ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany men's lacrosse team is set to make its first road trip of the 2025 season as the Great Danes travel to Philadelphia to face #17 Penn on Tuesday afternoon. The matchup with the Quakers is set for 3:00 p.m. from Franklin Field with coverage on ESPN+.   
 
IMPORTANT NOTE
Tuesday's game was originally scheduled to be played at Staples High School in Westport, Conn. Due to weather and field conditions, the game was moved to Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
 
Game Info
February 18, 2025
UAlbany at #17 Penn
Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
3:00 p.m.
ESPN+ | Live Stats
 
Leading the Pack

• After one game of action, Silas Richmond leads the team with seven points – dishing out seven helpers in Friday's game against Colgate. The Preseason All-American Honorable Mention player registered two shots on goal last Friday, picking up a ground ball and a caused turnover.
• Sophomore attack and Preseason All-Conference selection Ryan Doherty follows with six points. Doherty is tied for the team lead in goals, finding the back of the net five times against Colgate.
• Amos Whitcomb also scored five goals on Friday afternoon. The senior from Salmanaca, N.Y. made a highlight-reel goal on Friday, taking a feed in front of the net before scoring in between his legs.  
• Will Hardy, Alex Pfeiffer, Daniel Kesselring, and Jacob Smith (long pole) all recorded a goal in Friday's game.
• Cade Galko and Rocco Mareno lead the team in ground balls, each with six. Galko leads the team in caused turnovers with two.
• Mareno finished Friday's matchup with the most success at the X, going 9-14. Austin Oppenheim went 3-9, CJ Schwarz went 2-8, and Jezayd Hall went 2-5.
• In net, Landon Whitney started for the Great Danes on Friday before Brady Smith finished the last 17 minutes of play. Whitney allowed 16 goals for a 22.33 GAA with seven saves, while Smith finished with a 10.59 GAA with four saves.

 
Around the America East
UAlbany will be the only America East team in action on Tuesday. This weekend, UMBC hosts Mount St. Mary's on Friday night while the rest of the league is set for Saturday matchups. Bryant travels to Quinnipiac, Vermont hosts Utah, Binghamton hosts Marist, UMass Lowell travels to Wagner, NJIT visits UMass, and the Great Danes are set to host Drexel. UMass Lowell has played the most games thus far, going 2-1 in three contests. UMBC sits with a 1-0 record, Bryant and Vermont sit at 1-1, and Binghamton, NJIT and UAlbany sit at 0-1.
 
History with Penn
Tuesday will be the fourth all-time meeting between the Quakers and Great Danes, also marking the fourth consecutive years the two teams have faced off. Penn currently owns a 3-0 record over UAlbany, starting with a 19-11 win at Casey Stadium in 2022. The Quakers then captured a 14-11 win in Albany the following year, before taking a win in Philadelphia last season by a score of 11-7.
 
Scouting Penn
Penn started the season as the #13 ranked team in the Inside Lacrosse media poll, falling to #14 Georgetown last weekend, 8-6.

• Penn landed fourth in the Ivy League's preseason poll after ending the 2024 campaign with a 9-6 record, going 4-2 in conference play and winning five games against ranked opponents. The Quakers advanced to the Ivy League Tournament final, losing to Princeton, and for the second straight season just missed out on an NCAA Championship bid.
• Senior goalie Emmet Carroll and senior defenseman Brendan Lavelle were honored with Preseason First-Team All-America honors by Inside Lacrosse and the USILA, while sophomore Anthony McMullan received honorable mention recognition from Inside Lacrosse.
• Carroll and Lavelle were each named to the Tewaaraton Preseason Watch List.
• The Quakers' 14-game regular-season schedule features eight games against teams that were ranked in the USILA Preseason Top 20—five of them against Top 10 teams and three against the preseason Top 4—with four others against teams in the "receiving votes" section.
• Senior Cam Rubin was Penn's leading scorer on Saturday against #14 Georgetown, with a goal and two assists for three points.
• Junior Griffin Scane was the Quakers' only multi-goal scorer on Saturday with two tallies.

 
Picked First
The UAlbany men's lacrosse team was picked to finish first in the conference's annual preseason poll, voted on by all seven of the league's head coaches.
 
UAlbany finished with a total of 36 points and six of the conference's seven first place votes. Vermont followed with 30 points, Bryant placed third with 26 points and the final first place vote. UMBC (21), Binghamton (17), NJIT (10), and UMass Lowell (7) rounded out the conference.
 
2025 America East Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
1. UAlbany, 36 Points (6 First Place Votes)
2. Vermont, 30
3. Bryant, 26 (1)
4. UMBC, 21
5. Binghamton, 17
6. NJIT, 10
7. UMass Lowell, 7
 
So, About Last Year
Last season saw the Great Danes return to the top of the conference, capturing the program's 10th America East title and first since 2018. UAlbany earned the conference's No. 1 seed, along with hosting rights for the entire postseason tournament. UAlbany defeated No. 4 Merrimack in the Semifinals before downing archrival No. 2 Vermont in the Championship Game at Casey Stadium. Long stick midfielder Jake Piseno was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Player, with teammates Graydon Hogg, Max Neeson, and Silas Richmond being named to the All-Championship Team.
 
After winning the 2024 America East Championship, UAlbany returned to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in program history. Awarded the Play-In Game, the Great Danes hosted NEC Champions Sacred Heart on May 8 – defeating the Pioneers 13-7.
 
The Great Danes were then tasked with taking on top-seeded Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. UAlbany put up a tough challenge for the Irish, taking a 5-4 lead into the locker room at halftime as the lacrosse world held its breath. Notre Dame would pull away in the second half, however, taking a 14-9 win in the team's first game of an eventual National Championship run.
 
Next: UAlbany will hold its official home opener this upcoming Saturday when Drexel comes to the Capital Region for a 1:00 p.m. game.