Score: UAlbany 14, Hobart 10
Location: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (2-4, 0-0 America East) | Hobart (1-5, 0-0 A10)
Short Story: The University at Albany men's lacrosse team jumped back into the win column on Saturday afternoon with a 14-10 victory over Hobart at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.
Key Stat Lines
How it Happened:
- Silas Richmond scored the first goal of the game four minutes into the first.
- Shortly after, UAlbany's Brendan O'Keefe scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Koleton Marquis.
- The Great Danes continued to pressure into Hobart's territory as Richmond struck again with his 11th goal of the season, 3-0.
- Hobart halted UAlbany's two-minute run with back-to-back goals from Connor DiTomasso, both assisted by David Peterkin, 3-2.
- 56 seconds later, Great Danes attacker Jackson Palumb scored on a highlight reel goal, which pushed the lead to 4-2.
- With 2:29 remaining in the first, DiTomasso tallied another goal for the Statesmen.
- UAlbany quickly answered back with a goal from Ryan Doherty, assisted by Justin Lee, pushing the lead to 5-3.
- With only seven seconds left in the first, Hobart responded with a goal from Peterkin to bring it within one.
- The Statesmen got the second quarter rolling with DiTomasso scoring his third goal of the game, assisted by Gordon Bennett, which tied it at 5-5.
- The Great Danes answered three minutes later with a goal from Richmond to retake the lead, 6-5
- Hobart tied it two minutes later with a hat trick goal from Peterkin at 9:42 for the final goal of the half.
- UAlbany got the third quarter rolling with back-to-back goals from Palumb and Marquis to extend the lead to 8-6.
- The Great Danes scored another pair of back-to-back goals from a bounce shot by Marquis and a long-range from Doherty.
- Hobart interrupted the scoring run with a goal from Slade Engstrom with 1:20 in the third, assisted by Peterkin, 10-7.
- Early into the fourth, UAlbany scored two goals tallied by Marquis and Teharonhiorens McComber, pushing the lead to 12-7.
- Marquis tallied his fourth goal of the game two minutes later to make it 13-7.
- The Statesmen once again halted the scoring run with a goal by Engstrom with six minutes remaining in the fourth.
- Palumb recored his third goal of the game which pushed the lead to 14-8 with five minutes remaining.
- Shortly after, Hobart answered back with two goals of their own from Daniel Cano to make the score 14-10.
Next: The Great Danes travel to face Georgetown for a matchup this Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.
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