NEWTON, Mass. – The Norwich University men's lacrosse team suffered only its third loss of the season as the Cadets were stymied 15-5 by Lasell University at Grellier Field Tuesday afternoon in a key Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match-up between the top two teams in the conference. 

The Laser defense held Norwich to a season-low five goals, its lowest total since scoring just five goals in an 11-5 setback to Lasell on April 6, 2019. 

The Cadets surrendered six-consecutive goals twice in the game, once in each half, and were held scoreless for 24-straight minutes in the first half and more than 22-consecutive minutes in the second half. Two of Norwich's three losses on the season have come at the hands of the Lasers, something that the team will need to remedy if it's to claim back-to-back, albeit interrupted by a year, GNAC Championships.

Graduate student Chase Kapuscienski led the Lasers with four goals and one assist, and senior Colby Buccheri tallied three goals and three assists. Junior Bash Cunningham contributed three goals and senior Andrew Fidalgo added two goals and three assists. 

Junior goalie Alex Beauchemin earned the win in goal for Lasell, making a career-high 17 saves on 22 shots. Senior Nick Kandra (Crofton, Md.) made 15 saves on 29 shots for Norwich.

Sophomore Callum Jones (Burlington, Ontario) led the team with a goal and an assist while junior Parker Campbell matched his two points with a pair of assists. Senior Payden Masaracchia (Enola, Pa.), notched his 27th goal of the season with a snipe in the first minute of the game to open the scoring.

The Cadets will close out their regular-season schedule Saturday at Saint Joseph's College of Maine at 1 p.m. The GNAC playoffs begin the following week with quarterfinal dates to be finalized once the pairings are set.