ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany field hockey team continues at home hosting their first nationally-ranked opponent, Iowa.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
#7 Iowa at #19 UAlbany
DATE: Sunday, September 3
TIME: 12:00 PM
SITE: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-1, 0-0 America East; Iowa 3-0, 0-0 Big Ten
SERIES RECORD: 1-0, Iowa leads
STREAM: AE.TV
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
 
*records as of 9.2
 
LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

• The Great Danes opened the season against UMass on Friday, August 25.
• Being down 2-0, the Great Danes scored two goals in the second half, including one with less than two minutes on the clock. The Minutewomen took the double overtime contest with a goal two minutes into the second overtime period.
• On Sunday, August 27, UAlbany welcomed Stonehill. Seven different Great Danes contributed to the 5-0 shutout victory.
• Sophomore Sophia Schoonmaker led with two goals while junior Blanca Orsola worked on three different goals - one goal and two assists. 

 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany returns to action after a historic 2022 season that saw the Great Danes' second program appearance in the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
• The Purple and Gold ended the regular season with five straight wins after losing just four contests in a 17-game regular season.
• Earning a bye with the second seed in the America East Tournament, the Great Danes defeated New Hampshire in the semifinal before taking down Stanford in shootouts for the league title.
• Ranked 16th in the nation, UAlbany headed to fourth-seed Michigan for the NCAA First Round contest. Down by one after a Wolverines' goal in the first half, the Great Danes tied the score with less than three minutes on the game clock. UAlbany took the overtime upset after Sophia Schoonmaker scored the game-winning goal with 55 seconds left in the first overtime period.

 
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

• The Great Danes have five student-athletes currently ranked in the national (NCAA Division I) stats:
  • Blanca Orsola
    • T7th - 1.0 assists per game
    • T24th - 2.0 points per game
  • Alison Smisdom
    • T7th - 1.0 assists per game
    • T24th - 2.0 points per game
  • Sophia Schoonmaker
    • T11th - 1.0 goals per game
    • T24th - 2.0 points per game
  • Charlotte Triggs
    • T11th - 1.0 goals per game
    • T24th - 2.0 points per game
  • Hannah Mangan
    • 13th - .836 goals against average
    • T32nd - .750 save percentage

 
IN THE AMERICA EAST

• The Great Danes have leaders in each of the six offensive and two goalie stat categories:
  • Shots/Game
    • 3rd - 5.0 - Alison Smisdom
    • T12th - 2.0 - Sophia Schoonmaker, Blanca Orsola, Charlotte Triggs
  • Shots on Goal/Game
    • 13th - 2.5 - Alison Smisdom
    • 17th - 2.0 - Sophia Schoonmaker
  • Goals/Game
    • T11th - 1.0 - Sophia Schoonmaker, Charlotte Triggs
  • Assists/Game
    • T8th - 1.0 - Alison Smisdom, Blanca Orsola
  • Points/Game
    • T5th - 2.0 - Sophia Schoonmaker, Blanca Orsola, Charlotte Triggs, Alison Smisdom
    • T13th - 1.5 - Axelle Werbrouck
  • Game-Winning Goals
    • T2nd - 1 - Blanca Orsola
  • Goals Against Average
    • 1st - .836 - Hannah Mangan
  • Save Percentage
    • 2nd - .750 - Hannah Mangan

 
WORK AS A TEAM, WIN AS A TEAM

• In the nation, UAlbany ranks:
  • T9th - 3.5 goals per game
  • 10th - 1.82 scoring margin
  • 11th - 10.5 points per game
• The Great Danes' rank in the conference:
  • 2nd - 3.5 goals per game
  • 2nd - 3.5 assists per game
  • 2nd - 1.50 goals against average
  • 3rd - 10.5 points per game

 
ABOUT #7 IOWA

• The Hawkeyes opened the season with two wins at the B10/ACC Challenge hosted by North Carolina.
• Playing #12 Wake Forest first (Aug. 25), Iowa earned a 4-0 victory before going to overtime for a 3-2 decision over #1 UNC on August 27.
• Most recently, the Hawkeyes tallied a 3-0 shutout victory over Fairfield at Alumni Turf on Friday (Sept. 1).
• Dionne van Aaslum leads the team with 12 points and six goals. 
• Lieve Schalk owns the team-high with two assists.
• Mia Magnotta has served in goal for the entirety of all three contests.

SERIES AGAINST THE HAWKEYES

• UAlbany and Iowa have met just once before.
• In a regular season contest in 2012, the Hawkeyes notched a 2-1 victory with the Great Danes on the road.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Four teams lead with a 2-1 record - Bryant, New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, and Vermont.
• UAlbany sits even with a 1-1 record after one weekend of action.
• Maine and California are tied with one win but Maine has the slight edge with two losses to California's three.
• Stanford (0-2) and UC Davis (0-4) are looking for their first win.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Sunday
  • New Hampshire at Ball State, 11 am
  • Ohio at Maine, 12 pm
  • Iowa at UAlbany, 12 pm
  • UC Davis at Kent State, 12 pm
  • Penn State at Stanford, 3 pm
• Monday
  • Bryant at Fairfield, 11 am
  • UC Davis at Ohio State, 1 pm
• Tuesday
  • Northwestern at Vermont, 4 pm

 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes will prepare for a split weekend next week. After hosting Hofstra on Friday (Sept. 8), UAlbany will head to Cornell (Sept. 10) for its first road contest.
 
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Twitter - @ualbanyfh
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