UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY 2018 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CONTACT: Pete Iorizzo • Assistant AD for Media Relations • O: (518) 442-3359 • C: (518) 396-8598 • Email: [email protected] 2018 SCHEDULE AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP FEBRUARY Date: Saturday, May 6, 2018 17 at Yale L, 12-10 Location: Stony Brook, N.Y. 22 at No. 5 Syracuse L, 19-12 Stadium: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium 24 at Bryant L, 16-6 Opening draw: 12 p.m. 28 DARTMOUTH L, 12-8 Series: 16-7 Stony Brook MARCH Record: 9-8, 7-1 America East Record: 17-0, 7-0 America East 7 CONNECTICUT L, 15-11 Interim Head Coach: Jessica Davos Head Coach: Joe Spallina 11 No. 17 Penn State L, 17-7 Alma Mater: Syracuse (‘02) Alma Mater: Adelphi (‘96) 15 UC Davis L, 13-11 Overall Record: 9-8 (1st season) Overall Record: 121-20 (7th season) 17 at Fresno State W, 12-9 Record at UAlbany: 9-8 (1st season) Record at Binghamton: 121-20 (7th season) 24 HARTFORD* W, 23-5 31 BINGHAMTON* W, 12-10 MEDIA CENTER APRIL Digital broadcast: ESPN+ Twitter: @UAlbanySports, @UAlbanyWLAX 4 at Vermont* W, 17-8 Tournament information: http://americaeast.com/ 7 at UMBC* W, 11-7 tournaments/?id=2225 14 UMASS LOWELL* W, 14-5 18 No. 20 NOTRE DAME W, 10-7 21 New Hampshire* W, 14-8 28 No. 1 STONY BROOK* L, 21-8 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION May 4 Binghamton^ W, 16-10 When: Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 6 6 Stony Brook^ Noon Where: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, N.Y. TV: Semifinals on AE.TV; championship on ESPN+ *America East game ^ America East Tournament Semifinal round UALBANY QUICK FACTS Game 1: No. 1 Stony Brook 19, No. 4 New Hampshire 5 Game 2: No. 2 UAlbany 16, No. 1 Stony Brook 10 Location .....................................................................Albany, N.Y. Enrollment ........................................................................ 17,000 Championship Nickname ................................................................ Great Danes No. 2 UAlbany vs. No. 1 Stony Brook, Noon Website ........................................................UAlbanySports.com Twitter ..............................................................@UAlbanySports Opening draws Facebook ............................. www.facebook.com/ualbanysports Stadium ........................................... Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Stadium Capacity ................................................................ 8,500 UAlbany’s America East Tournament history Stadium Surface .................................................... Synthetic turf • The Great Danes have advanced to the America East championship game President ..................................................Dr. Havidan Rodriguez for the eighth consecutive season. This is UAlbany’s seventh straight Athletic Director .....................................................Mark Benson meeting with Stony Brook in the title game. Interim Head Coach ................................................Jessica Davos Women’s Lacrosse Contact ........................................Pete Iorizzo • UAlbany last won the league tournament in 2012, when it defeated Stony Women’s Lacrosse Contact Phone ......................(518) 396-8598 Brook, 9-7. Women’s Lacrosse Contact Email [email protected] • UAlbany has advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times, including last Starters Returning/Lost ..........................................................4/8 season, when it earned an at-large berth as the America East runner-up. COACHING INFORMATION A rematch with Stony Brook • Stony Brook, the nation’s No. 1-ranked team all season, won the regu- Interim Head Coach ........................ Jessica Davos (Syracuse ‘02) lar-season meeting, 21-8, in Albany. Record at UAlbany .............................................9-8 (1st season) • Emma Powlin scored five times in the regular-season meeting. SamTorto - Career Record ....................................................9-8 (1st season) ra had six points (one goal, five assists). Assistant Coaches • Kyle Ohlmiller and Courtney Murphy scored six goals apiece for the Assistant Coach ......................................Taylor Frink (UAlbany ‘11) Seawolves. Volunteer Assistant Coach ................. Rachel Bowles (UAlbany ‘16) University at Albany • Great Danes • America East Tournament University at Albany • Great Danes • America East Tournament NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Lara Podvin DEF 5-4 So. Adams Center, N.Y. (South Jefferson) 2 Kendra Harbinger MID 5-7 Fr. Clifton Park, N.Y. (Shenendehowa) 3 Madison Conway ATT 5-5 So. Wantagh, N.Y. (Wantagh) 4 Victoria Tsangaris DEF 5-6 So. East Northport, N.Y. (John Glenn) 5 Kyla Zapolski ATT 5-4 Fr. Bayport, N.Y. (Bayport-Blue Point) 6 Mara Bureau DEF 6-0 So. Queensbury, N.Y. (Queensbury) 7 Kathryn Sancilio MID 5-9 Fr. Delmar, N.Y. (Bethlehem) 8 Sam Tortora MID 5-9 So. North Syracuse, N.Y. (Cicero-North Syracuse) 9 Bridget Simmons ATT 5-9 Fr. Milton, Mass. (Notre Dame Academy) 10 Shannon Mackesey DEF 5-6 Sr. Altamont, N.Y. (Guilderland) 11 Jordan Assad DEF 5-7 So. Wilbraham, Mass. (Minnechaug