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With St. Rose closing down at the end of this semester, Will can add this work experience to his resume as there could be one or two DI WBB coach positions open in the Capital District as well as one or two DI MBB positions open at the end of the season. I would not be shocked or surprised if both DI schools make leadership changes and there is a real possibility of a WBB coach moving on to the next level.

There is a two seat special for $16.00 for tomorrow's game. 1/25 WBB vs Maine SPLASH - University at Albany Great Danes - Official Athletics Website (ualbanysports.com)

I expect this game to be a nail biter to the end.

UAlbany ranking in the Mid-major poll is: 19. Maine has received a single vote in the poll.

Preseason Scrimmage from Inside Lacrosse: Saturday, Feb.3 UMBC at Delaware, noon UMass at Harvard, 1 p.m. Fairfield/Hobart at Yale Tampa at Jacksonville Lafayette at Bryant UMass Lowell at Dartmouth Siena at UAlbany Robert Morris at Michigan Virginia, Christopher Newport University at Episcopal High School – Cavaliers vs. Quakers at 12:30 p.m.

The first media poll is out: Men's Division I Media Poll Rank Team Points Prev 1 Notre Dame (0 - 0) 468 (16) -- 2 Duke (0 - 0) 461 (6) -- 3 Virginia (0 - 0) 435 (2) -- 4 Penn State (0 - 0) 381 -- 5 Johns Hopkins (0 - 0) 371 -- 6 Maryland (0 - 0) 341 -- 7 Cornell (0 - 0) 302 -- 8 Army (0 - 0) 291 -- 9 Syracuse (0 - 0) 269 -- 10 Yale (0 - 0) 257 -- 11 Michigan (0 - 0) 253 -- 12 Georgetown (0 - 0) 243 -- 13 Denver (0 - 0) 190 -- 14 Princeton (0 - 0) 187 -- 15 Rutgers (0 - 0) 134 -- 16 Delaware (0 - 0) 102 -- 17 North Carolina (0 - 0) 88 -- 18 Boston U (0 - 0) 82 -- 19 Penn (0 - 0) 59 -- 20 Richmond (0 - 0) 43 -- Receiving Votes: Utah, Villanova, Loyola, Ohio State, Harvard, Saint Joseph's, Bryant, Marquette, High Point, Jacksonville, UAlbany

From Times-Union.com Pascale trusts teammates as UAlbany women's lacrosse defends title

If I recall correctly, a WBB player arrived from Hoosick Falls back in the autumn of 2019, lasted one year. I have wondered time from time where she ended up. Cobleskill is benefitting from Logan Thayne's' talents. From Tuesday's Times-Union: CAMPUS WATCH Thayne double trouble for Cobleskill foes Hoosick Falls graduate is ranked in top 25 in Division III for season in double-doubles By Bill Arsenault Courtesy of Cobleskill Athletics/ Hoosick Falls graduate Logan Thayne (50) averages 16.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game for Cobleskill. Senior Logan Thayne has nine double-doubles for the Cobleskill women’s basketball team, which stands tied for 25th place on the Division III statistics list. Another would move her up to being tied for 16th. The 6-foot-2 center/forward from Hoosick Falls and a Hoosick Falls High graduate just missed her 10th when she had 13 points and nine rebounds in an 84-28 nonleague victory at Pratt Institute on Saturday in Brooklyn. Not bad, considering that she played just 15 minutes in the lopsided contest. Thayne leads the team in scoring (16.6), rebounding (10.2) and blocked shots (35). The victory against Pratt moved Cobleskill to 16-1 overall and in first place in the North Atlantic Conference with a 7-0 record. The Fighting Tigers are also getting solid play from junior Cara Walker of Phelps at 12.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, junior Taylor Meacham (Berne-Knox-Westerlo) is averaging 8.8 points and has a total of 50 assists and sophomore Emily Satterday (Shaker High) is averaging 8.2 points and 9.0 rebounds.

From Wednesday's Times-Union: UALBANY MEN’S LACROSSE Great Danes driven to end title drought After losing in final last season, UAlbany eyes first America East crown since 2018 By Mark Singelais Jim Franco/Times Union archive UAlbany graduate Graydon Hogg scored 19 goals last season, but didn't play in the loss to Bryant in the America East final. ALBANY — The University at Albany’s Graydon Hogg and Jake Piseno have one more chance to get that elusive America East men’s lacrosse championship. Hogg and Piseno are graduate students who last season narrowly missed the Great Danes’ first title since 2018. UAlbany lost in double overtime to Bryant in the championship match. “I think that (a championship) has always been the goal,” Piseno said Tuesday. “When I first came here, it was always to get four in my four years. Now I have a fifth year, which I’m super grateful for and I think to end it with an America East title… that’s all I want.” Hogg, who plays attack, and Piseno, a midfielder, are both taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is my fifth year now and we still haven’t won a championship yet, right?” Hogg said. “I think that all of it’s motivation to keep going. Last year, we were so close. We had all the pieces. Just a couple of unlucky bounces and it went Bryant’s way. But we have all the confidence in the world and it’s just pushing us to be the best that we can be in May and see where we are.” UAlbany opens its season Feb. 17 against Colgate at Casey Stadium. Hogg made second-team All-America East last season with 19 goals, but he missed the America East Tournament because of a lower-body injury. Piseno, who led the Great Danes with 78 ground balls and 50 caused turnovers, was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Last week, Piseno was named as a USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America. The Great Danes, 6-10 a year ago, were picked to finish third in the America East preseason coaches poll announced last week. Bryant was selected to repeat, followed by Vermont in second place. UAlbany beat the Catamounts in the semifinals last season. “It’s fine,” UAlbany head coach Scott Marr said. “Again, I think Bryant and Vermont are worthy teams, for sure. UMBC, they’re all good, you know what I mean? So it doesn’t really matter. We’re third now but hopefully we climb ourselves up to be No. 1 at the end of the season. That’s all you can do.” Marr said the Great Danes grew from that agonizing loss to Bryant, which tied the match with 15 seconds left in regulation and won in the second overtime. “Getting that experience and getting to that moment, so they understand what that moment is about now,” Marr said. “So moving forward, six fifth-year seniors, tremendous guys underneath them. Our young guys are excellent, our freshmen and sophomores, and sprinkle in some juniors and seniors in there, and this is a team that didn’t lose that much from last year, had all that experience and played some good teams really tightly. Just need to take that next step this year.” Sophomore attack Silas Richmond led the Great Danes with 34 goals as a freshman last season, including a hat trick in the championship game. “I think it’s a good experience to have, obviously, playing in tight games,” Richmond said. “We’re going to have tight games again, so having that early experience is obviously helpful.” Marr added an offensive piece in Canisius transfer Kevin Carney, a sophomore attack from Burnt Hills who scored 16 goals for the Golden Griffins last season. Marr said Carney is among UAlbany’s top four attackmen. “He’s very, very good,” Marr said. “We’re very happy that Kevin joined us.” Senior Jack VanValkenburgh and freshman Landon Whitney are competing at goalie for the Great Danes, a team that didn’t have one bad fall practice, according to Marr. “Our urgency is definitely there from day one,” Marr said.

You have made the best statement how UAlbany Football came to be a top 5 team this past year and how UAlbany Football will operate as long as Greg Gatusso is here. I am surprised one other men's sport has used the portal more frequently.

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I could not agree more, however, the rest of the team is not far behind.

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There seems to be less concessions as the season progresses, I would use the term concessions lightly, if at all.

Inside Lacrosse has D3 transfer as a impact player on our team: Chris Crapanzano, M, Scranton to UAlbany Crapanzano feels like an Albany guy in the way he does everything. He can take face-offs or help out on the wing. His ability to play both ends and get up and down the field to create instant offense fits the Danes’ M.O. He has a box background, too. Coach Scott Marr isn’t afraid to run a lot of guys, so he will get time and make an impact in every phase.

I see this game as the only possible win out of this three game road trip into New England.

Saturday, January 20, 2024 Men's BasketballAwayHomeResultLocationLinks New Hampshire64 UMBC58 Final Baltimore County, MD (Conf.)Box Score Full Game Archive UMass Lowell80 Binghamton60 Final Vestal, NY (Conf.)Box Score Maine70 NJIT64 Final Newark, NJ (Conf.)Box Score Bryant98 UAlbany89 Final Albany, NY (Conf.)Box Score Full Game Archive

Saturday, January 20, 2024 Women's Basketball Away Home Result Location Links UMBC37 New Hampshire56 Final Durham, NH (Conf.) Box Score Live Event NJIT39 Maine81 Final Orono, ME (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive UAlbany64 Bryant62 Final Smithfield, RI (Conf.) Box Score Binghamton70 UMass Lowell65 Final Lowell, Mass. (Conf.) Box Score

Our coach has preached mentality from his team, as fans in the stands and those who need to watch a stream of the games, we must demand accountability from Killings. A 32-8 run by the opposing team is unacceptable and no matter how much "better" UAlbany MBB played, could not overcome that start. Only the misplaced egos and stupidity of Bryant allow us to close the gap. From my vantage point, I see no progression in Killings game plans or coaching skills.

At least, the UAlbany WBB knows how to finish a game and win.

Inside Lacrosse's "One Sentence" for each America East WLAX team: UAlbany The Great Danes are coming off their first conference championship since 2012 and an NCAA First Round win, and Katie Pascale returns after securing the title of UAlbany's all-time leader in points leader. Binghamton Coming off the program’s best conference record (5-1), most overall wins (11) and most consecutive wins (7), the Bearcats are back with Hayley Weltner to show her stuff at the draw (102) again. Bryant Coach Eileen Ferry takes over a competitive Bulldog squad that returns points leader Kenna Kaut, who ranked fourth nationally in goals per game with 3.86, has back-to-back 50-goal seasons and was NEC Offensive Player of the Year. New Hampshire The Wildcats return their second-leading scorer, Allie Connerty, as they aim to make moves up the America East ranks in 2023. UMass Lowell The River Hawks will look to improve upon its winless conference season last spring under the leadership of five captains: grad students Caroline Klim, Julia Napolitano, seniors Megan Brockbank and Emerson Laundry and junior Elsa Skinner. UMBC Coming off an 8-6 record in 2023, Amy Slade enters her 11th season as the Retrievers' head coach and she has a strong goalie as a steadying force in Isabella Fontana. Vermont America East Co-Attacker of the Year Ava Vasile returns for her final season with the Catamounts; she’s among the most decorated athletes at UVM, with three first-team all-conference honors to her name and 162 career goals.

This is our first rematch of the season, the first game was January 4, 2024, with UAlbany WBB prevailing 69-50. Jan 20 (Sat) 2:00 PM AE at Bryant Smithfield, R.I. ESPN+ Int'l Video Live Stats Tickets Preview History

This suburban school district, outside of Rochester, has provide UAlbany, numerous quality athletes over the years. Hoping for the same here. Thanks, Sam for choosing UAlbany.

The other MBB scores in the America East: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Men's Basketball Away Home Result Location Links Vermont82 Binghamton62 Final Vestal, NY (Conf.) Box Score New Hampshire70 NJIT62 Final Newark, NJ (Conf.) Box Score Maine65 UMBC70 Final Baltimore, MD (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive UMass Lowell97 UAlbany76 Final Albany, NY (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive

Considering how Jonothan played defense last night, no surprise. During the preseason, much discussion by Killings on the importance of defense. Last night, our defense never left the locker room. There was little or no weak side defense.