{"id":145889,"date":"2025-09-15T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/145889\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:02:07","slug":"preview-womens-soccer-travels-to-ualbany-to-begin-america-east-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/145889\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Women&#8217;s soccer travels to UAlbany to begin America East play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 ORONO, Maine \u2013 The University of Maine women&#8217;s soccer team will travel to New York on Sunday to open up America East play against UAlbany.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Black Bears and Great Danes are set to kickoff at 3 p.m. at Bob Ford Field at Tom &amp; Mary Casey Stadium. The game will stream live on ESPN+ with an international stream available via America East TV.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGame 7 | Maine at UAlbany<br \/>\nSunday, Sept. 21 | 3 p.m. | ESPN+<br \/>\nAlbany, N.Y. | Bob Ford Field<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nABOUT MAINE<br \/>\n\u2022 Maine enters conference play at 1-4-1 on the season \u2026 the Black Bears fell to BIG EAST foe UConn, 3-1, on Sunday to close out non-conference play.<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/abbey-thornton\/11604\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11604\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Thornton<\/a> scored Maine&#8217;s lone goal at UConn and is tied for the team lead with two \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/emma-nicholson\/11622\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11622\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Nicholson<\/a> leads Maine in points with five from two goals and one assist \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/victoria-dungey\/11587\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11587\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Dungey<\/a> has a team-leading two assists.<br \/>\n\u2022 Nicholson ranks third among America East players with her 17 shots and is tied sixth with nine shots on goal.<br \/>\n\u2022 In road games this season, Maine is 1-1-1\u2026 in addition to facing the Huskies, the Black Bears earned a 3-2 win at Merrimack before battling to a 2-2 tie at Army.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Black Bears are out-shooting opponents 77-67 on the year and have a 40-35 margin in shots on goal.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT UALBANY<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 UAlbany enters America East play at 1-5-2 overall after falling at Rider, 2-0, this past Sunday.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Five different student-athletes have scored for the Great Danes this season with Madison Hnis leading the way with two goals \u2026 Hnis also had a team-high eight shots on goal and 13 shots.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Claudia Volino has played all 720 minutes in goal, making 42 saves with a .677 save percentage \u2026 Volino has three shutouts on the year,.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSERIES HISTORY vs UALBANY<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Maine sits at 13-10-2 in the all-time series with UAlbany.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Last season, Maine earned a 1-0 win at home over the Great Danes \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/abby-kraemer\/11593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11593\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Kraemer<\/a> scored in the 56th minute with <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/rebecca-grisdale\/11588\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11588\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Grisdale<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goblackbears.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/luise-reinwald\/11599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11599\" target=\"_blank\">Luise Reinwald<\/a> earning assists on the bang-bang service into the box.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Reinwald leads all active Black Bears in scoring against UAlbany with one goal and one assist.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The teams first met in 2001, with the Black bears earning a 3-0 win \u2026 Maine won the first nine meetings in the series while UAlbany held an eight-game winning streak from 2014-2021.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The Black Bears will return home to host Bryant at 6 p.m. on Oct. 2 in Maine&#8217;s first-ever contest at the New Balance Soccer Complex.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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