SCORE: #20 UAlbany 4, Ohio 0
 
LOCATION: Buckeye Varsity Field - Columbus, Ohio
 
RECORDS: #20 UAlbany 1-1, 0-0 AE | Ohio 0-2, 0-0 Mid-American
 
SHORT STORY: With a steady rate of about one goal per quarter, the Great Danes tallied their first win of the season, a shutout, against Ohio, Sunday afternoon.

COACH PHIL SYKES: "I'm very proud of the team effort today. We were strong mentally throughout and played with good discipline."
 
KEY STATS

• Senior Alison Smisdom recorded her first hat trick of the year. It was the fifth of her collegiate career.
• Freshman Eva Jenniskens scored her first career goal.
• Senior Floor de Ruiter and sophomore Mara Küskes led with two assists each.
• The Great Dane defense worked together to allow just four shots from the Bobcats, none of which were on goal.
• All UAlbany goals were scored during penalty corners.
• All of the Great Dane field hockey players saw time in the win.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Not even five minutes into the game and UAlbany was on the board.
• Redirecting a penalty-corner shot, Eva Jenniskens tipped the ball into the net at 4:25 with an assist from Floor de Ruiter.
• Just over a minute into the second quarter, Alison Smisdom scored the first of her three goals.
• During a penalty corner, Smisdom's direct shot was assisted by senior Blanca Orsola (stick stop) and Mara Küskes (insert).
• Smisdom completed her hat trick in the third quarter.
• In the second double-assisted goal of the game, graduate student Charlotte Triggs (stick stop) and Küskes (insert) assisted Smisdom's second goal.
• Just two minutes later, with 1:33 on the clock, Smisdom and de Ruiter combined for a give-and-go goal during a penalty corner.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes return home to host Merrimack (Sept. 6) and Cornell (Sept. 8).
 
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