ALBANY, N.Y. - The #22 UAlbany field hockey team is on the road to New Hampshire for their final away game before the America East Tournament. 
 
GAME INFORMATION 
 
UAlbany at New Hampshire  
DATE: Friday, October 21  
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Memorial Field - Durham, N.H.
RECORDS: UAlbany 11-4, 4-2 America East; New Hampshire 7-7, 2-3 America East
SERIES RECORD: 17-13, UAlbany leads
STREAM: AE.TV
STATS: UNHWildcats.com 
 
GREAT DANE REWIND 

• Seeing its third week in the top 25, UAlbany is ranked 22nd in the NFHCA/Penn Monto Division I National Poll. The Great Danes entered the top 25 after two double-overtime victories against Vermont (9/30) and #16 Boston College (10/2).
• UAlbany opened the season with an explosive 5-2 victory over Northeastern. It was the Great Danes' first win in the all-time series against the Huskies.
• Facing two nationally-ranked teams - #22 Ohio State (8/28) and #11 Penn State (9/3), UAlbany saw their first two losses.
• The Great Danes won five-straight games against Fairfield (9/4), Colgate (9/9), Cornell (9/11), Yale (9/18), and California (9/23). 
• Seeing five games in the conference season, UAlbany holds wins over California, Vermont, and UC Davis (10/9) with losses to Maine (9/25) and Stanford (10/7).
• The Great Danes tallied their fourth conference win over UMass Lowell (10/14), before taking down #18 UMass (10/16) in a 2-1 double overtime victory. 
• Sophomore Alison Smisdom leads the team with 13 goals, six assists, and 32 points.
• Graduate student Luisa Knapp follows with 17 points from six goals and five assists.
• With seven assists, sophomore Blanca Orsola leads the team.
• On defense, Smisdom has a team-high three defensive saves.
• Senior goalie Hannah Mangan has started thirteen games. In 859:35 minutes, she owns a 1.26 goals against average and a .743 save percentage. 

 
IN THE RANKINGS

• Three Great Danes hold positions in the top-40 of the national stats leaders:
  • Alison Smisdom
    • 10th - 0.87 goals per game
    • T-10th - 2.13 points per game
    • T-13th - 3 defensive saves
  • Hannah Mangan
    • T-12th - .769 win-loss percentage
    • 18th - 1.26 goals against average
    • 26th - .743 save percentage
  • Blanca Orolsa
    • T-36th - 0.50 assists per game

 
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE 

• In fourteen games, the Wildcats own a record of 7-7 overall and 2-3 in the America East.
• New Hampshire opened its season winning the first three games - Quinnipiac (8/26), Boston College (8/28) and Providence (9/2). Three losses followed - #25 UMass (9/4), America (9/9), and #3 Maryland (9/11) - making the Wildcats' record 3-3.
• Starting conference play 0-2, New Hampshire lost to Maine (9/23) and UMass Lowell (9/25).   
• The Wildcats tallied its first conference win when they beat Bryant (9/30) in a 5-0 shutout. 
• New Hampshire went on to win their next two against Dartmouth (10/2) and California (10/9), before suffering an overtime loss to Vermont (10/14). 
• Most recently, the Wildcats' earned a dominant 11-1 win over Merrimack (10/16).
• Tasmin Cookman leads the team with 13 goals and 10 assists for a total of 36 points.
• Nicole Poulakis follows with 10 goals and six assists.
• Jemma Woods has stood in net for 787:29 minutes, earning a 2.51 goals against average and owns a .738 save percentage. 

 
SERIES AGAINST THE WILDCATS  

• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 17-13.
• In the 2021 matchup, the Great Danes beat the Wildcats, 2-1. Floor de Ruiter scored the opening goal and Alison Smisdom scored in the fourth quarter, in what proved to be the game-winning goal.

AROUND THE AMERICA EAST 

• Maine leads the America East with an undefeated 5-0 record and are the first to clinch a place in the AE Championship Tournament. 
• Following in a three-way tie for second sits UAlbany, UMass Lowell, and Vermont - each with a 4-2 record. 
• Stanford and California have tallied three wins and three losses in conference play.  
• New Hampshire sits just below .500 with a 2-3 record.
• UC Davis (1-5) and Bryant (0-6) round out the conference.
•  just outside of tournament placement. 

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Thursday
  • James Madison at Stanford, 6 pm (3 pm PT)
• Friday 
  • UAlbany at New Hampshire, 2 pm
  • Vermont at Maine, 3 pm
  • James Madison at UC Davis, 7 pm
• Saturday
  • Bryant at UMass Lowell, 1 pm 
• Sunday
  • Stanford at Richmond, 11 am 
  • Dartmouth at Vermont, 12 pm 
  • New Hampshire at Columbia, 1 pm 
  • James Madison at California, 4 pm (1 pm PT)

 
UP NEXT 

• The Great Danes will celebrate Senior Day as they host Bryant (10/28) in their final game of the regular season. 

 
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