Men’s soccer ends season with 1st-round collapse to Lehigh

The men’s soccer team fell 3-2 to Lehigh University last Saturday in the first round of the Patriot League Championship, blowing a late 2-0 lead. The loss marked the Leopards’ season finale, following their win against Lehigh last week to keep the season alive. Lafayette College (3-3-3 Patriot League, 4-10-4 overall) opened the scoring against Lehigh (5-3-1 Patriot League, 7-7-5 overall) in the 22nd minute when senior midfielder Samir Dishnica’s indirect free kick found senior midfielder Beaux Lizewski. Lizewski redirected the ball to sophomore forward Tommy Clark, who lofted a shot over the goalkeeper to give the Leopards a 1-0 lead. “My role on those diagonal kicks is to be at the top of the box, and if anything comes out or is deflected, just keep it in play and either get a shot or pass,” Lizewski said. “Samir played it into the box,” he added. “It just happened to fall to me on the top of the box and I saw Tommy was open.

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