ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women's soccer program begins its America East schedule on the road at New Hampshire.
 
Game Info
Sunday, September 18 at New Hampshire (2:00 pm)
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Leading the Pack

• UAlbany is 0-4-0 on the road this season; New Hampshire is 2-2-0 at home
• UAlbany has scored nine goals in its last four games after scoring zero in its first four
• New Hampshire is the lowest-scoring team in the America East, but ranks second in scoring defense
• Sahara Zingano leads the America East in shots taken, shots taken per game, shares the league lead in shots on goal and shots on goal per game, and ranks tied for third in total assists
• Emily Jozak ranks tied for third in total goals

Scouting New Hampshire
The Wildcats are 3-4-0 entering conference play and most recently snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over Boston University at home.  New Hampshire lost each game in its skid 1-0, to Central Connecticut State and Northeastern at home and to Merrimack on the road.  New Hampshire has scored just eight goals on the season, one fewer than the Great Danes, but have only given up seven.  Meghan Guarente accounts for three of the Wildcats' eight goals.  After finishing in 6-9-4 in 2021 and advancing to the America East title game, New Hampshire was picked third in this season's Preseason Coaches' Poll.  UAlbany is 9-11-2 against New Hampshire in the program's Division I era.
 
Last Time vs. New Hampshire
The Great Danes returned home after spending their previous three games on the road to host New Hampshire in their second America East game of 2021.  Jasmine Colbert scored her fifth goal of the season, matching her total from the spring, but New Hampshire scored in the 82nd minute to tie the game.  The Wildcats had a chance to win in regulation on a breakaway that came up short, and for the second-straight game UAlbany went into overtime.  Neither team was able to score, despite a 6-3 shot advantage following regulation for the Great Danes, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
 
Last Time Out
UAlbany secured its second victory of the season, knocking off visiting Wagner 4-1.  Three Great Danes, Marisa Tava, Sahara Zingano, and Emily Jozak, scored, with the team's final score coming via a Wagner own-goal.  UAlbany controlled the game from the opening kickoff, taking 25 total shots (outshooting Wagner 17-2 in the first half) and controlling 58% of total possession.
 
Around the America East
UMBC has taken over the lead in the standings at 4-3-2 overall, just ahead of Maine's 4-1-1 on total points.  Four teams, NJIT, Binghamton, UMass Lowell, and UAlbany, have two wins, but NJIT is third due to four ties on the season.  In the middle of the standings sit Bryant, New Hampshire, and Vermont, each of which have three victories.
 
Sunday's America East Games

• NJIT at Maine, 12:00 pm
• UMBC at Vermont, 12:00 pm
• Bryant at Binghamton, 1:00 pm
• UAlbany at New Hampshire, 2:00 pm
• Dartmouth at UMass Lowell, 3:00 pm 

Rookie of the Week II
Emily Jozak won her second-straight America East Rookie of the Week award after scoring one goal in UAlbany's 4-1 victory over Wagner at home.  Jozak brought her goals total to four on the season, maintaining her team lead and ranking tied for third among all America East scorers.
 
Rookie of the Week I
Following her big game against Rider, Emily Jozak was named America East Rookie of the Week.  Jozak's three goals matched the program's single-game record for goals and points in the Division I era, matching the mark set in 2017 by Mariah Williams against Maine.  Jozak is UAlbany's first Rookie of the Week winner since Cassie Coster was named Rookie and Defensive Player last October.
 
Record-Setting
The UAlbany women's soccer program record book required rewriting following the team's first victory of 2022, a 3-1 win over visiting Rider.  Freshman Emily Jozak recorded the program's second hat trick of the Division I era, matching Mariah Williams' single-game records with three goals and six points.  Additionally, the team's 29 total shots against the Broncs were tied for the sixth-highest in a single game in Division I program history, matching two previous efforts in 2019 against Maine and 2008 against UMBC.
 
First Win
Five games into her career as head coach at UAlbany, her first head coaching stint, Sade Ayinde recorded her first victory.  The Great Danes fell behind at home against Rider 1-0 but rallied and maintained their offensive pressure to score three times in 10 in-game minutes to knock off the Broncs 3-1.
 
Breaking Through
The Great Danes started the season slowly, dropping each of their first four games without scoring a goal in any.  In game five, at home against then 3-0-1 Rider, UAlbany finally found the back of the net in the 40th minute when Sahara Zingano connected with freshman Emily Jozak for Jozak's first career goal.  The score ended a run of more than 400 in-game minutes without a goal dating back to the final game of the 2021 season at Vermont in the America East semifinal round.
 
Picked Fifth
UAlbany was picked to finish fifth in the 2022 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll, after finishing the 2021 season fourth and advancing to the America East semifinal round.  It is the second-straight season in which the Great Danes were picked fifth.  UMass Lowell narrowly edged defending regular-season and conference champion Vermont for first-place in this season's poll.
 
Home Field
UAlbany has been excellent within the confines of Tom & Mary Casey Stadium for the better part of the last decade, boasting a 38-16-4 record at home since the start of the 2015 season, the year of the program's first America East title.  The Great Danes went 4-3-1 at home in 2021, and between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, UAlbany was 14-1-3, including an unbeaten 2019 season in which they gave up just eight goals at home.
 
First Year
Sade Ayinde was hired on February 16, 2022 as UAlbany's 14th head women's soccer coach, and eighth during the program's Division I era.  She steps in for Leigh Howard, who oversaw the team for two seasons before moving on to work with the Special Olympics.  Ayinde was a standout at Maryland during her collegiate career, scoring 16 goals with 17 assists in 79 appearances over four seasons.  Her previous collegiate coaching stops include Stony Brook and, most recently, Yale, and she also works with the US National program.
 
Game Over
Adopted starting this season, regular-season matches will no longer go into extra time when tied at the conclusion of regulation.  The regular-seasons games will conclude after 90 minutes of play.  Overtime and shootouts will return starting in the postseason.
 
Next: UAlbany begins a three-game home stand on September 22 against Siena.