Men’s Soccer Drop Decision to Westfield State

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The MCLA Men's Soccer team wrapped up their 2025 season this afternoon when they welcomed the Westfield State Owls to Shewcraft field for a MASCAC skirmish. The Trailblazers managed to lockdown the MASCAC's leading scorer, limiting Westfield's Nick Parakilas to only one shot on net, but four other Owls recorded tallies as MCLA closed out the season with a 4-2 loss.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Friday, October 31, 2025
• Score: Westfield 4, MCLA 2
• Records: Westfield State University Owls 9-3-4 (MASCAC 5-1-2) | MCLA Trailblazers 3-12-0 (MASCAC 1-7-0)
• Series History: Westfield leads the all-time series 26-21-5. The teams battled to a scoreless draw in their meeting last season on October 5, 2024, in Westfield. The Owls took the first-ever meeting of the teams 6-0 in North Adams on October 30, 1967.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Westfield jumped out to an early lead, scoring three times in the first half. The goals were credited to Ethan Margolis (23', assisted by Dylan Wesley), Charlie Anischik (25', unassisted), and Andrew Regnier (39', Matias Otero).
• MCLA got on the board before the end of the first half when Ashton Morris (Gansevoort, NY) (40', Muhlestein) headed home a cross from Luke Muhlestein (Salt Lake City, UT). The goal was the first of the season, and first of his collegiate career for Morris while the assist was the first of the season for Muhlestein.
• The teams traded second half goals when the Owls' Aidan Ferguson (62', Ethan Margolis & Tim Tkacz) stretched the visitor's lead back to three goals.
• The Trailblazers cut it back to two when William Bogue (Schenectady, NY) (83', unassisted) converted on a poor clear attempt by a Westfield defender around the penalty stripe.
• Westfield's Luke Theroux stopped six of the eight shots on net he faced to improve his record to 4-2-2. MCLA's Oliver LeLacheur (Medford, MA) took the loss to fall to 3-11-0.
• LeLacheur entered play today leading the MASCAC with 128 saves, four more than Framingham State's Colin Holt, despite playing in four less games. With LeLacheur's 12 save showing today, Holt will play his regular season finale Saturday night needing 16 saves to tie the MCLA keeper.
• LeLacheur's 140 saves is the second highest in the program's history, trailing only Zach Natale's 145 saves in 2004.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots: Westfield 32, MCLA 11
• Saves: Westfield 6, MCLA 12
• Corner Kicks: Westfield 6, MCLA 1
• Fouls: Westfield 8, MCLA 5

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