UAlbany Women’s Soccer Heads to Long Island to Take on SUNY Rival Stony Brook on Thursday

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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The UAlbany women’s soccer team will look to finish up its road swing with a victory on Thursday night on Long Island, taking on SUNY rival Stony Brook on October 8th at 7 p.m. at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

The game will be streamed online for free at AmericaEast.tv.

UAlbany has won three out of the last four games against Stony Brook but trails in the overall series 12-5 to the Seawolves.  The two met last season at Bob Ford Field, with the Great Danes scoring two goals in a span of seven minutes and holding off Stony Brook for a 2-1 victory.

UAlbany is playing its third of four conference games on the road on Thursday, coming off a 1-0 defeat at New Hampshire on Sunday to snap a three-game unbeaten streak.  The Great Danes enter this game at 6-6-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the America East.  Stony Brook will have its conference home opener on Thursday after playing its first two league games, each losses, on the road, the last a 1-0 defeat at Hartford last week, going into this contest at 3-7-2 overall and 0-2-0 in the America East.

UAlbany is currently the second-highest goal-scoring team in the America East with 21.  Vivian Vega is tied for second in the league with six goals while Alexa Schneider is tied for fifth with five.  Schneider also has a team-high four assists, tied with UAlbany’s all-time leader in assists Krista Fitzpatrick, who has four this year to total 11 in her career.

Alana Brennan, UAlbany’s primary goalkeeper the past four years, is closing in on almost every program record.  She is already the program’s all-time wins leader with 20 and saves leader with 321, plus leads with a 1.67 goals allow average.  She needs one shutout to set the new record at UAlbany, currently standing with 9.5.

Almost half of Stony Brook’s goals and points have been earned by one player: redshirt junior Raven Edwards stands with five goals, including three on penalty kicks, and two assists for 12 points, while sophomore middle Manuela Corcho has two goals.  The Seawolves have split between Emily Doherty and Cara Gallagher in goal.