Lafayette Strikes Late to Upend Men's Soccer in PL Opener, 2-1

Saturday, September 21

Easton, PA

12 PM

Boston University

0-6-1 (0-1-0PL)

Lafayette

5-1-1 (1-0-0PL)

Boston University

Lafayette

Kari Petursson gets ready to attempt a shot against Boston College at Nickerson Field.

Photo by: Rich Gagnon/Boston University

Lafayette Strikes Late to Upend Men's Soccer in PL Opener, 2-1

September 21, 2019 | Men's Soccer

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EASTON, Pa. – Sophomore Kari Petursson netted his first goal of the season, but Lafayette struck again in the 87th minute to defeat the Boston University men's soccer team, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon at Oaks Stadium.

The Leopards (5-1-1, 1-0 PL) used their fourth multi-goal performance of the season to remain perfect at home at 4-0-0 and also hand the Terriers (0-6-1, 0-1 PL) a Patriot League opening loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Leopards earned the game's first corner in the third minute and first shot attempt in the 17th minute.
After the teams went back and forth with dangerous crosses, Lafayette took the lead at 33:53 on Adam Bramson's header off Andrew Venezia's corner kick.
The Terriers withstood another corner kick in the 41st minute and a long throw-in toward the box in the final seconds to keep the deficit at 1-0 entering the locker room.
BU went on a counter to set up senior Matt McDonnell's first shot attempt at 51:49 that went wide left.
After preventing a shot on back-to-back corners in the 60th minute, BU was called with a foul in the box eight minutes later, but junior goalkeeper Michael Stone guessed right and watched the low grounder go wide.
The Leopards had a breakaway following the Terriers' corner kick in the 76th, which led to Stone coming off his line to stop q uick shot attempt.
During the ensuing counter, freshman Marc Roura centered the ball to Petursson, who rifled a shot from 30 yards out inside the left post off the hands of keeper Alex Sutton.
Lafayette retook the lead at 86:10 when Marcos Kitromilides played the ball back to set up Yiannis Panayides hard shot outside the box past a diving Stone.
BU had one more quality look with under 30 seconds remaining after McDonnell headed the ball into the box, but Roura's pressured shot went wide for the loss.

GAME NOTES

Petursson recorded his fourth career goal, while Roura earned his second assist of the season.
The Leopards finished with a 12-4 advantage in shots and 5-1 lead in corners.
Stone tallied all four saves in the game.
With the loss, BU is now 4-2-1 all-time against Lafayette.
Five of BU's six losses this season have been by one goal apiece.

NEXT UP: NORTHEASTERN

The Terriers will continue their five-game road trip at Northeastern on Tuesday (Sept. 24) with a 6 p.m. start time.
NU earned a 2-0 victory at Nickerson Field last season following a 1-1 draw in 2017.