STONY BROOK, N.Y. - For the fifth-straight year, the Stony Brook Seawolves and the Albany Great Danes will meet for the America East women's lacrosse title as both teams advanced with semifinal victories on Friday night in Stony Brook, N.Y.
The top-seed and host Seawolves won the first game of the night, topping No. 4 New Hampshire, 17-4, while second-seed Albany beat No. 3 UMBC, 19-3, in the nightcap. The title game will be decided Sunday at noon and will be available live on ESPN3 or via the WatchESPN app.
Stony Brook 17, New Hampshire 4
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- Courtney Murphy scored six goals and added two assists to lead Stony Brook to its seventh-straight tournament win.
- Murphy broke the Stony Brook single-season goals record with her 91st, which tied the America East single-season record. Her 104 points set a new America East single-season record.
- The Seawolves will play in their fourth-straight title game. Stony Brook has won three-straight league championships.
- With the win, No. 1 seeds improved to 31-6 all-time in tournament play including 17-4 in the semifinals. The No. 1 seed has won six of the last eight titles.
- Murphy was helped out on the offensive end by Samantha DiSalvo, who scored a career-high four goals, while Kylie Ohlmiller added two goals and four assists.
- Nicole Grote, Krissy Schafer, Carly Wooter & Devon Croke each tallied a goal for UNH.
- The Seawolves outdrew UNH, 15-8, including eight draw controls from All-Rookie Team member Keri McCarthy
- Stony Brook won its program-record 13th-straight game.
Albany 19, UMBC 3
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- Kaylee Rickert tied the America East tournament record with five assists and Dakotah Savitcheff scored four goals to lead Albany to a semifinal win.
- The Great Danes will play in the America East title game for the sixth-straight season. Albany's last title came in 2012 against Stony Brook.
- The Great Danes out-shot the Retrievers, 33-15.
- Including Savitcheff, five different Great Danes recorded hat tricks as Alie Jimerson, Rachel Bowles, Sarah Martin and Erin Mizer each tallied three scores apiece. Bowles, Martin and Savitcheff each finished with six points.
- Albany scored the first five goals of the game and then went on a 13-goal streak that spanned from 12:20 mark of the first half until the 1:19 mark of the game.
- With the win, the No. 2 seed is 20-16 all-time in the tournament including 15-6 in the semifinals.