Lara Mortz - Columbia 2021
Jay Bendlin/UAlbany Athletics
3
Winner Columbia COL (4-0, 0-0)
2
UALBANYF UALBANYF (2-4, 0-0)
Winner
Columbia COL
(4-0, 0-0)
3
Final
2
UALBANYF UALBANYF
(2-4, 0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Columbia COL 1 1 1 0 3
UALBANYF UALBANYF 0 1 1 0 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Knocked Down Against Columbia

SCORE: Columbia 3, UAlbany 2
 
LOCATION: Alumni Turf in Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 2-4, 0-0 America East | Columbia 4-0, 0-0 Ivy League
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes owned the offensive advantage but it was Columbia taking the 3-2 win, Sunday.

KEY STATS
  • Both freshman Alison Smisdom and sophomore Lara Mortz compiled one goal and one assist for three points each.
  • Smisdom led the team with nine shots, including a team-high six on goal.
  • Senior Julia Papanicolaou tallied one defensive save.
  • The Great Danes outshot the Lions, 18-7, with a 13-7 advantage in shots on goal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Lions opened the scoring with 18 seconds left in the first quarter.
  • Freshman Alison Smisdom tied the score with 7:13 on the second-quarter clock. Assisted by sophomore Lara Mortz and freshman Blanca Orsola, Smisdom scored a goal from the top of the circle during a penalty corner.
  • Less than a minute later, Columbia took the lead back with a second goal.
  • During the third quarter, at 2:20, Mortz added the Great Danes' second goal. Smisdom went for a shot from the top of the circle and Mortz was on the deflection to tip the ball into the goal.
  • Before the third quarter closed, the Lions were awarded a penalty stroke. Columbia's Kelsey Farkas owned a successful stroke attempt.
  • UAlbany tallied four shots, to the Lions' one, in the fourth quarter but was unable to take the lead and Columbia won the contest. 
 
NEXT: UAlbany heads on the road for a full weekend in Ithaca, N.Y. The Great Danes will take on Cornell on Friday (Sept. 17) before facing No. 1 Michigan on Saturday (Sept. 18).
 
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