WORCESTER, Mass. -The Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team scored three goals in the first period, and Molly Martin had two of her own as the Falcons defeated Anna Maria College, 4-2 on Friday evening.
Martin (Buffalo, N.Y.) scored her goals in the first and third period. Gabriella Dellacroce (Woodbridge, Conn.) and Kayla Clark (Avon, Conn.) also scored for the Falcons.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 4 | Anna Maria 2
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (3-11-2) | Anna Maria (4-9-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Martin got the Falcons on the board early in the first period after Briony Retasket (Beaverton, Ore.) won a faceoff in the offensive zone that found Martin who took a slap shot to the low left side of Anna Maria goaltender Gabrielle Gibson to make it a 1-0 game.
- Less than three minutes later, Dellacroce took a feed from Martin and took a slapshot that went between the legs of Gibson to put Albertus up, 2-0 at the 5:06 mark. The goal chased Gibson from the game, as she was replaced by Sam Dahill.
- Clark got into the scoring action at the 14:31 mark of the first period as she got herself on a breakaway after a pass from Tori Walsh and raced in to shoot the puck over the left shoulder of Dahill to give the Falcons the big 3-0 lead heading into the second period.
- The Amcats scored once in the second period on the power play as Tessa Henry put them on the board to make it a 3-1 game.
- After the Falcons went scoreless for over 35 minutes after the hot start, Martin scored her second goal at 10:12 in the third period.
- The Amcats scored one more time on the power play at the 11:37 mark on a goal from Samantha Rodriguez. However, they were unable to get any more by Albertus goaltender Christmas Johnson (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Christmas Johnson (W, 3-8-2) 39 Shots | 37 Saves | 2 Goals Allowed
Anna Maria
Gabrielle Gibson (L, 0-2-0) 3 Shots | 1 Save | 2 Goals Allowed
Sam Dahill 36 Shots | 34 Saves | 2 Goals Allowed
TEAM STATS
Penalties/Minutes
Albertus 7/14 | Anna Maria 5/10
Power Play Goals/Opportunities
Albertus 0/3 | Anna Maria 2/9
NOTEWORTHY
- It's the third time this season the Falcons have scored three goals in a period and the first time doing it in the first period.
- Martin has now scored four goals in her last three games and has scored a goal in three straight games.
- Albertus now leads the season series, 1-0-1.
- It was the second time this season Clark had three points in a game. She also accomplished the feat in the Falcons' first win over Rivier on December 1.
UP NEXT
The two teams meet again, this time in New Haven on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Ralph Walker Ice Rink.
