Score: UAlbany 9, Bryant 10
Location: Beirne Stadium | Smithfield, R.I.
Records: UAlbany (4-9, 2-2 America East), Bryant (8-6, 3-1 AE)
Short Story: The University at Albany women's lacrosse program fell to Bryant on the road 10-9.
Key Stats:
- Ava Poupard and Dylana Williams led the Great Danes with four points from two goals and two assists each.
- Mikaela Mooney tallied three points from two goals and one assist.
- Emma Torkoff picked up a team-high three ground balls.
- Gracie McCauley led UAlbany with five caused turnovers and an additional 2 ground balls.
- Paisley Cook won a total of five draw controls to lead UAlbany.
- Grace Cincebox tallied five saves for a .333 save percentage.
- UAlbany recorded 18 shots on goal in 29 shots and picked up 12 ground balls with nine caused turnovers and 20 total turnovers with 13 draw control wins.
- Bryant tallied 15 shots on goal with 31 shots, for 15 ground balls, 18 turnovers, and 10 caused turnovers with 10 draw control wins.
How it Happened:
- Gabriella Constant and Emily Degeorge scored the opening goals for Bryant to take a 2-0 lead just under halfway into the game.
- Goals from Ava Poupard and Mikaela Mooney helped tie it all up at 2-2.
- The Bulldogs pulled ahead by one goal yet again to take a 3-2 lead at the end of the first.
- To start the second, another assist from D. Williams to Mooney tied it again at 3-3.
- Bryant would pull back ahead 4-3 before a quick goal from Haley Phalines capped off the scoring for the second quarter to leave it tied at 4-4 after 30 minutes of play.
- Poupard gave the Great Danes their first lead of the game, 2:41 into the third, to go up 5-4.
- The Bulldogs would bite back to make it even at 5-5 before Emma Weaver would put UAlbany back on top 6-5 with 9:54 to go in the third.
- Isabelle Katter fired on the net to start the Bulldog's four-goal run that lasted from halfway through the third until eight minutes left in the fourth.
- Dylana Williams and Graie McCauley helped bring the Great Danes deficit back to within one goal scoring 30 seconds apart to make it a 9-8 Bryant lead with 4:52 to play.
- Bryant would take a two-goal lead with 3:08 to play before D. Williams tallied her second goal of the game, but the Great Danes' comeback efforts fell short falling to the Bulldogs 10-9.
UP NEXT: UAlbany's women's lacrosse team will return on the road on Wednesday, April 16, when they head to Syracuse, N.Y., where they'll face the Le Moyne Dolphins at 3:00 p.m. on Ted Grant Field.
Social Central: Stay up to date with UAlbany women's lacrosse by following the team on X (
@UAlbanyWLax) and Instagram (
UAlbanyWLax) for all of the latest news and highlights throughout the year.