ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY - Despite a pair of goals from Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.) and Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.), the Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team suffered a 19-6 road loss to the Raptors of Bard College Saturday afternoon in non-conference play at Ferrari Field. 

THE BASICS
FINAL: Bard 19 | Albertus Magnus 6
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (0-2) | Bard (1-1)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bard kicked off the opening stanza with the early two-goal lead over the Falcons until back-to-back goals from Barrett at the 10:08 and 5:51 mark evened the contest at 2-2. 
• Barrett's second tally of the game was responsible by Amanda McGeehan (Milford, Conn.), who scooped up the ground ball following a save attempt from Bard's Lexie Blackburn and found an open Barrett cutting through the defense.
• The Raptors, however, closed out the first period with two unanswered goals, doubling their lead heading into the second, 4-2.
• Bard controlled the following 15 minutes of play as the hosts outscored the Falcons, 5-1, to take a 9-3 lead at the half.
• The Falcons' lone goal of the second period came on a free position shot from Riccio at the 5:53 mark.
• Albertus saw its deficit grow to eight, 11-3, with 7:44 left in the third period, but thanks to back-to-back goals from Kaitlin D'Agostino (Hamden, Conn.) and a man-up goal from Laila Webb (Montclair, N.J.) the Falcons trimmed the deficit to five, 11-6.
• From there, the Raptors put the game out of reach and held the Falcons scoreless for the remainder of the game to secure the non-conference 19-6 victory.
• Falcon keeper Kelly Musante (Wallingford, Conn.) recorded a nine-save performance over 60 minutes of play. 

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus:
Alexandra Barrett: 2 goals | 2 shots on goal | 2 ground balls
Kaitlin D'Agostino: 2 goals | 5 shots on goal | 3 ground balls | 8 draw controls 
Keegan Riccio: 1 goal | 5 shots on goal | 3 ground balls | 2 draw controls | 1 caused turnover
Laila Webb: 1 goal | 1 shot on goal | 1 ground ball

Bard:
Sarah Child: 7 goals | 12 shots on goal | 3 ground balls, 3 draw controls | 1 caused turnover
Lily Clough: 4 goals | 5 shots on goal | 4 ground balls | 1 caused turnover
Izzi Popolizio: 3 goals | 7 assists | 3 shots on goal | 4 ground balls

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game was the first meeting between the two programs.
• Bard and Albertus finished 2-for-3 in free-position shots.
• The Raptors won the draw-control battle by a 17-12 margin.
• D'Agostino led the Falcons in won draw controls for the second straight game with eight. 
• McGeehan earned her first assists of the season. 
• Along with Riccio, Lillian Woods (New London, N.Y.), Annamarie DeLucia (North Haven, Conn.), and Samantha Helwig (Northford, Conn.) collected a caused turnover. 

UP NEXT

The women's lacrosse team returns to action on Tuesday, March 14, with a road non-conference tilt against Maritime (N.Y.). Game time is set for 4PM.