ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team lost a 5-1 game to No. 4 Nazareth University on Friday evening in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action.
Lila Whitney (Canton, Conn.) scored the lone goal for the Falcons.
Christmas Johnson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) had 37 saves on the evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Nazareth 5 | Albertus 1
RECORDS: Albertus (15-8-1, 8-5-0 UCHC) | Nazareth (23-0-1, 13-0-0 UCHC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Nazareth jumped on the board scoring twice in the first five minutes of the game. The first coming on an Allie Zack slapshot from the blue line just 2:16 into the game. At the 4:11 mark, Charlotte Crudale made it a 2-0 game after a point blank shot in front of the net as she took a pass from Nikki Sharp. Nazareth scored once more at the 11:08 mark in the first period on a goal from Brooke Judkiewicz.
- Whitney scored her third goal of the season as Kaitlyn Cunningham intercepted a pass behind the Nazareth goal and fed it to the front of the net to Whitney who made it a 3-1 game at the 3:16 mark of the second period.
- Nazareth scored with just over two minutes left in the second period as Logan Marchese scored on a breakaway. Sharp added the final goal of the game in the third at the 17:37 mark for Nazareth.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Christmas Johnson (L, 12-7-0) 42 Shots on Goal | 37 Saves | 5 Goals Allowed
Nazareth
Mia Gonsalves (W, 21-0-1) 14 Shots on Goal | 13 Saves | 1 Goal Allowed
TEAM STATS
Penalties/Minutes
Albertus 4/8 | Nazareth 4/8
Power-play goals/Opportunities
Albertus 0/4 | Nazareth 0/4
Faceoffs Won
Nazareth 42 | Albertus 25
UP NEXT
The two teams meet in the regular season finale in Rochester, N.Y. on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
