The Great Danes (5-6-4, 3-2-1) return to Tom & Mary Casey Stadium on Tuesday, November 3, to host the UMass Lowell River Hawks at 6:30 p.m. in their final regular season matchup.
Leading UAlbany is Ivar Gissurarson who has tallied ten points this season from four goals (team high) and two assists. Roko Branko Mrvelj has recorded the team-high in assists with four. In addition to Gissurarson, nine other Great Danes have logged at least one goal this season. Ethan Cook continues to lead the team in minutes, playing 1,230 throughout all 15 matches so far this year. Andrej Krivokapic (5-3-2) has spent the most time in goal for UAlbany, starting all ten matches that he has appeared in and logging 882 total minutes between the posts. Krivokapic has recorded 31 saves and five shutouts thus far this season.
The River Hawks are coming into Tuesday’s match on a two-game losing streak, after being defeated by UMBC (10.25) and New Hampshire (10.31) at home. Justin Pham currently leads UMass Lowell with six points from two goals and two assists; he is followed by Linus Musielak who has tallied five points from two goals and one assist. In addition to Pham and Musielak, ten other River Hawks have recorded at least one goal this season. Mauro Fernandez leads the team in minutes played with 1,156. In net, both Alvaro Medrano (4-2-1) and Jorge Ortega (3-4-1) have split time. Ortega has started eight of UMass Lowell’s matchups while Medrano has started the other seven. Each keeper has recorded three shutouts. Medrano leads the two in saves with 37 for a .787 save percentage.
