NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse celebrated its Senior Day before its 19-7 home setback against Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) foe Norwich University on Saturday afternoon at Celentano Field.

The Falcons honored Derek Ralston (Guilford, Conn.), Noah Silva (Westerly, R.I.), Tyler Landsiedel (Stamford, Conn.), Jayme Toro (East Haven, Conn.), Andrew Luzzi (East Haven, Conn.), and Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.) for their dedication to the team over their tenures. In today's game, Walsh broke the single-season saves record for AMC, ending the day with 253 stops this year. 

THE BASICS
FINAL: Norwich 19 | Albertus Magnus 7
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (5-10, 1-8 GNAC) | Norwich (14-1, 9-0 GNAC)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cadets opened today's game with the first three goals before the Falcons halted the run at the 3:11 mark. After receiving a pass from Toro, Ralston netted AMC's first goal on Senior Day to make it a 3-1 Albertus deficit. Norwich concluded the frame with a goal with 1:04 remaining to send the Cadets into the second up 4-1.

Norwich ended the second quarter with all of the goals in the frame. The Cadets recorded six unanswered tallies in the period to take a 10-1 advantage into the halftime break.

Cody Walczak (Killingworth, Conn.) kicked off the second half with a goal 1:36 into the third. Zaheim Wilkins (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) began his impressive day with an assist on the Walczak score.

Following a Norwich goal, Shane Kelly (Madison, Conn.) netted his eighth goal of the spring at the 9:30 mark to cut the AMC deficit to 11-3.

The Cadets scored the following three goals before the Falcons answered with a 3-1 run by the 2:43 mark of the third quarter. Wilkins scored all three goals over the Albertus surge, sniping the corner of the cage on all three strikes. Norwich ended the run with a goal 30 seconds before the end of the frame, sending the Falcons into the fourth quarter trailing 16-6.

The Cadets tallied three of the four goals in the fourth quarter, sealing a 19-7 road GNAC win. Wilkins concluded his stellar day with a man-up strike on an assist from Kelly in the fourth.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Dane Walsh (L, 5-10): 19 Goals-Against | 12 Saves | 31 Shots on Goal
Norwich - Andrew Vernon (W, 3-1): 1 Goal-Against | 12 Saves | 13 Shots on Goal | MIN: 30:00
Andrew Morgan: 3 Goal-Against | 1 Save | 4 Shots on Goal | MIN: 11:10
Luke Boland: 3 Goal-Against | 4 Save | 7 Shots on Goal | MIN: 18:50

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons won 15-of-29 face-offs.
• Albertus picked up 35 ground balls to Norwich's 43.
• AMC had 11 successful clear attempts.
• The Cadets held a slim 17-18 advantage in turnovers.
• The Falcons scored two man-up goals.
• Wilkins paced Albertus with seven shots, all of which were on goal.

Albertus:
Zaheim Wilkins: 4 goals | 1 assist | 7 shots on goal | 2 ground balls | 1 caused turnovers
Shane Kelly: 1 goal | 1 assist | 3 shots on goal | 1 ground ball
Derek Ralston: 1 goal | 5 shots on goal | 7 ground balls | 1 caused turnovers

Norwich:
Parker Campbell: 5 goals | 4 assists | 7 shots on goal |
Payden Masaracchia: 5 goals | 2 assists | 6 shots on goal | 5 ground balls
Callum Jones: 2 goals | 1 assist | 4 shots on goal | 3 ground balls

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marked the seventh all-time meeting between the Falcons and Cadets.
• With 12 saves today, Walsh broke the Albertus single-season saves record.
• Wilkins set new career-highs with four goals and five points.
• Kelly recorded his third multi-point game of the year.
• Walczak tied a career-high with 10 goals this season.
• Ralston paces AMC with 25 points in 2022.

UP NEXT
The Falcons conclude the season on the road with a road GNAC bout against Emmanuel (Mass.) College. The opening face-off is slated for 7 p.m. at Clemente Field in Boston, Mass.