Alison Smisdom - North Carolina 2021
Kathleen Helman/UAlbany Athletics
4
UC Davis UCD (8-8, 5-2 AEC)
5
Winner UALBANYF UALBANYF (6-9, 1-6 AEC)
UC Davis UCD
(8-8, 5-2 AEC)
4
Final
5
UALBANYF UALBANYF
(6-9, 1-6 AEC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UC Davis UCD 1 0 3 0 4
UALBANYF UALBANYF 3 1 1 0 5

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Takes Down UC Davis, 5-4

SCORE: UAlbany 5, UC Davis 4
 
LOCATION: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 8-8, 5-2 America East | UC Davis 6-9, 1-6 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes scored three goals in the first quarter before taking the 5-4 victory, Friday afternoon.
 
KEY STATS
  • Freshman Alison Smisdom scored three goals, including the game-winning goal, for her second career hat trick.
  • Sophomore Charlotte Triggs tallied one goal in the first quarter before adding an assist with the game-winning goal.
  • Junior Julie Rodijk added her third goal of the season.
  • Sophomore Lara Mortz assisted two goals, including the game-winning goal, while freshman Floor de Ruiter assisted the first goal of the game.
  • The Great Danes outshot the Aggies, 21-9, with a 17-3 advantage in penalty corners, including an 11-1 advantage in corners during the first quarter.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes opened the scoring less than four minutes into the game. On their second penalty corner of the quarter, Alison Smisdom put UAlbany on the board with a goal from about 10 yards out. Originally inserted by Lara Mortz, Charlotte Triggs and Floor de Ruiter provided two quick stops to confuse the defense before Smisdom took the shot.
  • With the score tied at one, Triggs and Julie Rodijk scored two goals in 70 seconds to put the Great Danes up, 3-1 before the end of the first quarter.
  • Triggs scored with style, completing the go-ahead goal as she dribbled into the circle for a shot from the right. Rodijk, assisted by Mortz, tallied a goal during a corner just a minute later.
  • Just before the second quarter closed, freshman Isabella Del Vecchio drew a penalty stroke with 33 seconds on the clock. Smisdom took the stroke to add to UAlbany's lead as the team entered halftime with a three-goal lead.
  • The Aggies came back in the third quarter to tie the score, 4-4.
  • Smisdom completed the hat trick with the game-winning goal during a penalty corner at the end of the third. Earning two corners back-to-back, the Great Danes scored with 0:00 on the clock after starting a corner with just one second left in the quarter.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close the regular season at home against California on Sunday, October 31.

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
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