PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Samantha Helwig (Northford, Conn.) set a career-high with 17 saves, but the Albertus Magnus College field hockey team lost a 5-0 game to two-time defending Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) champion, Johnson and Wales on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Johnson and Wales 5 | Albertus Magnus 0

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-7, 1-6 GNAC) | Johnson and Wales (10-0, 6-0 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Wildcats took control early and got on the board at the 5:18 mark in the first period as Ava Pontes scored the first of her two goals on a slapshot from 15 yards out to stake them to a 1-0 lead. The Falcons were close to tying the game 11 minutes in but a shot from Paige Scheid (West Orange, N.J.) went just wide of the net, keeping the score, 1-0.

Helwig held the Wildcats scoreless the rest of the way in the first until Margaret Johnson rebounded a shot in front of the net to make it a 2-0 game at the 17:20 mark.

Pontes scored her second goal of the game at 23:02 taking the ball downfield and rolling a shot into the net to make it a 3-0 game, which would remain the same score heading into halftime.

The Wildcats put the game out of reach in the third on a goal from Darian Shepherd at the 38:15 mark

Kameron Marando added the final goal in the fourth in a scrum in front of the net.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus: Samantha Helwig (L, 1-7) 22 Shots on Goal | 5 Goals Against | 4 Saves

Johnson and Wales: Rebecca Johnson 0 SOG | 0 GA | 0 Saves

Sophia Brea: (1-0) 0 SOG | 0 GA | 0 Saves

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Wildcats outshot the Falcons, 46-2 on the day.

NOTEWORTHY

• Helwig's 17 saves were the most by an Albertus goaltender since their final game of the 2022 season against the University of Saint Joseph when Serena Montague had 18 saves.
• There were no assists on any of the Wildcats goals.

UP NEXT

The Falcons head back to New Haven to take on Rivier on Saturday, October 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Celentano Field.