ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany field hockey team will split its second weekend of play, heading on the road for a Friday afternoon game before returning home on Sunday.
Masks are required for all fans not fully vaccinated at both locations.
GAME INFORMATION
UAlbany at Wagner
DATE: Friday, September 3
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Field Hockey Complex - Staten Island, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-1, 0-0 America East; Wagner 0-1, 0-0 Northeast Conference
SERIES RECORD: 1-0, UAlbany leads
STREAM:
NEC Front Row
STATS:
WagnerAthletics.com
UMass at UAlbany
DATE: Sunday, September 5
TIME: 1:00 PM
SITE: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-1, 0-0 America East; UMass 2-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10
SERIES RECORD: 5-3, UAlbany leads
STREAM:
AE.TV
STATS:
UAlbanySports.com
*records as of 9/2
GREAT DANE REWIND
- The Great Danes opened the season with a 5-1 win over Colgate (9/3) before falling 2-1 against Fairfield (9/5).
- Senior Robyn Murray, assisted by sophomore Charlotte Triggs and freshman Alison Smisdom, scored the first goal of the season against Colgate.
- Smisdom followed with the eventual game-winner while senior Elaina Burchell scored the third and fourth goals.
- Junior Julie Rodijk tallied the final UAlbany score, unassisted, against Colgate.
- Against Fairfield, Smisdom scored the first goal of the game.
- Overall, Burchell and Smisdom lead the team with five points from two goals and one point each.
- Freshman Lara Behn leads the goalies with a .714 save percentage and a 1.33 goals against average from 90 minutes on the field. Senior Sheridan Messier and junior Hannah Mangan follow with 15 minutes each.
- The Great Danes have totaled 34 shots and 12 penalty corners in two games.
ABOUT WAGNER
- The Seahawks opened the season with a 5-1 loss at Hofstra.
- Laura Van Hamburg scored the lone goal with an assist from Liselotte Koop during a penalty corner.
- Goalkeeper Erin Franklin made seven saves for a .583 save percentage. Daisy Ruhle took over in net for the final six minutes of the game.
- Overall, Wagner tallied eight shots and five corners in its first game of the season.
SERIES AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS
- UAlbany holds a 1-0 lead over Wagner.
- The Seahawks and the Great Danes first met in 2019 for a 4-0 UAlbany win. Mackenzie Hilditch scored the fourth goal of the game with a deflected ball. Sheridan Messier played the final quarter for 15 minutes of play. Current volunteer assistant coach, Dana Bozek, tallied three points from one goal and one assist.
ABOUT UMASS
- The Minutewomen opened the season 2-0.
- First, UMass played Northeastern (8/27) for a 3-0 win followed by a 3-2 overtime win against Maine (8/29).
- Before heading to Albany, the Minutewomen will host Vermont for a contest on Friday.
- Georgie McTear leads the team with two goals and four points.
- Amalie Green has assisted the most goals - three.
- Steph Gottwals scored the game-winning goal against Maine.
- Marlise van Tonder has spent all 125 minutes in goal with a .818 save percentage and a 0.97 goals against average.
SERIES AGAINST THE MINUTEWOMEN
- UAlbany holds a 5-3 lead over the Minutewomen.
- Most recently, the Great Danes took a 2-1 win on the road in 2019. While none of the current team earned any points, current volunteer assistant coach, Dana Bozek, scored the first goal of the game unassisted.
- UAlbany was scheduled to host UMass during the 2020-21 season but the game was canceled.
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- After the first weekend of play, UMass Lowell leads with a 1-0 record. California, Monmouth, New Hampshire, UAlbany, and Vermont split second with 1-1 records while UC Davis is 0-1 and Maine and Stanford hold 0-2 records.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEKEND
Friday
- UAlbany at Wagner, 2 pm
- Vermont at UMass, 3 pm
- Harvard at Maine, 3 pm
- New Hampshire at Boston U., 4 pm
- Fairfield at Monmouth, 4 pm
- Dartmouth at UC Davis, 6 pm
Saturday
- Providence College at Maine, 2 pm
- New Hampshire vs Iowa, (in Boston), 3 pm
Sunday
- Monmouth at Delaware, 1 pm
- UMass at UAlbany, 1 pm
- Holy Cross at Vermont, 1 pm
- Dartmouth at California, 2 pm
- Connecticut at UMass Lowell, 3 pm
Monday
- Dartmouth at Stanford, 2 pm
Tuesday
- UC Davis at Saint Louis, 2 pm
Wednesday
UP NEXT
- The Great Danes will split another weekend with an away game, at Penn State, on Friday (Sept. 10) and a home game, versus Columbia, on Sunday (Sept. 12).
