Mara Küskes - UMass 2023
Brent Warzocha/UAlbany Athletics
4
Winner UAlbany UALB (4-2)
1
Towson TU (3-4)
Winner
UAlbany UALB
(4-2)
4
Final
1
Towson TU
(3-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UAlbany UALB 1 1 2 0 4
Towson TU 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

#20 Field Hockey Takes Down Host, Towson

SCORE: UAlbany 4, Towson 1
 
LOCATION: TU Field Hockey Complex - Towson, Md.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-2, 0-0 AE | Towson 3-4, 0-1 CAA
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes notched two goals in each half to lead to a 4-1 victory over Towson, Saturday afternoon.

COACH PHIL SYKES: "Very good team effort today. I really like how we shared the ball and played for each other."
 
KEY STATS
  • Junior Alison Smisdom led with five points from two goals and one assist.
  • Junior Isabella Del Vecchio tallied her first goal of the season.
  • Sophomore Sophia Schoonmaker added a goal.
  • Junior Blanca Orsola, graduate student Delphine Le Jeune, and freshman Mara Küskes each added an assist.
  • Each of the first three goals was scored during a penalty corner.
  • The Great Danes outshot the Tigers, 20-5, with a 15-4 advantage in shots on goal.
  • Junior goalie Lara Behn stood in goal for the first three quarters to leave Towson scoreless throughout 45 minutes.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes opened the contest with a penalty corner within the first two minutes of action.
  • On their fifth corner of the quarter, UAlbany scored its first goal. Using a stick stop from Blanca Orsola and an insert from Delphine Le Jeune, Alison Smisdom hammered the ball into the goal with 3:11 on the clock.
  • Just over six minutes into the second quarter, the Great Danes added their second goal during a penalty corner.
  • Going for a shot from the side of the circle, Mara Küskes inserted the ball directly to Smisdom for the goal.
  • The Great Dane defense held the Tigers to zero shots throughout the first half.
  • Adding two goals in seven minutes, UAlbany extended their lead to four in the third quarter.
  • Just over two minutes into the second half, Sophia Schoonmaker took the ball off a rebounded shot and sent it into the goal.
  • About halfway through the quarter, Isabella Del Vecchio scored her first of the season. After Smisdom intercepted a pass at about the 25-yard line, she dribbled to the endline. Del Vecchio received a pass from Smisdom and redirected the ball towards and into the net.
  • With 3:09 on the fourth-quarter clock, Towson closed out the game with a penalty corner goal. 
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will make a stop at Drexel on their way back to Albany for a Sunday afternoon contest.
 
For more information on the University at Albany field hockey team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyfh
Instagram & Threads - @ualbanyfh
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyFH
 
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