ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women's soccer team welcomes first-place and undefeated Maine to Casey Stadium to continue their America East slate.
 
Game Info
September 24, 2023 vs. Maine (1:00 pm)
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Leading the Pack

• UAlbany is 2-1-0 at home this season; Maine is 3-0-2 on the road
• Maine leads the America East in scoring offense; UAlbany ranks fifth
• Maine ranks second in the America East in scoring defense; UAlbany ranks eighth
• Maine's Abby Kraemer leads the America East in goals scored
• Sunday's game is a White Out, and the first 100 fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt

Scouting Maine
The Black Bears are unbeaten in their first nine games of the 2023 season, with six wins and three draws, and are currently riding a three-game winning streak.  Maine won its conference opener against Vermont, 3-2, scoring all three of their goals in the second half.  After winning each of their first two games by shutout, the Black Bears have conceded at least one goal in each of their last seven, with their two goals conceded against Vermont their highest of the season.  Maine was picked to finish third in the 2023 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll and drew one first-place vote after finishing 2022 in third place and falling in the America East semifinal round to eventual champion New Hampshire.  Abbey Kraemer leads the Black Bears, and the America East, with eight goals scored, and has added two assists for a total of 18 points.  Three other Black Bears, Jordane Pinette, Kayla Kraemer, and Gillian Rovers, each have netted two goals.  UAlbany is 10-11-2 in 23 Division I-era games against Maine, including 8-1-1 in the last 10, and Maine has not won in Albany since the 2013 season.
 
Last Time vs. Maine
October 2, 2022 | UAlbany began a two-game stretch featuring road games at their farthest away conference opponents with a visit to Maine.  The Great Danes sat alone atop the America East standings with seven points through three games, while Maine boasted the top overall record in the conference.  Maine scored first, in the 20th minute, for the lone goal of the game.  Maine's defense held UAlbany to just six total shots, and only one shot on goal, which did not come until the 86th minute.
 
Last Time Out
The Great Danes opened their 2023 America East conference schedule with a trip to NJIT, which ended in a 1-1 draw.  Freshman midfielder Sydney Kofton scored her first career goal, sending the game into a tie after the Highlanders had scored in the first half.  It was UAlbany's first tie of the season
 
Around the America East
Maine, unbeaten in its first nine games at 6-0-3, and now 1-0-0 in-conference, continues to hold its top spot in the America East standings.  2022 runner-up Binghamton is the only other America East team with a conference victory so far, with two of the league's first four games ending in draws.  Bryant, NJIT, UAlbany, and UMBC each are 0-0-1 in-conference, followed by 0-1-0 Vermont and New Hampshire, with UMass Lowell yet to play a conference game.  Overall, Maine shares its high wins mark with Vermont, while Bryant follows with four, ahead of four teams, NJIT, UAlbany, UMBC, and New Hampshire, with three each.
 
Sunday's America East Games

• NJIT at UMass Lowell, 12:00 pm
• UMBC at Binghamton, 1:00 pm
• New Hampshire at Bryant, 1:00 pm
• Maine at UAlbany, 1:00 pm

Common Opponents

• Boston University
  • UAlbany: 8/27 at Boston University, L, 2-3
  • Maine: 9/7 at Boston University, W, 2-1

Uruguay U-19
Freshman defender Florencia Bartholomai stepped away from the UAlbany women's soccer team briefly to compete for her home country, Ururguay, in the U-19 Liga Evolución Tournament.  Uruguay was placed in a group with Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay, and would play each of the four countries from September 17-22.
 
Back Heavy
Through its first eight games of the 2023 season, eight of the UAlbany women's soccer program's nine total goals have been scored in the second half.  The Great Danes are, on average, scoring in the 62nd minute.
 
Spread the Wealth
In its first eight games of the 2023 season, the UAlbany women's soccer program scored nine 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 visits Binghamton on September 28 in a rematch of the Great Danes 2022 America East semifinal.