayomi (Berlin, Conn.) each scored their first-career goal for Albertus.

David Lucero (East Haven, Conn.) stopped four shots in goal for the Falcons.

The Falcons have now won two straight games.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 4 | UHart 1

RECORDS: Albertus (3-2-1) | UHart (2-2-1)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It didn't take long for the Falcons to get on the board as Lauria scored his first goal of the game in the fourth minute as he received a cross in the box from Aiden Coelho (Naugatuck, Conn.) and put the ball in the back of a wide-open net.
• In the 34th minute, a free kick from Colby Nardelli (Berlin, Conn.) went into the box, was headed by Lauria, and then headed by Abayomi off the finger tips of UHart goalkeeper, Cristian Vitti into the net to make it a 2-0 lead, one which the Falcons held into halftime.
• Antonio scored his first goal of the season in the 51st minute off of a free kick just outside the box, around a five-man UHart wall and off the fingertips of a diving Vitti to give Albertus the three-goal lead.
• UHart got on the board on a header from David Czubat off of a free kick in the 63rd minute.
• Lauria put the exclamation point on the win in the final minutes. After his initial shot was stopped by Vitti, the rebound came back to Lauria who hit a rocket of a shot from close range into the far side of the net.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

David Lucero (W, 3-2-1) 5 Shots on Goal | 4 Saves | 1 Goal Allowed

UHart

Cristian Vitti (L, 1-1-0) 10 Shots on Goal | 6 Saves | 4 Goals Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: Albertus 13 | UHart 11

SAVES: UHart 6 | Albertus 4

CORNER KICKS: Albertus 3 | UHart 2

FOULS: UHart 15 | Albertus 10

NOTEWORTHY

• Coelho has had at least one point in his last five games.
• It was the second multi-goal game at Albertus for Lauria.

UP NEXT

The Falcons host Hunter College in a non-conference game on Saturday, September 20th at 1 p.m.