NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team fell at the hands of the Cadets of Norwich University by an 18-5 final score Saturday afternoon in Northfield, Vt.

Katherine Raposo (Warwick, R.I.) led the Falcons' offense with three goals and eight shots on goal, while Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.) had one goal and one assist, and Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.) had one goal. Freshman goalie Chloe Oliver (Milford, Conn.) made 13 saves in a complete-game effort.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Norwich 18 | Albertus Magnus 5
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-5, 0-4 GNAC) | Norwich (3-2, 2-1 GNAC)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
Norwich opened today's game with two goals in the first 2:15 to take a quick 2-0 advantage. The Falcons answered by scoring two of the following three goals to cut the deficit to one, 3-2. Raposo netted the first AMC goal a player down at the 10:21 mark, while Barrett scored next off a pass from Riccio. Norwich retaliated with three goals in the final 3:58 of the first quarter to take a 6-2 lead into the second.

Raposo opened the scoring in the second quarter with an unassisted strike to make it a 6-3 game 1:14 into the frame.

Unfortunately for Albertus, the Cadets scored 10 unanswered goals to build its lead to 13 goals, 16-3, with 12:39 remaining in the game.

The Falcons netted two of the game's last four goals to bring the final score to 18-5. Riccio scored the first goal of the fourth for Albertus, while Raposo netted the team's final tally off an assist from Amanda McGeehan (Milford, Conn.).

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Chloe Oliver (L, 1-4): 18 Goals-Against | 13 Saves | 31 Shots on Goal
Norwich - Katie Bishop-Manning (W, 3-2): 5 Goals-Against | 6 Saves | 11 Shots on Goal

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a 13-6 advantage in saves.
• Albertus was successful on 12-of-15 clear attempts.
• The Bulldogs held a 39-15 lead in shots.
• AMC caused 18 Norwich turnovers.
• Raposo led all players with nine shots and eight shots on goal.
• Bridget Rosikiewicz (Naugatuck, Conn.) paced all players with eight ground balls.

Albertus:
Katherine Raposo: 3 goals | 9 shots | 8 shots on goal | 5 ground balls
Keegan Riccio: 1 goal | 1 assist | 2 shots on goal
Alexandra Barrett: 1 goal | 1 shot on goal | 1 ground ball

Norwich:
Maddie Etherton: 4 goals | 1 assist | 5 shots on goal | 7 ground balls | 2 caused turnovers
Valentina Drown: 2 goals | 3 assists | 5 shots on goal | 3 ground balls
Michaila Furchak: 3 goals | 1 assist | 3 shots on goal | 2 ground balls

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marked the seventh all-time meeting between the Falcons and Cadets.
• Norwich has won all seven meetings in the series.
• Raposo has recorded a hat trick in all but one game this season.
• Barrett has tallied a goal in all six games this year.
• Riccio posted multiple points in each of the last three games.
• Rosikiewicz tied a season-high with eight ground balls.

UP NEXT
The Falcons return to the field on Wednesday, March 30, for a home 5 p.m. bout against the Blazers of Elms College.