Score: UAlbany 6, Harvard 18
 
Location: Jordan Field | Cambridge, Mass. 
 
Records: UAlbany (0-3, 0-0 America East), Harvard (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany women's lacrosse team fell on the road to the Harvard Crimson 18-6.
 
Key Stats:

• Dylana Williams led UAlbany with a total of four points from three goals and one assist.
• Gracie McCauley picked up three ground balls.
• Quinn McCarthy, Mackenzie and Abbie Murphy each recorded a caused turnover
• Paisley Cook led the team with four draw controls..
• Harvard outshot UAlbany 33-13 with 26 shots on goal to the Great Danes 12.
• UAlbany recorded 12 ground balls to the Crimsons 22.
• The Great Danes were 13-17 on clear attempts, while Harvard was a perfect 14-14
• Quinn McCarthy spent 45 minutes in net making six saves with 11 goals against.
   

How it Happened:

• Harvard would take a 3-0 lead early on before Dylana Williams scored the Great Danes' first goal with 7:25 left in the first.
• The Crimson would go on to score four more goals in the first quarter to lead 7-1 at the end of the first 15 minutes.
• UAlbany would be shut out in the second quarter, with Harvard adding seven more goals to lead 14-1 at the end of the second.
• Less than a minute into the third, D. Williams would break Harvard's 11-0 run, capitalizing off a free position goal to make it 14-2 Harvard.
• With just over nine minutes to play in the third, Ava Poupard would be the second Great Dane to score in the game as UAlbany trailed 15-3.
• Right at the seven-minute mark of the third, D. Williams would net her first hat-trick as a Great Danes to make it a 15-4 Crimson lead.
• Harvard would remain ahead 16-4 following three full quarters of play.
• Mikaela Mooney would be the first player to strike in the fourth quarter, scoring two and a half minutes in with Harvard still ahead 16-5.
• Gracie McCauley would score UAlbany's final goal of the game with 10:30 left in the game as the Great Danes would go on a 3-0 run to make it a 10-point game again, 16-6.
• Harvard would find the back of the net two more times before the clock expired, picking up the win over UAlbany 18-6.

 
UP NEXT: UAlbany's women's lacrosse will return home on Sunday, February 23, at John Fallon Field when they host Stony Brook for the Great Danes Tucker Out Leukemia game. The first draw is set for noon.