NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team suffered an 18-4 home loss to the Raiders of Rivier University Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action at Celentano Field.

Jayme Toro (East Haven, Conn.) (1g, 1a) and Andrew Luzzi (East Haven, Conn.) (1g, 1a) both finished tied for the team lead in points with two. Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.) made 19 saves for the Falcons in a busy day in the cage.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Rivier 18 | Albertus Magnus 4
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (5-7, 1-5 GNAC) | Rivier (9-2, 4-2 GNAC)
LOCATION: Celentano Field
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Falcons began today's game with the opening goal, scoring 2:37 into the contest. Andrew Ten (Trumbull, Conn.) found the back of the net first for Albertus. Ten fired a pass from Luzzi into the top-right corner of the cage to kick off the game's scoring.

Rivier answered with the bout's next eight goals. As a result, the Raiders built an 8-1 advantage by the 12:24 mark of the second quarter.

Albertus held Riv off the scoreboard for the next 8:09 before scoring with 4:15 left in the first half. Luzzi netted his first goal of the day by face-dodging one defender before bouncing a shot past the keeper.

Unfortunately for the Falcons, the Raiders added six more unanswered goals to their tally to take a 14-2 lead with 3:08 left in the third.

Toro brought an end to the Falcons' scoring drought with 3:08 remaining in the third. On the man-up, Toro drove from the left side of the zone and beat a defender before scoring past the keeper on his left side.

The Raiders tallied four of the game's final five goals to earn an 18-4 GNAC victory. Cody Walczak (Killingworth, Conn.) recorded AMC's final goal at the 7:59 mark of the fourth. Again on the man-up, Walczak set up right in front of the crease, where Toro found him for the score.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Dane Walsh (L, 5-6): 18 Goals-Against | 19 Saves | 37 Shots on Goal | 59:16
Judah LaRose: 0 Goals-Against | 0 Saves | 0 Shots on Goal | 00:44
Rivier - Sawyer Gagnon (W, 9-2): 2 Goals-Against | 5 Saves | 7 Shots on Goal | 38:10
Samuel Tibbetts: 1 Goal-Against | 2 Saves | 3 Shots on Goal | 13:37
Ryan Palmer: 1 Goal-Against | 1 Save | 2 Shots on Goal | 8:13

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a 19-8 lead in saves.
• Albertus won 12 of 26 faceoffs.
• AMC tallied three man-up goals.
• The Falcons corralled 31 ground balls.
• Zaheim Wilkins (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) paced Albertus with seven shots.

Albertus:
Jayme Toro: 1 goal | 1 assist | 3 shots | 1 shot on goal | 2 ground balls
Andrew Luzzi: 1 goal | 1 assist | 4 shots | 1 shot on goal | 4 ground balls | 1 caused turnovers
Andrew Ten: 1 goal | 3 shots | 3 shots on goal | 4 ground balls

Rivier:
Michael Ference: 4 goals | 3 assists | 8 shots | 4 shots on goal | 3 ground balls
Sawyer Hall: 3 goals | 2 assists | 6 shots | 4 shots on goal
Chris Heitmiller: 3 goals | 9 shots | 6 shots on goal | 3 ground balls | 2 caused turnovers

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marked the seventh all-time meeting between the Falcons and Raiders.
• Toro has tallied multiple points in back-to-back contests.
• Luzzi has recorded multiple points in six games this season.
• Walsh has posted 18-plus saves in five straight contests.

UP NEXT
The Albertus men's lacrosse team will be back in action on Wednesday, April 13, for a road GNAC contest against Johnson & Wales (R.I.) University at 7 p.m.