LA PLUME, Pa. - Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.) set the program record for career saves and Cooper Strecker (Chester, Conn.) scored four goals with two assists, but the Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season in a 13-11 defeat by the hands of Keystone College in non-conference play.
Bailey Kirwin (Barrie, Ontario) scored three times, while Jeremy Tremblay (Orford, Quebec) scored twice.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Keystone College 13 | Albertus Magnus 11
RECORDS: Albertus (1-1) | Keystone (2-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Keystone scored the first three goals of the game as Tyler McManus scored twice, giving the Giants a 3-0 lead at the 13:29 mark of the second.
- Albertus broke out of its scoreless spell almost 20 minutes into the game as Strecker scored his first goal of the game, which started a streak of four straight goals for the Falcons and gave them their first lead of the game. Shane Kelly (Madison, Conn.) scored just 32 seconds later on a man-up situation after receiving a pass from DaKari Coleman (Norwalk, Conn.) and ripping an underhanded shot past Keystone goaltender, Edwin Himmel-Maines.
- With the Giants leading 3-2 in the second period, Walsh made a stop on Wilson Ingalls. The stop was the 729th of his career, surpassing the career save mark of Jack Kerner.
- Kirwin tied the game on another man-up situation at the 8:27 mark of the second receiving a pass from Strecker, faking a pass near the net and stuffing it into the net, making it a 3-3 game. Tremblay gave the Falcons its first lead of the game, slipping between two defenders and getting knocked to the ground while taking a shot to put Albertus up, 4-3.
- McManus scored his third of the game to Keystone, but Kirwin answered at the 2:55 mark to give Albertus a 5-4 lead. In a frantic final 1:19 of the first half, Cam Wallace scored twice in 46 seconds to put the Giants up 6-5, but with 13 seconds remaining in the half, Strecker scored his second of the game racing down the field to fire one past Himmel-Maines to tie the game 6-6 going into halftime.
- Wallace put the Giants back in front 7-6 just over a minute into the third quarter and Strecker scored his third on another man-up goal for the Falcons at the 11:10 mark.
- Keystone went back up by two with goals from Ryan Smith and Wilson Ingalls just 54 seconds apart, but Sean Keenan scored with 2:27 left off a pass from Tremblay. Tremblay then tied the game with 42 seconds left in the third quarter falling down towards the crease and as he let the shot off, making it 9-9 into the fourth.
- The fourth period got off to a rough start for Albertus as the Giants scored three times in less than three minutes in. Ingalls and Smith scored their second of the game and Abe Wallace scored his first of two. Kirwin got his hat trick at the 7:49 mark, but Abe Wallace then scored his second of the period putting the Giants up, 13-10. Strecker would add the Falcons fourth man-up goal of the game with 13 seconds left.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Dane Walsh (L, 1-1) 32 Shots | 19 Saves | 13 Goals Allowed
Keystone
Edwin Himmel-Maines (W, 2-0) 24 Shots | 13 Saves | 11 Goals Allowed
BY THE NUMBERS
SHOTS: Keystone 52 | Albertus 38
GROUND BALLS: Keystone 48 | Albertys 34
CLEARS: Albertus 27/39 | Keystone 24/33
MAN-UP: Albertus 4/10 | Keystone ⅕
TOP PERFORMERS
Albertus
- Cooper Strecker 4 Goals | 2 Assists | 10 Shots on Goal
- Bailey Kirwin 3 Goals | 2 Assists
- Jeremy Tremblay 2 Goals | 1 Assist | 3 Ground Balls
Keystone
- Cam Wallace 3 Goals | 4 Shots On Goal | 2 Ground Balls
- Cody Dembski 12 Ground Balls
- Abe Wallace 3 Goals | 2 Assists | 8 Shots on Goal
- Tyler McManus 3 Goals | 2 Assists
NOTEWORTHY
- Strecker has already matched his goal total from last season with eight goals in just two games.
- Kirwin now has at least a hat trick in his first two games of the season.
- It was just the second all-time meeting between the two teams. The series is now tied, 1-1.
UP NEXT
The Falcons open up their home schedule as they host St. Joseph's (L.I.) at 1 p.m. at Celentano Field on March 2.
