Score: UAlbany 6, #18 Stony Brook 15

Location: LaValle Stadium | Stony Brook, N.Y.

Records: UAlbany (1-1, 0-0 America East) | Stony Brook (1-0, 0-0 CAA)

Short Story: The University at Albany women's lacrosse team fell to former America East Foes on Long Island Sunday evening

Key Stats

• Mya Carroll led the Great Danes with four points (1 goal, 2 assists).
• Paisley Cook and Amanda Williamson each scored two goals.
• Cook also led the team with six draw controls, four ground balls, and two caused turnovers.
• Grace Cincebox recorded eight saves in 60 minutes in the net.

 
How It Happened

• Stony Brook struck first, as Isabella Caporuscio, named to the 2026 Tewaaraton Award Watchlist, scored just over a minute into the first quarter. Haydin Esifeld followed to give the Great Danes a 2-0 lead.
• Paisley Cook responded for UAlbany with a free-position goal, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
• The Seawolves added two more goals spanning the end of the first and start of the second quarter before Cook scored again with 10:20 left in the half, making it 4-2.
• Stony Brook closed out the second quarter with three straight goals, entering halftime with a 7-2 lead.
• Reese Hjertaas scored her second goal of the game for the Seawolves early in the third quarter. UAlbany's Long Island native answered with back-to-back goals, narrowing the gap to four with over 10 minutes left in the third.
• Hjertaas then scored two more goals, extending Stony Brook's lead to 10-4 heading into the final 15 minutes of regulation.
• Stony Brook added four more goals, while Jaedyn Frink scored her first goal of the season, with Mya Carroll scoring off a free position goal for UAlbany, as the Seawolves came away with a 15-6 victory.

 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes return to John Fallon Field on Saturday, February 21, where they'll face the currently ranked No.23 Harvard Crimson with the first draw scheduled for 12:00 PM.
 
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