SCRANTON, Pa. - The Northampton men's soccer team dropped a non-conference match-up on Saturday afternoon, falling to Division II Lackawanna College, 4-2, at Schautz Memorial Stadium. 

The Spartans fell behind 3-0, before their leading scorer Elijah Ejiofor (Gonesse, France/Pocono Mt. West) deposited a Wisdom Ntona (Johannesburg, South Africa/Queens) pass into the Falcon goal to cut the deficit to 3-1 with 7 minutes remaining in the first half.

The Falcons tacked on another goal midway through the second half, before Northampton finished the scoring with a Cael Anderko (Bath, PA/Northampton) direct kick from 35 yards out with 10 minutes remaining. 

Omar Zatar (Paterson, NJ/Pocono Mt. West) had 4 saves for the Spartans. 

The non-conference loss drops Northampton to 5-4-2 overall, while Lackawanna improves to 1-3-0. 

The Spartans are back on the pitch on Tuesday October 8th when they host Lehigh Carbon Community College at 4pm.