NEW HAVEN, CT - Tori Walsh (Marystown, Newfoundland) scored two goals as the Albertus Magnus College women's ice hockey team won its second straight game to open the season, defeating Johnson and Wales University (JWU), 5-1 on Saturday evening at Ralph Walker Ice Rink.

Kalyn Reynolds (Newington, Conn.) had a goal and two assists, while Samantha Latini (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Molly Martin (Buffalo, N.Y.) each scored their first goal of the season.

Christmas Johnson (Winnipeg, Mantioba) stopped 23 shots on the day. It is the second straight game the Falcons have scored five goals.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 5 | JWU 1

RECORDS: Albertus (2-0-0) JWU (1-1-0)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Martin put the Falcons on the board at 7:33 of the first period as she stole the puck at center ice and ripped a shot from close range past JWU goaltender, Avery Hall to make it a 1-0 game.
• Less than four minutes later Grace Rawlick fed a pass to Reynolds who made a backhanded pass to Walsh who scored her first goal of the game, making it 2-0.
• Albertus went into the first intermission with the two-goal lead after Johnson stopped all three shots she faced in the first 20 minutes.
• Walsh added her second goal of the game just 60 seconds into the second period on the power play after her and Reynolds connected again as they passed the puck back and forth to each other before Walsh finished the play to make it 3-0.
• Latini scored her first career goal at 6:01 in the third period as she intercepted a JWU pass in the offensive zone and had a clear shot at the net which she converted, making it 4-0.
• JWU got on the board at 13:27 of the third on a goal from Ashley Bergeron.
• Reynolds added her third goal of the season on a shorthanded goal as she took stole the puck near center ice and put a shot over the left shoulder of Hall to seal the win for the Falcons.

UP NEXT

The Falcons host Rivier in a non-conference game on Friday, November 6th at 5 p.m. at Ralph Walker Ice Rink.