FRANKLIN, Mass. – The Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team suffered a 17-3 road setback to the Bulldogs of Dean College on Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.

Senior goalie Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.) finished the contest with a career-high 25 saves. On offense, Charles Stewart (Stratford, Conn.) paced the Falcons with two points on one goal and one assist.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Dean 17 | Albertus Magnus 3
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (4-4, 0-2 GNAC) | Dean (5-1, 2-1 GNAC)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bulldogs burst out of the gates to begin today's game, scoring five goals in the first quarter to take an early 5-0 lead.

Dean began the second quarter with a goal to pull ahead 6-0 6:59 into the frame. Stewart opened the scoring for the Falcons in the second period, tallying an unassisted score at the 6:44 mark to make it a 6-1 game.

Unfortunately for Albertus, Dean went on to score the next nine goals to pull ahead 15-1 by the 7:50 mark of the fourth quarter.

Zaheim Wilkins (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) halted the home team's run with 6:55 left in the fourth, burying a man-up goal on a Stewart assist to cut the deficit to 15-2.

Jayme Toro (East Haven, Conn.) gave the Falcons back-to-back goals at the 6:09 mark to make it a 15-3 game. However, Dean answered with two consecutive man-up tallies in the final 3:33 to ice a 17-3 home win.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus - Dane Walsh (L, 4-4): 17 Goals-Against | 25 Saves | 42 Shots on Goal
Dean - Alexander Govoni (W, 5-1): 1 Goals-Against | 3 Saves | 4 Shots on Goal | 45:00
James Rollins: 2 Goals-Against | 3 Saves | 5 Shots on Goal | 15:00

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a 25-6 advantage in saves.
• AMC went 21-for-26 on clear attempts.
• Albertus picked up 25 ground balls to Dean's 47.
• The Falcons scored two man-up goals, while the Bulldogs tallied three.
• Stewart paced AMC with three shots on goal in the afternoon contest.
• Will Capalbo (Fairfield, Conn.) tallied five caused turnovers and four ground balls.

Albertus:
Charles Stewart: 1 goal | 1 assist | 3 shots on goal | 3 shots | 1 ground ball
Zaheim Wilkins: 1 goal | 2 shots on goal | 2 shots | 2 ground balls | 1 caused turnover
Jayme Toro: 1 goal | 2 shots on goal | 3 shots | 1 ground ball

Dean:
Alec Speirs: 5 goals | 1 assist | 12 shots on goal | 14 shots | 5 ground balls | 4 caused turnovers
Diego Alvarez-Segee: 3 goals | 3 assists | 10 shots on goal | 17 shots | 4 ground balls | 5 caused turnovers
Ryan Clunie: 3 goals | 5 shots on goal | 7 shots | 2 ground balls

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marks the second all-time meeting between the two programs.
• Albertus is now 0-2 all-time against the Bulldogs.
• Stewart's man-up goal was his first of the season.
• Stewart has tallied multiple points in four games this year.
• Wilkins has scored at least one goal in each of the last three games.
• Toro netted his eighth goal of the season.

UP NEXT
The Albertus men's lacrosse team will return to action on Wednesday, March 30, with a home GNAC tilt against the Lasers of Lasell University. The opening face-off is slated for 7 p.m. under the lights at Celentano Field.