Albany's First Win over UNH Keeps It in First
from press release
DURHAM, N.H. -- Kayla Best scored the game-winning goal with 40 seconds remaining and Mel Rorie had three of her four goals in the second half, as UAlbany rallied for a 13-12 victory over New Hampshire on Saturday, April 24 at Memorial Field. The Great Danes remained in a tie for first place in the conference standings with Boston University.
The Great Danes, who won for the first time in six trips to New Hampshire, reversed an 8-5 deficit with five unanswered. Mel Sosnowski's free-position chance tied the contest at eight apiece, before Rorie put her team ahead. Christine Grueniger converted Jodi Battaglia's feed for a 10-8 advantage.
UNH's Amber Casiano, who had three goals and one assist, drew her team even at 10-all, before the Great Danes scored twice in a 48-second stretch. Grueniger, who scored three times and handed out an assist, gave her team the lead and Rorie's free-position goal followed.
The Wildcats, who had won five of their previous six outings, came back again when Hayley Rausch and Casiano each scored. Casino, a freshman midfielder, found the net with 1:56 to play. All of which set up the game-winner when Best connected off a pass from Battaglia.
New Hampshire (9-5, AE 3-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening six-plus minutes of play. Casiano scored with 19 seconds elapsed, before JoJo Curro tallied her 23rd of the season. Allie Bratton, a junior attack, netted a pair of goals of one minute and six seconds apart to end that outburst.
UAlbany (12-2, AE 5-0) battled back with four of the game's next
five goals. Taylor Frink and Rorie ignited that stretch by scoring
twice in a 24-second span. Olivia Jarem closed the gap to 6-4 with
11:26 left in the period with a free-position shot. The Wildcats
kept that two-goal margin by taking a 7-5 lead to the
intermission.
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UAlbany 13, New Hampshire 12
UAlbany - Scoring: Mel Rorie 4-0,
Christine Grueniger 3-1, Olivia Jarem 2-0, Melanie Sosnowski 1-0,
Taylor Frink 1-0, Rachael Burek 1-0, Kayla Best 1-0, Jodi Battaglia
0-2; Goalkeeper(s): Ashley Ross (60:00, 6 saves, 12 GA).
New Hampshire - Scoring: Amber Casiano
3-1, Shaunna Kaplan 2-1,l Kate Keagins 2-1, Allie Bratton 2-1, JoJo
Curro 1-1, Hayley Rausch 1-0, Jenny Simpson 1-0, Ilana Cohen 0-2;
Goalkeeper(s): Kathleen O'Keefe (60:00, 9 saves, 13 GA).
