Score: UAlbany 0, Siena 1
 
Location: Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (1-4-0, 0-0-0 America East) | Siena (1-1-2, 0-0-0 MAAC)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men's soccer team dropped its second home match of the season to Siena in a close contest 1-0.
 
Key Stat Lines

• As a team, both UAlbany and Siena recorded 16 shots and five saves.
• UAlbany was awarded six corner kicks while Siena only took two in the match.
• Siena led the contest with eight fouls to the Great Danes' six total fouls.
• Ander Castillo led the Great Danes with four shots, one on goal while Timo Jansen tallied three shots, two on goal.
• Parker Kump spent all 90:00 minutes in goal where he recorded five saves for the Purple and Gold.

 
Head Coach Trevor Gorman: "Tonight is a really difficult result to process. It was a competitive match, there were a lot of things we did well, and we had chances. To see such a late goal from an unusual situation is of course heartbreaking. The effort was great & our players will continue fighting to see these types of games turn in our favor"
 
How it Happened:

• Ander Castillo was the first player to take a shot in the contest in the '4.
• On Siena's side, Mario Perez Navarro recorded the first shot for the Saints missing wide right at the '6 mark.
• A save by Parker Kump in the '20 helped keep it at a nil-nil contest shortly followed by other saves from Kump in the '26.
• Back-to-back shots from Castillo and Brennan McDermott in the '39 which came off of great chances, but weren't enough to find to back of the net as the Great Danes and Saints entered the half-tied nil-nil.
• Timo Jansen fired off the first shot of the second half in the '49 resulting in a Siena save.
• A shot from Jordan Shullenberger bounced back into the penalty box after hitting the woodwork in the '81 Immediately followed by another shot from Jansen a near seven seconds later.
• In the '89 after the Great Danes and Saints were battling it out a Siena chip shot from outside the top of the penalty box resulted in a Siena goal before time expired to give the Saints the 1-0 victory.

Next: The Great Danes hit the road once again for a Monday match on September 9th, at Marist beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information on the UAlbany men's soccer team, follow the squad's official social media accounts on X and Instagram and UAlbany Athletics on Facebook.