Alison Smisdom - Iowa 2023
Bruce Dudek/UAlbany Athletics
4
Winner UAlbany UALB (6-3, 2-0)
2
Bryant BRY (4-4, 0-1)
Winner
UAlbany UALB
(6-3, 2-0)
4
Final
2
Bryant BRY
(4-4, 0-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UAlbany UALB 0 1 1 2 4
Bryant BRY 0 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Takes Second-Straight Conference Win

SCORE: UAlbany 4, Bryant 2
 
LOCATION: Bryant Field Hockey Complex - Smithfield, R.I.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 6-3, 2-0 AE | Bryant 4-4, 0-1 AE
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes started the scoring before adding three in the second half to secure their second conference win against Bryant, Sunday afternoon.
 
COACH PHIL SYKES: "It was a good team effort on a cold and soggy day. Bryant is a tough team and it was a battle today. We are glad to be 2-0 in conference play."
 
KEY STATS
  • Junior Alison Smisdom led with two goals - both scored during a penalty corner.
  • Graduate student Delphine Le Jeune scored a goal from a penalty stroke.
  • Redshirt-junior Jannelle Volk scored the first goal of her career.
  • Freshman Mara Küskes tallied two assists.
  • As a team, the Great Danes outshot Bryant, 15-6, with an 11-4 advantage in shots on goal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After a scoreless first quarter, Delphine Le Jeune opened the scoring with a successful stroke as 5:08 was on the scoreboard in the second quarter.
  • Bryant tied the game about six minutes into the second half.
  • With just eight seconds left in the third quarter, Alison Smisdom scored the go-ahead goal off a penalty corner. Taking an insert from Mara Küskes and a stick-stop from junior Blanca Orsola, Smisdom sent the ball into the net from the top of the circle.
  • Scoring two goals in a four-minute time span, the Great Danes took a 4-1 lead in the final quarter.
  • About three minutes after Smisdom added a second goal off a corner, Jannelle Volk intercepted a pass at the top of the dotted circle. Dribbling all the way to the goal, Volk dumped the ball into the net for what proved to be UAlbany's final goal.
  • The Bulldogs got the final say with the last goal to make it a two-goal decision, 4-2.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will return home for a Friday afternoon contest against Maine (Sept. 29).
 
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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