Regional) 12 Emma Powlin ATT 5-6 Sr. Penfield, N.Y. (Penfield) 13 Abby Stack ATT 5-6 Fr. Syracuse, N.Y. (Westhill) 15 Paige Werlau ATT 5-3 So. Brewster, N.Y. (North Salem) 16 Hannah Newman MID 5-3 So. Suffern, N.Y. (Suffern) 18 Cheyenne Clark ATT 5-4 Fr. Churchville, N.Y. (Churchville-Chili) 20 Erin Leghart GLK 5-7 So. Farmingdale, N.Y. (Kellengerg Memorial) 21 Jordyn Marr DEF 5-7 So. Clifton Park, N.Y. (Shenendehowa) 22 Ava Katinas DEF 5-5 Fr. Clifton Park, N.Y. (Shenendehowa) 23 Imani Hedgeman DEF 5-7 So. Fayetteville, Ga. (McIntosh) 24 Mary McAvey DEF 5-4 Sr. South Salem, N.Y. (John Jay) 25 Kaitlin Rurka ATT 5-7 Fr. Jamesville, N.Y. (LaFayette) 27 Kaylee Rickert MID 5-5 Jr. Bethlehem, N.Y. (Bethlehem) 44 Georgia Schneidereith GLK 5-6 So. Baltimore, Md. (Towson) Coaching staff Interim head coach: Jessica Davos (Syracuse ’02) Assistant coach: Taylor Frink (UAlbany ’11) Volunteer assistant coach: Rachel Bowles (UAlbany ’16) Pronunciations Shannon Mackesey: Mack-a-see Mary MacAvey: Mack-a-vay Mara Bureau: Be-or-oh Victoria Tsangaris: Victoria Sahn-garis Paige Werlau: Paige Wer-law Ava Katinas: A-va Kah-tinas Kendra Harbinger: Har-bin-jur Georgia Schneiderieth: Schneider-eyeth University at Albany • Great Danes • America East Tournament INTERIM HEAD COACH JESSICA DAVOS essica Davos, in her eighth season with UAlbany, was named Interim Head Coach in January 2018. She Jprevously had spent two years as Associated Head Coach after six years as the team’s first assistant. In 2017, with Davos in her first season as the team’s asso- ciate head coach, the Great Danes earned a top-10 victory over Cornell and the program’s second at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, finishing 12-6 overall with a berth in the America East title game. UAlbany’s defensive team captains, Sierra McIver and Andrea Flood, each earned America East All-Conference honors while goalkeeper Erin Leghart was placed on the league’s all-rookie team. In 2016, Davos’s defense ranked fifth in Division I in scoring defense, allowing 6.94 goals per game and allowing double digit goals in just four of UAlbany’s 17 games. Christine Johnson earned America East Co-Defensive Player of the Year, joining goalkeeper Courtney Henderson and defender the NCAA Tournament’s quarterfinal round. The Great Danes were ranked for 15 Sierra McIver as all-conference players. UAlbany’s defense weeks in the 2011 season, winning 18 straight games. UAlbany had the second-best helped the Great Danes earn its seventh consecutive dou- scoring defense in the nation, allowing just 7.32 goals per game. ble digit win season, going 11-6 and reaching the America East title game. Davos previously spent two seasons as a Harvard University assistant. At Harvard, Davos worked for Lisa Miller, her college head coach at Syracuse University. The Under Davos’s guidance, the Danes were top-five in scor- Crimson posted their best Ivy League record in four years and had three all-league ing defense for the third-straight year in 2015 with a 14-5 players in 2010. Prior to that position, Davos served as the head coach at Bryant overall record. UAlbany allowed just 6.68 goals per game University for one season. She guided the Bulldogs to a 10-8 record in the program’s with an experienced defense, anchored by America East final NCAA Division II campaign. Bryant also finished third in the Northeast-10 First Team pick Erin Monna and two-time All-Conference Conference with a league mark of 7-3 and three players earned all-conference selection Michelle Primomo. Junior goalkeeper Courtney recognition. Henderson ranked third nationally in goals against average on her way to league First Team honors. In 2007, Davos was the head coach at Bentley College, a Division II program that also competed in the Northeast-10 Conference. She led the Falcons to their best For the fifth-straight year, Davos boasted a back line that season in seven years with an 11-6 record, improving the team’s win total by four ranked top-20 in scoring defense, and the second straight from the previous season. Bentley placed third in the league standings and reached year the Great Danes have ranked top-five. Behind four- the conference postseason tournament championship game. Four Falcons received year goalie Anna Berman, UAlbany allowed just 6.82 goals all-conference honors and one was chosen to the IWLCA All-America second team. per game in 17 games. Davos led draw control specialist Kathleen Lennon to rank first on the team in draw controls A native of Albany, N.Y. and a graduate of Albany Academy, Davos also worked at and ground balls again in 2014, earning Lennon IWLCA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as both an assistant women’s soccer and women’s All-America honors plus her second straight IWLCA lacrosse coach. All-Region team selection. Berman was also named to the America East All-Conference Second Team. Davos (formerly DeRosa) earned four varsity lacrosse letters at Syracuse, where she received an undergraduate degree in English and textual studies. The Orange had UAlbany ranked fifth in the nation in scoring defense in a combined 44-19 record during her career, plus qualified for three NCAA Division I 2013, allowing 131 goals (7.71 per game) in 17 games.