Score: UAlbany 19, Binghamton 7
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Location: Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, N.Y.
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Records: UAlbany (3-1, 2-1) | Binghamton (1-1, 1-1)
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Short Story: Tehoka Nanticoke scores six goals, including the 100th of his career, in a 19-7 route of Binghamton.
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Key Stats
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- Tehoka Nanticoke scored six goals and recorded three assists
- Nanticoke scored his 100th career goal
- Liam Donnelly recorded 14 saves
- Jakob Patterson scored once with three assists
- UAlbany outshot Binghamton 46-31
- UAlbany won 43 ground balls to Binghamton's 29
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Head Coach Scott Marr: "I was proud of the week of practice we had and how it translated into our play today. I was very encouraged by how we came together and played unselfishly and stood up for each other."
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How it Happened
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- Tehoka Nanticoke kicked off the game scoring the 100th goal of his career, becoming the 10th Great Dane to hit the milestone in the program's Division I era. UAlbany scored the first three goals of the game before Binghamton scored twice to cut UAlbany's lead to one.
- Graydon Hogg scored to end Binghamton's brief run off a setup from Nanticoke. The teams alternated four-straight goals before UAlbany went on a 9-0 run through the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters to take a 14-4 lead.
- UAlbany outscored Binghamton 5-1 in the second and 7-1 in the third quarters to take control of the game. After the Bearcats scored to end UAlbany's 9-0 run, the Great Danes scored the next three to lead 17-5, including a goal from Daire LaPietro with three seconds remaining in the third.
- Nanticoke netted his sixth and final goal of the game with 3:24 left in the fourth, and Tyler Shook added one more before Binghamton scored with five seconds left to make the final score 19-7. Â In goal, Liam Donnelly recorded 14 saves.
- Nanticoke added three assists to his six goals to set a single-game career high nine points. Jakob Patterson scored once and had three assists. Teioshontathe McComber, Tyler Shook, and Alex Burgmaster each scored twice. UAlbany outshot Binghamton 46-31, and 38 of UAlbany's 46 shots were on target.
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Next: UAlbany hosts #13 UMass on Tuesday, March 23 at 1:00 pm.
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