NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's lacrosse team lost a home matchup to the Knights of Mount Saint Mary College (N.Y.) Wednesday night at Celentano Field, 8-2. 

Hayden Grigas (Milford, Conn.) scored his first career goal. Nicholas Longo (Ridge, N.Y.) had the other Albertus goal. 

Alexis Gonzalez (Edison, N.J.) got the start in goal, making 13 saves. 

THE BASICS 

FINAL: MSMC 8 | Albertus 2

RECORDS: Albertus (3-4) | MSMC (2-3) 

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Knights jumped to a 4-0 lead after the first quarter as four different players netted a goal, including Devin Lanzer, Henry Micyk, Luke Dombroski, and Hayden Mitchell. Mitchell also had an assist in the quarter.
• Albertus got on the board two minutes into the second quarter as Longo sent the ball into the net for his 11th goal of the season.
• The Knights responded with the second goal of the game by Micyk to go up 5-1 entering halftime.
• The lone goal in the third quarter came at 3:58 as Lanzer scored his second of the game to increase the Knights' lead to five going into the fourth quarter.
• Early in the fourth quarter, the Falcons added their second goal as Grigas took a pass from Marcus Burrows (West Haven, Conn.) to put it past Kenny Leen for his first career goal.
• The Knights added two more goals, courtesy of Robby Maurer to close it out. 

BETWEEN THE PIPES 

Albertus 

Alexis Gonzalez (L, 3-4) 21 Shots on Goal | 13 Saves | 8 Goals Allowed 

MSMC 

Kenny Leen (W, 2-3) 16 Shots on Goal | 14 Saves | 2 Goals Allowed 

BY THE NUMBERS 

Face Offs Won 

Albertus Magnus 8 | MSMC 5

Shots 

Albertus 27 | MSMC 32

Ground Balls 

Albertus 32 | MSMC 37

Clears 

Albertus 14-18 | Mt. Saint Mary 17-24

Turnovers 

Albertus 21 | MSMC 17

Man-Up Opportunities

Albertus 0-2 | MSMC 1-5

TOP PERFORMERS 

Albertus Magnus 

Hayden Grigas 1 G | 5 GB 

Nicholas Longo 1 G | 2 GB 

DaKari Coleman 10 GB | 1 CT

Marcus Burrows 1 A 

MSMC 

Robby Maurer 2 G | 2 GB 

Henry Micyk 2 G | 2 GB 

Devin Lanzer 2 G | 2 GB 

Hayden Mitchell 1 G | 1 A | 4 GB 

NOTEWORTHY 

• Alec Kovalsky (Orange, Conn.) competed in his 50th career game.
• Burrows and Longo have a point in six of seven games this season.
• Gonzalez is 15 saves away from 100 for his career. 

UP NEXT 

The Falcons go on the road for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) matchup against the Raiders of Rivier University on Saturday, March 21st at 12 p.m.