NEW LONDON, N.H. - The Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team was handed its first loss of the season in a 2-1 defeat by the hands of Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday afternoon in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match.

Sophia Vescera (Prospect, Conn.) scored her second goal of the season for the Falcons who played their first road game of the season.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Colby-Sawyer 2 | Albertus Magnus 1

RECORDS: Albertus (3-1-1, 2-1 GNAC) | Colby-Sawyer (2-3-1, 1-1-1 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Chargers got on the board in the 16th minute on a header from Lauren McKee after a pass was deflected in the air inside the box.
• Just eight minutes into the second half the Falcons got on the board to tie the game as Tyler Stocking (Middletown, Conn.) sent a ball into the box that was initially knocked down by a Colby-Sawyer defender, but Vescera was right there to take the ball back and took a shot with her right foot past Rivier goalkeeper, Gabriela Calidonio to make it a 1-1 game.
• The match remained tied until the 81st minute as Ellie Smith's shot from just outside of the box went just out of the grasp of goalkeeper Amy Stevens (Lincoln, R.I.) to take the 2-1 lead.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Amy Stevens (L, 3-1-1) 6 Shots on Goal | 4 Save | 2 Goals Allowed

Colby-Sawyer

Gabriela Calidonio (W, 2-3-0) 5 Shots on Goal | 4 Saves | 1 Goal Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

SHOTS: Colby-Sawyer 16 | Albertus 12

CORNER KICKS: Albertus 6 | Colby-Sawyer 0

SAVES: Albertus  4 | Colby-Sawyer 4

FOULS: Colby-Sawyer 11 | Albertus 10

NOTEWORTHY

• Stocking now has five assists in her last three games and has had at least one assist in each of those games.
• Vescera has a goal in two of her last three games.

UP NEXT

The Falcons head to Simmons on Wednesday, September 18th at 7:30 p.m.