
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Tiffanie Ly (Branford, Conn.) notched her first career goal in the Albertus Magnus College women's lacrosse team's 10-9 loss against non-conference opponent SUNY Old Westbury on Thursday.
Alexys Signor (North Haven, Conn.), Julianna Montano (Wallingford, Conn.) and Moira O'Brien (Wilbraham, Mass.) all recorded two goals for the Falcons, while Briony Retasket (Beaverton, Ore.) notched one.
J. Montano and O'Brien also collected two assists each, while Retasket assisted on one.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Old Westbury 10 | Albertus Magnus 9
RECORDS: Albertus (0-9) | Old Westbury (2-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Albertus nabbed a three-goal lead in the opening quarter, including a player-up tally by Ly with 1:08 remaining in the first. Retasket connected for the first Falcons' goal at 5:44, followed by two straight with a minute remaining by Ly and J. Montano. After O'Brien won the draw control with the Falcons up by two, the sophomore sent the ball to J. Montano who found the twine with 52 seconds remaining in the quarter for the 3-0 edge.
- The Panthers closed the gap with a goal in the second quarter by Katherine Campbell, but the hosts regained the three-goal advantage off another score by J. Montano at 12:10, off the assist by Retasket. Albertus capitalized on a failed clear and turnover by the hosts for the 4-1 lead.
- The Panthers then went on a scoring spree thanks to three unassisted goals from Katia Maisonneuve, who tied the game at 4-4.
- Signor responded with a goal for the visitors with 4:42 left in the second quarter on a free-position shot, which gave the Falcons a 5-4 lead at halftime.
- Maisonneuve scored once again in the third quarter to make it a tie game once again. The two sides went back and forth for several minutes with Schlechtweg and O'Brien scoring for Albertus. O'Brien capitalized on the drawn foul for a player-down free-position goal.
- To start the fourth quarter, the score was 7-7. Campbell scored the first goal of the quarter and gave the Panthers a lead to play with, but the Falcons then answered with two more goals to take a one-goal lead thanks to tallies by Signor and O'Brien netted eight seconds apart.
- In the final 1:06 of regulation, Campbell connected for the game-tying and game-winning goals for Old Westbury.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Victoria McDermott (L, 0-7) 18 Shots | 8 Saves | 10 Goals Allowed
Old Westbury
Jara Gonzalez (W, 2-3) 20 Shots| 11 Saves | 9 Goals Allowed
TEAM STATS
SHOTS: Old Westbury 28 | Albertus 24
GROUND BALLS: Old Westbury 46 | Albertus 30
CLEARS: Albertus 19/25 | Old Westbury 21/27
FREE POSITION SHOTS: Albertus 2/13 | Old Westbury 1/3
DRAW CONTROLS: Albertus 11 | Old Westbury 10
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
Albertus
Moira O'Brien 2 Goals | 2 Assists | 5 Shots | 4 SOG | 3 Ground Balls | 1 Draw Control | 1 Caused Turnover
Julianna Montano 2 Goals | 2 Assists | 5 Shots | 4 SOG | 5 Ground Balls | 2 Draw Controls
Alexys Signor 2 Goals | 8 Shots | 4 SOG | 3 Ground Balls | 5 Draw Controls
Old Westbury
Katherine Campbell 5 Goals | 8 Shots | 7 SOG | 3 Ground Balls
Katia Maisonneuve 4 Goals | 11 Shots | 8 SOG | 9 Ground Balls | 2 Draw Controls
NOTEWORTHY
- Schlechtweg has earned a point in seven of her last eight games and tied her career-high ground balls with five.
- O'Brien has netted goals in back-to-back games.
- J. Montano posted her second multi-goal game in her career, while Signor recorded her first two-goal contest this season.
UP NEXT
The Falcons stay on the road to face Great Northeast Athletic Conference rival University of Saint Joseph's (Conn.) on Saturday at 1 p.m.