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The Albany Great Danes are the 58th team in our 2018 schedule preview series and the seventh and final team from the America East. The Great Danes won the America East Tournament and edge North Carolina in one of the best games of the 2017 season, but lost to eventual national champion Maryland in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Here’s the entire 2018 schedule:
Albany’s 2018 Schedule
Date | Road Team | Home Team | Special Notes | Last Year's Meeting(s) |
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Date | Road Team | Home Team | Special Notes | Last Year's Meeting(s) |
2/3 | Colgate | Albany | Scrimmage | |
2/10 | Albany | Princeton | Scrimmage | |
2/17 | Albany | Syracuse | 10-9 L | |
2/24 | Drexel | Albany | 19-8 W | |
3/3 | Cornell | Albany | 17-6 W | |
3/6 | Albany | UMass | 17-8 W | |
3/10 | Albany | Maryland | 12-11 L, 18-9 L | |
3/17 | Vermont | Albany | America East | 17-6 W |
3/20 | Canisius | Albany | 20-11 W | |
3/24 | Albany | UMass Lowell | America East | 21-11 W |
3/28 | Harvard | Albany | 15-13 W | |
3/31 | Stony Brook | Albany | America East | 19-11 W, 19-6 W |
4/7 | Albany | UMBC | America East | 10-5 W |
4/20 | Binghamton | Albany | America East | 10-4 W, 20-8 W |
4/22 | Albany | Yale | 13-12 W | |
4/28 | Albany | Hartford | America East | 16-10 W |
The Great Danes keep the same regular season opponents as they did a year ago.
Let’s check out some notable games on this schedule:
Best Nonconference Game: @ Maryland
What would be a bigger win for the Great Danes: Syracuse or Maryland? With the game being held in March and in College Park in a game that should be on TV, I’m going with the Maryland game. They lost twice last year, and a road win outside of New York against the defending national champions would quiet any remaining doubters.
Best Conference Game: @ UMBC
Albany should have an relatively easy path to the America East conference title. The closest margin of victory during the season came against UMBC, which was a five-goal margin. Despite the margin, Albany scored four goals in the second and five goals in the third quarter. The Retrievers did finish second in the America East conference standings.
Under The Radar Game: vs. Harvard
The Crimson had a good start to last season before they limped at the end. They did play the Great Danes to a 15-13 loss to Albany, thanks to three goals from Morgan Cheek and Tim Edmonds to keep them in it at Harvard Stadium. This year’s meeting is at Albany.
Possible Upset: vs. Cornell
The Big Red might have a pretty good offense next year with the likes of Jeff Teat, Connor Fletcher, Clarke Petterson, and a veteran goalie in Christian Knight. They still might be young and not ready to make big moves, but Cornell could provide a very surprising upset early in March.
For other schedules and team rosters, check out our Men’s Division I matrix.