SCORE: #18 UAlbany 3, Hofstra 2
LOCATION: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 1-0, 0-0 America East | Hofstra 0-1, 0-0 CAA
SHORT STORY: A fourth quarter goal propelled the Great Danes to a 3-2 win in their season opener against Hofstra, Friday afternoon.
COACH PHIL SYKES: "We are a very new team. From our first scrimmage to our second scrimmage and now, we have evolved really well. There is still a lot to work on and I am proud of the team's fight. Hofstra has improved quite a lot over the last few years and they battled hard. I'm glad when we were facing adversity and the score was 2-2, we continued to fight to get that third goal and try to get the win."
KEY STATS
- Junior Pilar Lorenzini led the Great Danes with two goals.
- Sophomore Sarah Salameh added a goal of her own.
- Olivia Bell was atop the Great Danes with two assists.
- Freshman Lillian Willis and junior Mara Küskes each followed with one assist.
- Each team tallied six shots but UAlbany landed five on goal compared to Hofstra's three.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UAlbany got the scoring started when Pilar Lorenzini netted the first goal of the year on a corner with an assist from Olivia Bell and Mara Küskes less than five minutes into the game.
- Eight minutes later, Sarah Salameh scored on an assist from Lillian Willis to add on to the Great Danes lead and make it 2-0.
- With less than a minute to go in the first quarter, Hofstra was able to score and cut the lead in half to make it 2-1.
- Hofstra struck first in the second half and scored on a penalty stroke two minutes into the half to tie it up at two.
- The Great Danes scored the last goal of the game early in the fourth quarter when Lorenzini found the back of the net for the second time to make it 3-2, the final score of the game.
NEXT: The Great Danes will take to the road for the first time this season to take on Wagner Sunday (Aug. 31) at 2:00 pm.
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