EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette College men's soccer team picked up its first home victory of the season on Friday night, defeating La Salle, 2-0, at Mike Bourger '44 Field at Oaks Stadium.

The Leopards (4-2) got off to a quick start when sophomore Andrew Venezia found a running freshman Sebastian Varela who headed it home for his first-career goal to open the scoring in the fourth minute.

In the second half of play, junior Ryan Goncalves took a corner kick in the 48^th minute that found the head of junior Dylan Royalty. It slipped passed the La Salle (2-3) goalkeeper to give the Leopards some insurance in a 2-0 lead.

Once again, the Maroon and White was stellar on defense allowing just one shot on goal the entire contest, which freshman Alex Sutton made a routine save on. The backline of senior Joe DeStefano and juniors Christian Williams and Diego Gomera-Tavarez played all 90 minutes in the shutout effort.

Lafayette will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to Fairleigh Dickinson for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Knights.

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