ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany field hockey team is headed to New England to continue America East play on Friday.
 
Masks are not required outdoors at UMass Lowell.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at UMass Lowell
DATE: Friday, October 15
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Cushing Field - Lowell, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 6-7, 3-1 America East; UMass Lowell 7-4, 1-3 America East
SERIES RECORD: 11-1, UAlbany leads
STREAM: AE.TV
STATS: GoRiverhawks.com   
 
*records as of 10/12
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• The Great Danes opened the season with a 5-1 win over Colgate (8/27) before falling 2-1 against Fairfield (8/29).
• UAlbany beat Wagner (9/3), 4-1, for its first road game of the season but followed it up with three losses to UMass (9/5), No. 9 Penn State (9/10), and Columbia (9/12). During the final weekend of pre-conference games, the Great Danes earned a victory over Cornell (9/17) and a loss against No. 1 Michigan (9/18).
• To open America East play, UAlbany bested Vermont in a 3-2 overtime win on September 26.
• Most recently, the Great Danes earned two conference wins against Stanford (10/8) and New Hampshire (10/10).
• Senior Robyn Murray scored the first goal of the season on August 27.
• Alison Smisdom leads the team with 24 points from ten goals and four assists. The freshman scored her first career hat trick at Wagner.
• Senior Elaina Burchell follows, scoring her third goal of the season against Vermont, totaling 8 points, with three goals and two assists.
• Freshman Floor de Ruiter was named America East Rookie of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal against Stanford and another impressive game-tying goal against New Hampshire. 
• Half of the field players (nine student-athletes) have contributed at least one point, with eight different goal scorers.
• In net, freshman Lara Behn leads the goalies with a .714 save percentage and a 1.80 goals against average in 598:55.
• The Great Danes have totaled 164 shots and 87 penalty corners in 13 games.

 
ABOUT UMASS LOWELL

• To open the season, UMass Lowell won 5-0 against Bryant University (8/29).
• After falling to No. 6 UConn (9/5), the Riverhawks won their next three games - Boston University (9/10), Hofstra (9/12), Wagner (9/17) - before starting conference play.
• UMass Lowell opened America East play against UC Davis on September 24, winning 2-1, in double-overtime with a game-winning goal from Hannah Keefe.
• The Riverhawks fell in their next three conference games, California (9/26), New Hampshire (10/1), and Monmouth (10/8), making their conference record 1-3.
• UMass Lowell added two non-conference games against Sacred Heart (10/3) and Holy Cross (10/11) for two victories.
• Berbel Rozema leads UMass Lowell with sixteen points from six goals and four assists. 
• Rozema had a hat trick against Holy Cross, scoring two of her three goals in the first quarter.
• The Riverhawks have tallied 21 goals this season with a .608 shots on goal percentage.
• Eleonore Boekhorst has a .845 save percentage and a .80 goals against average in 673:51 minutes in net.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE RIVERHAWKS

• UAlbany holds an 11-1 lead over UMass Lowell in the all-time series.
• Their last meeting resulted in a 2-1 win at home on April 3. Lara Mortz assisted Robyn Murray's goal as well as scoring the game-winning goal in overtime.
• The Great Danes currently have a five game win streak over the Riverhawks. 

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Maine leads the America East with a 5-0 record, followed by California and UAlbany at 3-1.
• Monmouth sits in fourth with a 2-2 conference record.
• Vermont and Stanford are tied with a 2-3 record. 
• UMass Lowell and New Hampshire round out the America East with 1-3 records.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEKEND
Friday

• Maine at Vermont, 2 pm
• Monmouth at New Hampshire, 2pm
• UAlbany at UMass Lowell, 2pm

Sunday

• Maine at Bryant, 11am
• LIU at UMass Lowell, 1pm
• Merrimack at New Hampshire, 2pm
• California at UC Davis, 4pm

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes continue on the road at Monmouth on October 22.

For more information on the University at Albany field hockey team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyfh
Instagram - @ualbanyfh
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyFH