ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany field hockey team is set to host the 2026 America East Championship on Friday (Nov. 6).
AE Championship - #5 Vermont at #3 UAlbany
DATE: Friday, November 6
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Alumni Turf - Albany, N.Y.
STREAM: ESPN+
INT'L STREAM: AE.TV
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
TICKETS: Ticket Return
PARKING: Ticket Return
CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL: AmericaEast.com

• Sunday - Quarterfinals
  • #5 Vermont at #4 New Hampshire - UVM, 2-0
  • #6 Bryant at #3 UAlbany - UALB, 4-3 (OT)
• Tuesday - Semifinals
  • #5 Vermont at #1 UMass Lowell - UVM, 3-2
  • #3 UAlbany at #2 Maine - UALB, 2-1 (SO)
• Friday - Championships
  • #5 Vermont at #3 UAlbany - 2 pm

• The Great Danes return to the America East Championship for the first time since 2023, the last in a three-year streak of championship appearances.
• UAlbany opened the 2026 tournament with a 4-3 overtime victory against Bryant. Senior Pilar Lorenzini contributed to all four goals with two assists and two goals. Senior Mara Küskes scored the game-winning goal in the seventh minute of overtime.
• At Maine, the Great Danes went to shootouts after scoring a goal with five minutes remaining in regulation to tie the game. Named Player of the Game, junior goalkeeper Merle Vaandrager stopped four attempts with Lorenzini and Küskes scoring to make the shootout score 2-1 and give the win to the Great Danes.
• In 2024, the Catamounts upset UAlbany, the regular-season champions, in the semifinals before beating New Hampshire for the 2024 title and NCAA auto bid.
• Last year, the Great Danes hosted Bryant for a 6-1 win in the AE quarterfinal but fell to New Hampshire, the eventual champions, in the semifinals.

• According to the NCAA's RPI rankings, UAlbany is 23rd in the nation. 
• The Great Danes scored 12 goals for three wins in the first three contests, including a statement victory over Boston College, of the season.
• UAlbany bounced back after a five-game losing streak ended in the conference-opening loss at Maine with six consecutive wins, including a one-goal result at Cornell.
• With the regular-season champion title on the line, the Great Danes fell to UMass Lowell to end the regular season.
• Freshman Quinty Reumer leads the team with 12 goals and 25 points. 
• Sophomore Jette Kurz and Mara Küskes are close behind with 22 and 21 points, respectively.
• With a wide range of Great Danes contributing to the score over half of the field players (11 out of 16) have notched at least one goal or assist. 
• Küskes has totaled three defensive saves on the season. Freshman Aurora Hogan and sophomore Mathilda Prada each have one.
• In goal, Merle Vaandrager owns a 10-5 record with 16 starts and 57 saves on the season.

• Prior to the AE Championship Tournament, Vermont tallied an 11-5 record while finishing 2-3 in conference play.
• In the America East, the Catamounts defeated UMass Lowell and Bryant while falling to UAlbany, New Hampshire, and Maine. Three of the five games were one goal decisions; UAlbany won by two and Bryant lost by two.
• Addie DelOrefice leads the team with 23 points from eight goals and seven assists.
• Alicia Battistelli and Consu de Castro follow with 19 points each. 
• Fiona McMahon is the team's main playmaker with 12 assists.
• Ila Gunner has started all 18 games in goal for 1064:55 minutes having earned a .85 goals against average and a .722 save percentage.

• Rookie of the Year - Quinty Reumer
• First Team All-Conference
  • Jette Kurz
  • Mara Küskes
  • Quinty Reumer
• Second Team All-Conference
  • Pilar Lorenzini
• All-Rookie Team
  • Tatum Hickey
  • Quinty Reumer
• All-Academic Team
  • Mara Küskes
  • Pilar Lorenzini

(As of November 4)

• Great Danes have four student-athletes currently ranked in the national (NCAA Division I) stats:
  • Jette Kurz
    • 6th - .88 assists per game
    • 55th - 1.38 points per game
  • Mara Küskes
    • 8th - .76 assists per game
    • 14th - 3 defensive saves
    • 56th - 1.35 points per game
  • Quinty Reumer
    • 24th - .71 goals per game
    • 46th - 1.47 points per game

(As of November 4)

• The Great Danes have leaders in each of the seven offensive and four goalie stat categories:
  • Shots/Game
    • 2nd - 3.06 - Quinty Reumer
    • 12th - 1.65 - Mathilda Prada
    • 18th - 1.29 - Pilar Lorenzini
• Shots on Goal/Game 
  • 3rd - 1.88 - Quinty Reumer
  • 11th - 1.24 - Mathilda Prada
  • 19th - 0.93 - Pilar Lorenzini
• Goals/Game
  • 1st - .706 - Quinty Reumer
  • 11th - .357 - Pilar Lorenzini
  • 20th - .294 - Mathilda Prada
  • 23rd - .250 - Jette Kurz/Mara Küskes
• Assists/Game 
  • 1st - .875 - Jette Kurz
  • 2nd - .765 - Mara Küskes
  • 12th - .357 - Pilar Lorenzini
  • 24th - .176 - Emma Staron
• Points/Game 
  • 2nd - 1.47 - Quinty Reumer
  • 3rd - 1.38 - Jette Kurz
  • 4th - 1.35 - Mara Küskes
  • 8th - 1.07 - Pilar Lorenzini
• Game Winning Goals
  • 1st - 4 - Quinty Reumer 
  • T14th - 1 - Victoria Derdoy, Jette Kurz, Mara Küskes, Lillian Willis, Mathilda Prada
• Defensive Saves
  • 2nd - 3 - Mara Küskes
  • T7th - 1 - Aurora Hogan, Mathilda Prada
• Goals Against Average
  • 4th - 2.50 - Merle Vaandrager
• Save Percentage 
  • 5th - .588 - Merle Vaandrager
• Shutouts/Game
  • T4th - .063 - Merle Vaandrager
• Saves/Game 
  • 4th - 3.56 - Merle Vaandrager

(As of November 4)

• In the nation, UAlbany ranks:
  • 19th - .647 win percentage
  • 22nd - 6.65 penalty corners per game
  • 23rd - 2.24 assists per game
  • 23rd - 5 defensive saves
  • 32nd - 6.82 points per game
  • 34th - 2.29 goals per game
  • 25th - 2.17 scoring average
• The Great Danes' rank in the conference:
  • 2nd - .647 win percentage
  • 2nd - 2.24 assists per game
  • 2nd - 5 defensive saves
  • 2nd - 6.82 points per game
  • 2nd - 2.29 goals per game
  • 3rd - 6.65 penalty corners per game
  • 3rd - 2.17 scoring average

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