ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women's soccer program continues its road swing with a visit to former America East opponent Boston University.
 
Game Info
August 27, 2023 at Boston University (6:00 pm)
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Leading the Pack

• UAlbany is 0-1-0 on the road this season; Boston University is 1-0-1 at home
• Boston University defeated Vermont 1-0 in their season opener at home
• Dating back to last season, the Terriers are 8-3-2 in their last 13 games
• UAlbany and Boston University will play for the first time since the Terriers departed the America East for the Patriot League following the 2012-13 season

Scouting Boston University
The Terriers won 11 games in 2022, including six against Patriot League opponents before falling to two-seed Bucknell in the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament.  Boston University went 7-2-1 to close the 2022 season, but just 1-1-1 in its last three games.  The Terriers were picked to finish third in the 2023 Patriot League Preseason Coaches' Poll and drew three Preseason All-Conference selection in Morgan Fagan, Giulianna Gianino, and Abby McNulty.  UAlbany is winless against Boston University in 14 Division I era meetings, but the teams have not played since the 2012 season.
 
Last Time vs. Boston University
September 23, 2012 | In their final meeting as America East opponents, UAlbany fell on the road at Boston University 3-1, their 14th-straight defeat to the Terriers.  The Great Danes scored early when Chelsea DeVerna found the back of the net in the eighth minute, but Boston University rallied to score the game's final three goals, in the 30th, 55th, and 74th minutes.
 
Last Time Out
UAlbany played its 2023 road opener at three-time defending Ivy League champion Brown.  After a promising start when Olivia Piraino had a clear shot in the first 11 seconds, the Bears exploded for four first half goals, and added two more in the second half to claim a 6-0 lead to give the Great Danes their second-straight shutout defeat.  Brown outshot UAlbany 31-4, won 10 corner kicks to UAlbany's 0, and recorded seven total assists.
 
Around the America East
Maine remains narrowly atop the America East standings through three games at 2-0-1, while Bryant is also unbeaten at 1-0-1 in second place.  New Hampshire and Vermont are tied for third at 2-1-0, just ahead of NJIT at 1-1-1 after the Highlanders suffered their first defeat of the season.  UMass Lowell follows at 0-1-2, with UAlbany, UMBC, and Binghamton each holding two losses.
 
Sunday's America East Games

• Maine at Stonehill, 11:00am
• UMBC at LIU, 12:00 pm
• South Carolina at UMass Lowell, 1:00 pm
• Bryant at Holy Cross, 1:00 pm
• NJIT at UC Riverside, 2:00 pm
• UAlbany at Boston University, 6:00 pm
• Binghamton at Syracuse, 7:00 pm

 First Time
In the first game of her senior-year season, the 42nd appearance of her career, defender Charlotte Takacsy scored her first career goal as a Great Dane.  Takacsy capitalized on a rebound following a serve from a corner kick to put UAlbany up 2-1 over Hofstra in the 71st minute of the season opener and clinch the game for the Great Danes.
 
Backloaded
During the 2022 season, UAlbany scored 26 total goals in 20 games, for an average of 1.30 goals per game.  However, the Great Danes were shut out in each of their first four games of the season, and subsequently scored their 26 goals in the final 16 games, for an average of 1.63 goals per game.
 
Rookie of the Year
After leading the Great Danes in scoring, freshman forward Emily Jozak was named the 2022 America East Rookie of the Year.  Jozak led UAlbany in 2022 with seven goals, ranking in a tie for third-highest total in the America East.  Jozak was also named America East Rookie of the Week three times, including after she tied the single-game program records with three goals and six points against Rider in the Great Danes' first victory of the season.  Jozak is UAlbany's seventh Rookie of the Year winner, following Teresa Boring (2007), Chelsea DeVerna (2009), Vivian Vega (2014), Meghan Cavanaugh (2016), Jasmine Colbert (2018), and Leah Pais (2019).
 
Mainstays
Since earning their first postseason berth during the 2009 season, UAlbany women's soccer has qualified for all but two postseason tournaments, missing out only in 2013 and in the COVID-affected 2020-21 season.  Overall, UAlbany is 13-7-2, in America East postseason matches, with three America East championships.
 
Picked Fifth
For the third-straight season, UAlbany was picked to finish fifth in the America East Preseason Coaches' Poll.  The Great Danes finished the 2022 regular season in fifth place and advanced to the conference semifinal round against top-seed Binghamton.  The Bearcats narrowly edged 2022 champion New Hampshire as the 2023 preseason favorite.
 
Home Field
UAlbany has been excellent within the confines of Tom & Mary Casey Stadium for the better part of the last decade, boasting a 41-19-8 record at home since the start of the 2015 season, the year of the program's first America East title.  The Great Danes went 4-3-3 at home in 2022, and between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, UAlbany was 14-1-3, including a 2019 season in which they gave up just eight goals at home while going 8-0-1 during the regular season.
 
Next: UAlbany visits Rider on August 31.