NEWTON, Mass. - Junior Kader Price (Walden, N.Y.) scored a team-high two goals as the Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team fell on the road to the Lasers of Lasell University, 28-4, Tuesday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Lasell 28 | Albertus Magnus 4
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (7-5, 1-5 GNAC) | Lasell (7-5, 5-1 GNAC)
BOX SCORE

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Lasell controlled the opening 12 minutes of the play as the hosts scored six unanswered goals to take the early lead over the Falcons.
• Albertus' first goal of the game came from Price, who scored off an assist from Jon Olson (Bellmore, N.Y.) at the 1:34 mark.
• Shortly after, the Lasers' offense notched its seventh goal of the evening with 51 seconds remaining in the first quarter, but the Falcons retaliated in the final four seconds when Cooper Strecker (Chester, Conn.) found Bailey Kirwin (Barrie, Ontario) to score.
• With a five-goal advantage, 7-2, over the Falcons, Lasell went on a five-goal run to kick off the second quarter until the 8:01 mark as Albertus' Olson thwarted the run when he sent it between the pipes past the keeper, bringing the score to 12-3. 
• With the clock ticking down, the Lasers pushed four goals past Falcon keeper Wally Carroll (Longbeach, N.Y.) to close out the half, 16-3.
• Lasell controlled the third quarter, outscoring the Falcons 5-0 for a dramatic 18-goal lead, 21-3.
• The Lasers kicked off the fourth quarter with a goal by Patrick Mulhern before Price kicked into action for the Falcons, scoring his second goal of the game.
• Lasell closed out the game with six unanswered goals to bring the final score to 28-4.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.) (L, 6-5) - 18 Goals-Against | 11 Saves | 29 Shots
Albertus: Wally Carroll - 10 Goals-Against | 6 Saves | 16 Shots
Lasell: Michael Catalano (W, 7-5) - 3 Goals-Against | 3 Saves | 6 Shots

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus:
Kader Price - 2 Goals | 3 Shots | 1 Caused Turnover
Jon Olson - 1 Goal | 1 Assist | 5 Shots | 1 Ground Ball
Bailey Kirwin - 1 Goal | 4 Shots | 4 Ground Balls

Lasell:
Patrick Mulhern - 4 Goals | 2 Assists
Jack Tauson - 1 Goal | 4 Assists | 2 Shots | 6 Ground Balls | 2 Caused Turnovers
Ryan Stone - 3 Goals | 1 Assist | 4 Shots | 4 Ground Balls
Landon Reye - 3 Goals | 1 Assist | 6 Shots

NOTEWORTHY

• This is the 10th all-time meeting between the two schools.
• Albertus and Lasell each won 17 face-offs.
• Olson's tally in the second quarter was his 34th of the season.
• Following today's two-goal performance, Price moves his season goal total to 15, ranking him fourth on the team in scoring.
• Kirwin increased his goal total to 14 after scoring one goal this evening in the road setback. 
• Strecker and Price each tallied a caused turnover for the defensive unit.

UP NEXT
The men's lacrosse team is back in action on Saturday, April 15, with a GNAC road contest against the Cadets of Norwich University. The game is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start.