NEW LONDON, N.H. — Despite Ella Welton's (Cliffwood, N.J.) 14 saves in the box, the Albertus Magnus College field hockey team fell to Great Northeast Athletic Conference opponent Colby-Sawyer College, 5-0, on the road on Saturday.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Colby-Sawyer College 5 | Albertus Magnus 0

RECORDS: Albertus (0-5, 0-3 GNAC) | Colby-Sawyer (4-3, 2-1 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Colby-Sawyer came out aggressive on offense as Welton denied a pair of host shots in the first two and a half minutes. Welton redirected a Brooke Farquhar shot six minutes into the opening quarter, but the Charger forward found her own ricocheted attempt and managed to tip it in four seconds later.
• Amber DeJonge (Grand Rapids, Mich.) attempted the first shot for Albertus, but goalkeeper Ashlee Blashock was there to swat it away nine minutes into the first, followed by a saved shot off the stick of Melina Tarzia (Stamford, Conn.) seven seconds later.
• Tarzia had three straight penalty corners in the first period, but the Falcons couldn't connect with the back of the net.
• Welton stood tall for five more Charger shots, but Ashley Pelletier managed to squeak past the first-year off a penalty corner by the home team's Aili Carney with 36 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.
• With less than a minute remaining in the half, Tarzia drew a penalty corner as DeJonge almost put the Falcons' on the board before Blashock turned the shot away, however, DeJonge was awarded a penalty stroke that just went wide of the net.
• The Chargers tallied three more goals across the third and fourth periods.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Ella Welton (L, 0-5) 19 Shots on Goal | 14 Saves | 5 Goals Allowed

Colby-Sawyer

Ashlee Blashock (W, 1-0) 3 Shots on Goal | 3 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: Colby-Sawyer 27 | Albertus 4

PENALTY CORNERS: Colby-Sawyer 17 | Albertus 6 

NOTEWORTHY

• Welton moves up to fifth all-time in single-season saves and fourth most in career saves with 77.
• Welton becomes the first rookie goalkeeper to tally 77 or more saves in the first five contests and third overall across the first five.

UP NEXT

Albertus remains on the road as they travel to non-conference foe Manhattanville on Monday for a 4 p.m. contest.