ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women's soccer program puts its two-game winning streak on the line with a road matchup at Army West Point ahead of the start of America East play this weekend.
 
Game Info
September 13, 2023 at Army West Point (6:00 pm)
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Leading the Pack

• UAlbany is 1-2-0 on the road this season; Army West Point is 2-1-0 at home
• Eight Great Danes have scored a goal this season
• Seven of UAlbany's goals have been scored after halftime
• Both teams are riding two-game winning streaks 

Scouting Army West Point
The Black Knights have won two-straight games after starting the season 0-4-2, and outscored its opponents in those two victories, Air Force and Colorado College, 5-1.  Army West Point went 9-4-7 in 2022, including 6-1-2 against Patriot League competition to win the regular-season league title, but fell in the Patriot League championship game to two-seed Bucknell in penalty kicks.  The Black Knights were picked to finish second in the 2023 Patriot League Preseason Coaches' Poll, and were one of four teams to pull down a first-place vote.  Defender Lindsey Smith was picked to the Preseason All-Conference Team, and leads a roster featuring 23 returning players, including each of 2022's top-three leading scorers.  UAlbany is 1-7-0 in eight meetings with Army West Point in the program's Division I era.
 
Last Time vs. Army West Point
August 29, 2019 | The UAlbany women's soccer program dropped its third-straight game to open the 2019 season, 3-2 at Army West Point.  Jasmine Colbert scored twice to put UAlbany up 2-0 in the 66th minute, but the Black Knights scored three goals in the final 22 minutes, including the game-winner in the 89th, to steal the victory.
 
Last Time Out
After their game against UMass was cancelled due to inclement weather, the Great Danes returned to action against Fordham, playing the Rams for the first time since the 2000 season.  The UAlbany defense shined against Fordham, pitching the team's second-straight shutout and also accounting for the game's only goal.  Charlotte Takacsy, on a set piece in the 57th minute, served the ball deep into the Fordham box to Devon Schmitt, who netted her second career goal, to win the game.
 
Around the America East
Maine continues its unbeaten season to maintain the top spot in the conference standings at 5-0-3.  Just behind the Black Bears, Vermont has also won five games.  Further back, four teams, NJIT, Bryant, New Hampshire, and UAlbany, each have three victories.  UMBC has won twice and Binghamton once, ahead of winless UMass Lowell.  The first league games of the 2023 season are scheduled for September 17, which will feature four conference matchups.
 
Wednesday's America East Games

• UAlbany at Army West Point, 6:00 pm
• UMBC at Mount St. Mary's, 7:00 pm
• Marist at Bryant, 7:00 pm
• Binghamton at Cornell, 7:00 pm
• NJIT at Columbia, 7:00 pm

Back Heavy
Through its first six games of the 2023 season, seven of the UAlbany women's soccer program's eight total goals have been scored in the second half.  The Great Danes are, on average, scoring in the 61st minute.
 
Spread the Wealth
In its first six games of the 2023 season, the UAlbany women's soccer program scored eight goals.  Each goal was scored by a different player, including two goals from defenders Charlotte Takacsy and Devon Schmitt.  Takacsy is the early-season leader in total points as the only player to tally a goal and an assist.
 
First Time
In the first game of her senior-year season, the 42nd appearance of her career, defender Charlotte Takacsy scored her first career goal as a Great Dane.  Takacsy capitalized on a rebound following a serve from a corner kick to put UAlbany up 2-1 over Hofstra in the 71st minute of the season opener and clinch the game for the Great Danes.
 
Backloaded
During the 2022 season, UAlbany scored 26 total goals in 20 games, for an average of 1.30 goals per game.  However, the Great Danes were shut out in each of their first four games of the season, and subsequently scored their 26 goals in the final 16 games, for an average of 1.63 goals per game.
 
Rookie of the Year
After leading the Great Danes in scoring, freshman forward Emily Jozak was named the 2022 America East Rookie of the Year.  Jozak led UAlbany in 2022 with seven goals, ranking in a tie for third-highest total in the America East.  Jozak was also named America East Rookie of the Week three times, including after she tied the single-game program records with three goals and six points against Rider in the Great Danes' first victory of the season.  Jozak is UAlbany's seventh Rookie of the Year winner, following Teresa Boring (2007), Chelsea DeVerna (2009), Vivian Vega (2014), Meghan Cavanaugh (2016), Jasmine Colbert (2018), and Leah Pais (2019).
 
Mainstays
Since earning their first postseason berth during the 2009 season, UAlbany women's soccer has qualified for all but two postseason tournaments, missing out only in 2013 and in the COVID-affected 2020-21 season.  Overall, UAlbany is 13-7-2, in America East postseason matches, with three America East championships.
 
Picked Fifth
For the third-straight season, UAlbany was picked to finish fifth in the America East Preseason Coaches' Poll.  The Great Danes finished the 2022 regular season in fifth place and advanced to the conference semifinal round against top-seed Binghamton.  The Bearcats narrowly edged 2022 champion New Hampshire as the 2023 preseason favorite.
 
Home Field
UAlbany has been excellent within the confines of Tom & Mary Casey Stadium for the better part of the last decade, boasting a 42-19-8 record at home since the start of the 2015 season, the year of the program's first America East title.  The Great Danes went 4-3-3 at home in 2022, and between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, UAlbany was 14-1-3, including a 2019 season in which they gave up just eight goals at home while going 8-0-1 during the regular season.
 
Next: UAlbany begins its 2023 conference slate on September 17 at NJIT.