NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse suffered a 16-4 home loss to Nichols College in non-conference action on Thursday evening at Celentano Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Nichols 16 | Albertus Magnus 4
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-2) | Nichols (4-2)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Falcons and Bison traded scores early on in today's game, with Katherine Raposo (Warwick, R.I.) netting the first goal for AMC. With the score tied at one, Nichols retook the lead with back-to-back strikes to make it a 3-1 game with 4:55 remaining in the first. Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.) ended the visitor's run at the 3:57 mark, but two more goals by the Bison sent Albertus into the second trailing 5-2.

Nichols kicked off the second quarter with a goal to make it a four-goal lead, 6-2, before AMC answered with a tally from Annamarie DeLucia (North Haven, Conn.), the first of her collegiate career. DeLucia sent a pass to the front of the net, but a fortunate deflection turned it into a shot as the ball rolled by the opposing keeper for the goal. Unfortunately for Albertus, the Bison ended the half with two more goals to take an 8-3 lead into the break.

The Bison's stellar play continued into the third quarter, as the road squad scored eight consecutive goals in the half to build a 16-3 lead with 3:55 remaining in the game. Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.) scored the game's final goal off an assist from Raposo to settle the final score at 16-4 Nichols.

In net, Chloe Oliver (Milford, Conn.) made 10 saves, one shy of her season-high.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Chloe Oliver (L, 1-2): 16 Goals-Against | 10 Saves | 26 Shots on Goal
Nichols - Sabrina Dembro (W, 4-2): 4 Goals-Against | 6 Saves | 10 Shots on Goal

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Bison owned a 42-15 lead in shots.
• Nichols owned a slim advantage in ground balls, 19-14.
• The Bison scored one women-up goal.
• Raposo led Albertus with six shots and three shots on goal.

Albertus:
Katherine Raposo: 1 goal | 1 assist | 3 shots on goal | 1 ground ball

Nichols:
Brooke Pelley: 4 goals | 2 assists | 5 shots on goal | 1 ground ball
Hadley Houghton: 4 goals | 1 assist | 6 shots on goal | 2 ground balls | 2 caused turnovers
Rebecca Taylor: 3 goals | 3 shots on goal
Mackenzie Doran: 2 goals | 1 assist | 5 shots on goal | 1 ground balls

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marked the first-ever meeting between Albertus and Nichols.
• DeLucia netted the first goal of her career.
• Raposo scored her team-leading 13th goal of the season.
• Barrett has scored a goal in every game this year.
• Oliver has made double-digit saves in back-to-back games.

UP NEXT
The Falcons return to the field on Saturday, March 19, for a 1 p.m. road bout against the Raiders of Rivier University in Nashua, N.H.