Score: UAlbany 9, No.6 Syracuse 21
 
Location: JMA Wireless Dome | Syracuse, N.Y. 
 
Records: UAlbany (0-1, 0-0 America East), Syracuse (1-0, 0-0 ACC)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany women's lacrosse program traveled to Syracuse, New York, to take on the Orange as the Great Danes fell 21-9 in the season opener.
 
Key Stats:

• Mikaela Mooney led UAlbany with four points from three assists and one goal.
• Emma Weaver tallied three points with one goal and assists.
• Both Haley Phalines and Courtney Rowe scored twice in the season opener.
• Emma Torkoff, Mackenzie Salentre, and Ravan Marsell all led UAlbany with two ground balls.
• Ravan Marsell was UAlbany's leading draw controller with five.
• As a team, Syracuse out shot UAlbany 34-17 and were 26-12 on shots on goal.
• UAlbany tallied 11 ground balls to Cuse's 21.
• The Great Danes went 16-17 on clear attempts, with the Oranges going 18-19.

How it Happened:

• Syracuse started the game by scoring six straight goals before Paisley Cook recorded UAlbany's first goal of the season with 6:52 left on the first.
• The Orange would tally two more goals before Emma Torkoff would give the Great Danes goal number two of the evening to make it 8-2 Syracuse after the first quarter.
• Back-to-back goals from UAlbany's Emma Weaver and Haley Phalines would bring the Purple and Gold's deficit back to within four goals trailing 8-4 with 12:33 remaining in the second.
• 'Cuse closed out the first half, scoring the final seven goals, leading 15-4 after the first 30 minutes of play.
• Following three straight goals to start the third quarter, Dylana Williams notched her first goal as a Great Dane, assisted by Emma Torkoff, to stop the 10-0 run, making it 18-5 Syracuse with 5:15 remaining in the third.
• The final goal of the third quarter would go to the Orange, tacking onto their lead 19-5.
• As Syracuse recorded the first goal of the fourth, Haley Phalines would score UAlbany's sixth goal of the game 10:17 into the fourth, thanks to an assist from Mikeala Mooney.
• Phalines' goal sparked a 4-0 run by the Great Danes with two goals from Courtney Rowe and one from Mooney to make it 20-9 with 3:51 left in the game.
• 'Cuse would strike last scoring with just over a minute remaining as The Orange would take the 21-9 victory.

 
 
UP NEXT: UAlbany's women's lacrosse will next host Holy Cross on Wednesday, February 12, for the team's home opener on Way Back Wednesday! The first draw is set for 3:00 pm at John Fallon Field.

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