SCORE: UAlbany 1, Cornell 0
 
LOCATION: Marsha Dodson Field - Ithaca, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 3-4, 0-0 America East | Cornell 2-1, 0-0 Ivy League
 
SHORT STORY: Sophomore Charlotte Triggs scored a goal, the eventual game-winning tally, for the Great Danes to open the weekend in Ithaca, Friday afternoon.
 
COACH PHIL SYKES: "Each game we are getting sharper and sharper. We have learned from our growing pains. The team's defense was very good today, and we had to be against a very strong Cornell team."
 
KEY STATS

• Leading the team in assists, sophomore Charlotte Triggs scored her second goal of the season to put the Great Danes on the board in the third quarter.
• UAlbany outshot the Big Red, 10-8, with a 7-3 advantage in penalty corners.
• Goalies senior Sheridan Messier and junior Hannah Mangan combined for the first shutout of the season with one official save and many chances stopped.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes and the Big Red played a back-and-forth contest throughout the first 30 minutes of play. UAlbany owned the 8-6 advantage in shots during the top half.
• Almost 10 minutes into the third quarter, Charlotte Triggs scored the first, and lone, goal of the game, unassisted. The sophomore picked up a loose ball in the circle and used a backhanded push to score the goal from about 10 yards out.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will return to action tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 18, against No. 1 Michigan. The game will begin at 1 p.m. at Marsha Dodson Field in Ithaca, N.Y.

For more information on the University at Albany field hockey team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyfh
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