(Photo courtesy Ron Waite/Albertus Magnus)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team cruised to a 5-0 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) win over visiting Norwich University on Saturday afternoon. 

Sophomore midfielder Danielle Polvan had a hat trick on the day leading the Falcon attack.  Albertus out shot Norwich 16-2 and held a 3-1 edge on corner kicks in the game.

Polvan would start the scoring in the 10th minute of play on a volley finish after freshman defender Shannon Murphy's header attack was put on net from a corner kick.  Freshman Angelina Piccilliro sent a beautiful corner kick to set up the play.

Polvan would make it 2-0 when she finished a through ball from sophomore Alexis Mack just two minutes later.  The Falcons took a 2-0 lead into halftime while holding a 6-0 shot advantage in the half.

Acacia Nelson scored an unassisted goal in the 52nd minute to give Albertus a 3-0 lead.  Polvan would complete her hat trick scoring in the 64th minute as Nelson delivered a nice pass across the box.

Junior forward Kelly Kennedy finished the scoring for Albertus in the 80th minute making it 5-0.

Albertus improves to 3-3, 1-0 GNAC while Norwich drops to 2-3, 0-1 GNAC on the young season.  Norwich returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Suffolk on Sabine Field at Haynes Family Stadium as part of NU Homecoming Weekend 2014.

-CADETS-