BRONX, N.Y. - The Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team fell on the road to the Privateers of SUNY Maritime by a final score of 21-5 on Monday afternoon in a non-conference matchup.

Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.) and Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.) each tallied a team-high two goals, while Kaitlin D'Agostino (Hamden, Conn.) recorded one goal. Barrett also registered two assists for the Falcons.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Maritime 21 | Albertus Magnus 5
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (0-5) | Maritime (4-1)
BOX SCORE

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The Privateers came out of the gate with five consecutive goals in the first five minutes of the game until a goal from Barrett at the 9:16 mark ended the hosts' streak, bringing the score to 5-1.

• Maritime closed out the first period tallying seven additional goals to take a commanding 12-1 lead over the Falcons.

• The Privateers struck first in the second period with a goal two minutes from Morgan Tracy, but the Falcons countered back with a good goal from D'Agostino following a nice feed from Barrett with 10:54 left on the clock.

• Shortly after, the Privateers increased their lead by 12, 14-2, when Avery Jillson Neuwirth scored off an assist by Mary Cirelli.

• With one second on the clock, Riccio scored her first of the game off a pass from Barrett to bring the score to 14-3 before the halftime buzzer.

• Emily Commodore opened up the third period with an unassisted goal for the Privateers at the 10:11 mark before the Falcons sprung into action with back-to-back goals from Riccio and Barrett to cut the deficit to 10, 15-5.

• The Falcons saw the lead grow back to 12, 17-5, at the end of three quarters following a pair of goals from Cirelli. 

• The Falcons could not find the back of the net in the fourth period, conceding four goals in the final 15 minutes to end the game at 21-5.

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus:
Alexandra Barrett: 2 goals | 2 assists | 6 shots | 5 ground balls | 3 caused turnovers
Keegan Riccio: 2 goals | 4 shots | 1 ground ball | 2 draw controls
Kaitlin D'Agostino: 1 goal | 3 shots | 3 ground balls | 8 draw controls  

Maritime:
Gabrielle Nicolosi: 5 goals | 5 assists | 11 shots | 2 ground balls | 1 caused turnover
Morgan Tracy: 5 goals | 6 shots | 3 ground balls | 1 draw control
Avery Jillson Neuwirth: 2 goals | 3 assists | 5 shots | 2 ground balls | 1 caused turnover

NOTEWORTHY

• The game was the first meeting in history between the two programs.
• The Privateers outshot the Falcons, 44-22, and held the 27-15 edge in ground balls.
• Barrett posted a team-high six shots, while Amanda McGeehan (Milford, Conn.) and Riccio each tallied four.
• Barrett led the defensive unit with three caused turnovers.
• McGeehan and Isabella Antonucci (Orange, Conn.) also collected a caused turnover.
• D'Agostino won eight of the Falcons' 11 draw controls. 

UP NEXT

The women's lacrosse team returns to action on Saturday, March 25, with a GNAC home game against Norwich University at 1PM at Celentano Field.