WALTHAM, Mass. — In their final regular season game of 2014, Mount Ida travelled to nearby Brandeis University and suffered a 5-0 defeat to the Judges, who are ranked #3 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and #5 in the country by D3soccer.com.

The Mustangs (8-8-1) will turn their attentions to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) postseason tournament, which they will open play in on Saturday afternoon at Albertus Magnus (1:30 pm).

Brandeis, who has allowed just three goals, collected their 13^th clean sheet of the season and improve to 15-1 on the year, matching their 1982 and 1985 squads for the best starts to a season.

Brandeis senior midfielder Andrew Bennie (Plymouth, Mass.) delivered the eventual game-winner in the 18^th minute when he collected a ball just outside the box and struck a laser past Mustang senior goalie Mat Pils (Monroe, Conn.), who made five stops in the loss.

In the 29^th minute, Brandeis senior Tyler Savonen (Orleans, Mass.) continued his climb up the Judges' career scoring list. Savonen put a head to sophomore midfielder Josh Ocel's (North Attleboro, Mass.) corner kick and scored his ninth goal of the season and 35^th of his career. The assist was Ocel's team-leading seventh of the season.

Brandeis scored an own goal in the 30^th minute, when sophomore Mike Lynch (Weymouth, Mass.) crossed a short corner that was deflected in by a Mount Ida defender.

The final two goals came off the foot of junior forward Chris Bradley (East Brunswick, N.J.). In the 34^th minute, he took advantage of keeper misplay and found himself with a wide-open net. Finally, in the 82^nd minute, he made a nice run along the goal line, beat a defender and chipped the ball over Pils for his second career multi-goal game.

Brandeis senior Joe Graffy (Concord, N.H.) made one save for the Judges, while junior Josh Hacunda (Hopkinton, Mass.) cleared a ball off the line late in the game, as the Mustangs got off four shots in the game.

Mount Ida freshman Rob McClafferty (Abington, Mass.) also had a great look at goal in the first half, but sent his attempt just wide left of the post.

Brandeis concludes their regular-season with a three-match University Athletic Association (UAA) road trip, starting at Washington University in St. Louis on Friday at 6 p.m. (5 Central).