SCORE: UAlbany 2, Maine 1 (SO)
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The game file incorrectly lists the game as a 1-1 tie. This is due to technical difficulties with the statistics program. An updated game file will be updated as soon as possible.
LOCATION: UMaine Field Hockey Complex - Orono, Maine
RECORDS: #3 UAlbany 11-6, 3-2 America East | #2 Maine 8-9, 3-2 America East
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes scored a late-game goal to bring the Black Bears to overtime before taking the victory in shootouts, Tuesday evening.
KEY STATS
- Freshman Quinty Reumer scored the lone UAlbany goal.
- Seniors Emma Staron and Mara Küskes each earned an assist.
- Junior goalkeeper Merle Vaandrager made two stops in active play with four shootout stops.
- As a team, the Great Danes outshot the Black Bears, 15-6, with an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal and a 9-3 advantage in penalty corners.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After over 25 minutes of action, Maine scored first to enter halftime with a 1-0 lead.
- The Great Danes came out of the break with a fire and held control of the ball for nearly the entire second half.
- Totaling seven shots on five penalty corners in the fourth quarter alone, UAlbany tied the game with 5:41 remaining in regulation.Â
- During a penalty corner, the fourth of the quarter, Quinty Reumer used a drag flick to send the ball into the goal after a stick-stop from Emma Staron and an insert from Mara Küskes.Â
- Two minutes later, the Great Danes got another chance to score with a corner but despite two shots, the Black Bears defense held and the game went into overtime.
- Other than a single penalty corner and shot, UAlbany continued to dominate control of the ball in the 15-minute overtime period. With a Maine defense that held, the Great Danes were unable to score.
- On the first two shootout attempts for each team, senior Pilar Lorenzini and Küskes found success while goalie Merle Vaandrager stopped each of Maine's attempts.
- The third Black Bear found success to make it 2-1 after three shootout attempts.
- Both Maine and UAlbany's athletes missed the fourth attempt.
- After the fifth attempt was unsuccessful for the Great Danes, it came down to the final Maine attempt - Vaandrager stopped the attempt with a swift move and won the game for UAlbany.
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to host fifth-seeded Vermont in the America East Championship on Friday (Nov. 6) at 2 pm.
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