Score: No. 1 New Hampshire 2, No. 3 UAlbany 0
Location: Wildcat Stadium in Durham, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (6-8-6) | New Hampshire (14-4-0)
Short Story: UAlbany returned to the America East title game for the first time in five years but falls to top overall seed New Hampshire 2-0 in Durham.
Key Stats
- Shafique Wilson recorded seven saves
- New Hampshire outshot UAlbany 17-7, including 14-0 in the first half
- New Hampshire controlled possession 68% to 32% in the first half, but finished with 58% possession overall
- UAlbany held New Hampshire to just one shot on goal after halftime
- UAlbany’s shutout streak ended in the first half after more than 505 minutes of play dating back to October 18
Head Coach Trevor Gorman: “I’m really proud of our team and our players. New Hampshire is a strong, experienced team and coming to this environment was always going to be a big challenge. The first half went against us and a few deflections and mistakes put us in a hole, but I thought our second half response was outstanding. The way our guys battled was a credit to their spirit and we forced their goalkeeper into some outstanding saves. The guys represented our program with distinction today.”
How it Happened
- On Sunday, the University at Albany men’s soccer program played in its first America East championship game since winning its second-straight league title in 2017. Their opponent, top overall seed and 22nd-ranked nationally New Hampshire, was playing in, and hosting, its fifth-straight conference championship.
- UAlbany and New Hampshire had never met in the America East championship game, and had only met once before in the America East Tournament, during the 2012 quarterfinals.
- The Great Danes arrived at Sunday’s tournament final boasting a five-game shutout streak. Two of the games, the team’s regular-season finale at home and semifinal on the road, were against eighth-ranked nationally Vermont, one of the highest-scoring teams in the country. Dating back to their last goal surrendered, in the 35th minute against Colgate, UAlbany had not allowed a goal in 505:44 of game time.
- UAlbany had appeared in two America East title games before Sunday, defeating five-seed Hartford at home in 2016 and defeating two-seed UMass Lowell on…
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