ASTON, Pa. - The Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team fell to the Knights of Neumann University on Tuesday evening, 8-3. 

Aliyah Sawyer (Colorado Spring, Co.) scored two goals, the first was her first career goal. Jaime Forrest (East Haven, Conn.) also notched her first career goal.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Neumann 8 | Albertus Magnus 3
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (0-3-1) | Neumann (1-3-0)
BOXSCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Falcons and the Knights traded 15 shots apiece in the first period, however Neumann held the advantage in shots on target 11-6. Kayla Clark (Avon, Conn.) and Molly Martin (Buffalo, N.Y.)  led the Falcons' offensive threat, each tallying two shots on goal. 

With the time dwindling in the first period, the Knights were able to score with only 28 seconds remaining. With the energy on the Knights' side, Neumann scored a second time to stun the Falcons with just 14 seconds until the break.

Despite the Falcons rallying together 17 shots on target in the second period, the Albertus team was unable to score. On the other end, the Knights put together five unanswered goals while three of which were on a power play advantage. 

Sawyer opened the doors for the Falcons' first goal of the evening at the 17:09 minute mark of the third period. After receiving a pass from Briony Retasket (Beaverton, Ore.), Gabriella Dellacroce (Woodbridge, Conn.) sent in a far shot to deflect off Sawyer into the net to take one back from Neumann, 7-1. 

Aliyah Sawyer the Scorer�� pic.twitter.com/o0G3l5I3IA

— Albertus Womens Ice Hockey (@Albertus_WIH) November 7, 2023

Albertus wasn't finished scoring just yet, finding the next goal in a similar fashion as the last. Tori Walsh (Marystown, Newfoundland) hunted down the puck to find Maddy Gootjes (Quispamsis, New Brunswick) who sent in a hard hit shot from distance. The puck took a perfect deflection off of Forrest to score her first career goal. 

Walsh ➡️ Gootjes ➡️ Forrest pic.twitter.com/jh1hqU6fl5

— Albertus Womens Ice Hockey (@Albertus_WIH) November 7, 2023

Despite the Knights finding their eighth goal of the game, Sawyer sprung into action to score her second goal of the evening. Lila Whitney (Canton, Conn.) sent in a cross to touch off Kaitlyn Cunningham (Lakeville, Conn.) to Sawyer to beautifully tip it off her stick into the net.

Sawyer makes it happen AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/nRmeMo0m96

— Albertus Womens Ice Hockey (@Albertus_WIH) November 7, 2023

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Sarah Hoffman (L, 0-2-0) -  12 Shots on Goal | 5 Goals Allowed | 7 Saves
Christmas Johnson - 11 Shots on Goal | 2 Goals Allowed | 9 Saves
Zoey Soost - 13 Shots on Goal | 1 Goals Allowed | 12 Saves
Neumann: Ella Skiborski (W, 2-1-0)- 39 Shots on Goal | 1 Goals Allowed | 38 Saves

BY THE NUMBERS
Penalties/Minutes: Albertus: 9/18 | Neumann 6/15
Power Play Goals/Opportunities: Albertus 0/5 | Neumann 3/7

NOTEWORTHY

• Sawyer and Forrest each notched their first career goal this evening.

UP NEXT
The women's ice hockey team is back in action on Friday, November 10 for the program's home opener at Ralph Walker Skating Rink at 7 p.m.