Two-Time Defending America East Champion UAlbany Men's Lacrosse Announces 2015 Schedule

ALBANY, N.Y. – UAlbany men's lacrosse coach Scott Marr has announced the 2015 schedule as the Great Danes go after a third-consecutive America East title.

“We have assembled another challenging schedule this spring that includes six teams who competed in last year's NCAAs,” said Marr. “We are looking forward to the challenges of our non-conference opponents as we prepare for America East competition.”

#13 UAlbany's 2015 schedule includes five home games, a six-game America East slate and contests against six 2014 NCAA participants, five conference regular season champions and three conference tournament champions.

(Rankings from 2015 Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook)

Before the season opener, UAlbany will play a couple of Saturday preseason scrimmages.  The team plays Colgate on January 31^st at 1 p.m. and travels to New Jersey for scrimmages against #12 Penn and #20 Princeton on February 7th.

The Great Danes begin the year away from home against three 2014 NCAA participants in a row.  The 2015 season starts in Philadelphia against reigning-CAA champion and NCAA Quarterfinalist #16 Drexel on Saturday, February 21^st at 2:30 p.m.  On Tuesday, February 24^th, UAlbany heads east to battle the 2014 NEC champion and NCAA Quarterfinalist #14 Bryant in Smithfield, Rhode Island at 4 p.m.  UAlbany finishes the road swing in the Lone Star State to take on #8 Cornell, the reigning Ivy League co-regular season champion and a 2014 NCAA Tournament team, on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas on Saturday, February 28^th.

The home opener is set for Saturday, March 7^th as the Great Danes host UMass at John Fallon Field at 3 p.m.

UAlbany returns to the road to begin America East play, taking on in-state rival Stony Brook on Long Island on Saturday, March 14^th at 1 p.m.  On Tuesday, March 17^th, UAlbany heads to the western part of the state for a non-league game at Canisius at 4 p.m.

The team returns to conference play for the next couple of Saturdays at home.  The Great Danes host Hartford on March 21^st at 1 p.m. for the league home opener.  Before the next conference game, the Great Danes head to Massachusetts to take on #11 Harvard, the Ivy League co-regular season champion and an NCAA Tournament team in 2014, on Tuesday, March 24^th at 7 p.m.  Back home comes UAlbany to play first-year program UMass Lowell for an America East game on March 28^th at 3 p.m.

The Great Danes hit the road for the next three games, starting with the next chapter of a long in-state rivalry.  On Thursday, April 2^nd at 7 p.m., UAlbany heads to the Carrier Dome to take on 2014 NCAA participant #4 Syracuse.  Two days later, UAlbany goes back to America East competition, facing off against Vermont in Burlington at 1 p.m.  The road swing concludes the following Saturday, April 11^th at 7 p.m. against SUNY-rival Binghamton.

The team comes back home to revive a series that took a year hiatus.  UAlbany battles #17 Yale on Saturday, April 18^th at 7 p.m. at home.

On Tuesday, April 21^st at 4 p.m. in Loudonville, the Capital District's Division I rivals and a pair of conference champions will slash.  Reigning America East champion UAlbany takes on reigning MAAC champion Siena for a reunion between Coach Marr and John Svec, longtime UAlbany assistant and current Siena head coach.

UAlbany comes back home for Senior Day on Saturday, April 25^th.  At 3 p.m. the Great Danes play UMBC for a rematch of last year's America East title game.

The America East Tournament will be hosted by conference's regular season champion.  The semifinals will be on Thursday, April 30^th, with the America East Championship set for Saturday, May 2^nd.

2015 UAlbany Men's Lacrosse Schedule