CHICOPEE, Mass. — The Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team fell, 15-3, to Elms College in a Great Northeast Athletic (GNAC) contest on Saturday.

Geena Montano (Wallingford, Conn.) and Julianna Montano (Wallingford, Conn.) each scored their first career goal and Alexys Signor (North Haven, Conn.) added goal for the Falcons. Tiffanie Ly (Branford, Conn.) and Amber DeJonge (Grand Rapids, Mich.) both recorded an assist.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Elms College 15 | Albertus Magnus 3

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (0-4, 0-2 GNAC) | Elms (1-3, 1-1 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Less than five minutes into the opening quarter, G. Montano connected for the unassisted tally to put the Falcons up, 1-0, at 9:28 in the period. The first-year's goal was setup by a caused turnover and groundball by Sarah Hoffman (Springfield, Va.).
• Elms scored three goals in the first as Jackie Cronin delivered two back-to-back, including a player-down goal and Greta Frankwicz netted a free position shot with 34 seconds remaining.
• Frankwicz and Cronin collectively tallied the next three Blazer goals, before J. Montano narrowed the deficit to within four off the pass from Ly with 27 seconds left before halftime. After a shot by the hosts ricocheted off the post, Moira O'Brien (Wilbraham, Mass.) scooped up the groundball followed by a successful clear for Albertus which lead to the goal.
• In the third period, the hosts notched four goals but Signor capitalized on the shorthanded Blazers for a player-up goal at 3:23 with the assist from DeJonge.
• Elms closed out the third with another goal and four in the final period.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

• Maya Dias (L, 0-2) 22 Shots | 11 Saves | 11 Goals Allowed
• Victoria McDermott 4 Shots | 0 Saves | 4 Goals Allowed

Elms

• Marisa LaRocque (W, 1-4) 4 Shots | 1 Save | 3 Goals Allowed

TEAM STATS

• SHOTS: Elms 38 | Albertus 12
• GROUND BALLS: Elms 24 | Albertus 15
• CLEARS: Elms 14/17 | Albertus 11/27
• DRAW CONTROLS: Elms 15 | Albertus 7

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Albertus

• Geena Montano 1 Goal | 4 Shots | 1 SOG
• Briony Retasket 2 Ground Balls | 1 Draw Control | 4 Caused Turnovers

Elms

• Jackie Cronin 7 Goals | 4 Assists | 11 Shots | 10 SOG | 9 Ground Balls | 5 Draw Controls | 7 Caused Turnovers
• Ali Sullivan 3 Goals | 1 Assist | 5 Shots | 4 SOG | 5 Draw Controls

NOTEWORTHY

• Briony Retasket (Beaverton, Ore.) tied her career-high four caused turnovers.
• Signor has notched a goal in three-straight games for the Falcons.
• DeJonge has recorded a point in her last three games.
• G. Montano and J. Montano each netted their first career goals, while Ly recorded her first career assist.

UP NEXT

The Falcons return to Celentano Field on Saturday, March 22 for a GNAC matchup against Mitchell College at noon.