ANNVILLE, Pa. – Three second half goals proved costly as the Albright Lions men's soccer team (4-9-2, 1-4-1 MACC) dropped a 4-0 decision to the Lebanon Valley Dutchmen (9-4-1, 5-1 MACC) on Saturday afternoon at Herbert Field in Annville.

Despite the loss, Albright currently sits two points out of the final playoff spot with two games remaining.

Lebanon Valley struck first at the 21:39 mark of the opening stanza as Kazuya Hirano outran the defense and found the back of the net with his first goal of the season. The Dutchmen held an 8-4 shot advantage in the opening stanza. Albright had perhaps their best chance in the 30^th minute as senior Anthony Parlato's shot was denied by LVC keeper Sean Quirk.

The hosts would strike three times in the first 15 minutes of the second half as Kyle Guissanie took a feed from Kurtis Rineer and his shot bounced off the post and in the net in the 48^th minute. Guissanie assisted on a pair of goals from Peter Foerster in the 53^rd and 60^th minutes to make it a 4-0 game in favor of the hosts.

Lebanon Valley held a 25-6 shot advantage on the afternoon including a 17-2 edge in shots on target. Freshman forward Billy Hanratty had three shots for the Lions

Junior goalie Billy Mullen had a pair of saves in net for Albright and freshman goalie Joshua Cherisien had four. 

Albright is back in action on Wednesday, Oct. 24. when they head to Widener to battle the Pride in a key MAC Commonwealth tilt at 8 p.m.