HAMBURG, N.Y. - Tori Walsh (Marystown, Newfoundland) scored the first hat trick in program history and the Falcons scored the most goals in a game in program history as the Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team defeated Hilbert College, 8-0 on Friday evening in a United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) matchup.

Walsh scored one goal in the first and two more in the second period as Albertus put together its most dominant performance in program history. Gabriella Dellacroce had a goal and two assists as did Jaden Garbacik (Howell, Mich.), who scored her first career goal. Lila Whitney (Canton, Conn.) scored her first goal of the season and Alana Laser (San Jose, Ca.) scored her first career goal. Elle Price (Greenwich, Conn.) also added a goal for the Falcons. Both Kayla Clark (Avon, Conn.) and Molly Martin (Buffalo, N.Y.) each had two assists.

Jess Trocchio (Holtsville, N.Y.) made her first start of the season in net, stopping all five shots she faced.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 8 | Hilbert 0

RECORDS: Albertus (5-0, 3-0 UCHC) | Hilbert (0-5, 0-3 UCHC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After dominating possession for the first three minutes of the third period, the Falcons got on the board at the 3:06 mark as Martin provided a centering pass just in front of the net past a Hilbert defender and Whitney was able to put the puck home to make it a 1-0 game.
• Walsh scored her first goal just over five minutes later as she gathered a loose puck off a rebound and fired a shot past Hilbert goaltender, Tia Card to make it a 2-0 game.
• Garbacik scored 54 seconds later to make it a 3-0 game as she took the puck from their own blue line and skated all the way up into Hilbert's zone and floated a shot past Card for the final goal of the first period.
• Just 59 seconds into the second period, Walsh scored her second goal as she took a backhanded pass from Dellacroce and put home a wide open, point-blank shot in front of the net, making it 4-0.
• It only took 74 more seconds to make it a 5-0 game as Price took a wrist shot from the blue line into the back of the net.
• Walsh's historic goal came on the power-play at the 4:01 mark as she took a centering pass from Clark right in front of the open net, making it 6-0.
• Laser scored her goal at the 6:11 mark, stuffing in a loose puck in front of the net.
• Dellacroce scored the final goal of the game with just over four minutes left in the third, as she took a shot through a crowd of players.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Jess Trocchio (W, 1-0-0) 5 Shots on Goal | 5 Saves | 0 Goals Allowed

Hilbert

Tia Card (L, 0-3-0) 10 Shots on Goal | 7 Saves | 3 Goals Allowed

Jewely Monford 51 Shots on Goal | 46 Saves | 5 Goals Allowed

TEAM STATS

Penalties/Minutes

Albertus 1/2 | Hilbert 1/2

Power-play Goals/Opportunities

Albertus 1/1 | Hilbert 0/1

Faceoffs Won

Hilbert 30 | Albertus 27 

NOTEWORTHY

• Walsh has six goals over her last three games. She has at least one point in four of five games.
• Dellacroce and Garbacik each notched their first three-point game of her career.
• Sarah Tatro (Ludlow, Mass.) and Kalyn Reynolds (Newington, Conn.) each had an assist.

UP NEXT

The two teams will play again on Saturday at 2 p.m.