Great Danes Rally Late to Draw with Stony Brook

ALBANY, N.Y. — For 79 minutes, UAlbany chased shadows and the scoreboard. Then the match flipped.

Down 2–0 to unbeaten Stony Brook on Wednesday afternoon at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium, the Great Danes dug in, turned up the pressure, and clawed out a 2–2 draw that felt a lot like a rescue mission.

Stony Brook arrived with a 3-0-4 record and the calm of a side that hadn’t tasted defeat. UAlbany, sitting at 2-4-1, needed a response. They didn’t get it on the scoreboard early, but they certainly did in intent.

From the 5th minute, when Sydney Kofton cracked the game’s first shot, UAlbany showed it was ready to attack. Kofton, relentless all afternoon, finished with 11 shots — eight of them headers — and five on frame. The Great Danes kept asking questions. The net refused to answer.

At the other end, goalkeeper Claudia Volino made her first save in the 24th minute, steadying things just as the Seawolves threatened to settle in. A minute later, UAlbany rode its luck. A strike from Maya Corbett slammed off the post and bounced out, inches away from changing the tone of the day.

The warning shot woke UAlbany up. The Great Danes unleashed six more efforts before halftime, but the breakthrough wouldn’t come. The interval arrived with the scoreboard frozen at 0–0, even as UAlbany carried the weight of missed chances into the locker room.

Stony Brook Strikes, Twice

The deadlock finally snapped in the 56th minute. Stony Brook broke through to make it 1–0, punishing UAlbany’s wastefulness and putting the visitors in control.

When the Seawolves doubled their lead in the 71st minute, stretching it to 2–0, the gap felt brutal. Stony Brook had been outshot, outworked in spells, yet suddenly stood two goals clear. UAlbany’s dominance on the stat sheet — and it was dominance — looked like it might go unrewarded.

The numbers told one story. The scoreline told another.

Then came the turn.

Blannett Sparks the Comeback

With 10 minutes left, UAlbany finally found its lifeline. Meredith Blannett, who had been probing all afternoon, struck in the 80th minute to slice the deficit in half. Her first goal of the season couldn’t have come at a better time. She finished with six shots, leading the charge in the comeback.

The goal ignited the stadium and the sideline. Stony Brook, so composed for so long, suddenly had to absorb wave after wave of purple pressure.

Seven minutes later, the comeback was complete.

In the 87th minute, Kiara Levac delivered the equalizer, coolly leveling the match at 2–2. She added four shots to her name, but that one moment — the strike that dragged UAlbany all the way back — defined her afternoon.

What had looked like a routine road win for the Seawolves was gone. UAlbany had turned a two-goal deficit into a statement of resilience.

All-Out Push, But No Winner

Even at 2–2, UAlbany refused to settle. The Great Danes finished the match on the front foot, pouring numbers forward and pinning Stony Brook deep.

They earned a corner in the closing seconds, one last chance to complete a remarkable turnaround. The delivery came in, bodies crashed in the box, but the decisive touch never arrived. The final whistle cut through the tension, sealing the draw.

By the numbers, UAlbany owned the afternoon: a 30–16 advantage in shots, 11 on target to Stony Brook’s four. Kofton’s aerial barrage, Blannett’s persistence, Levac’s late composure — all of it underscored a performance brimming with intent.

The scoreboard, though, read 2–2. A point each. Very different emotions.

What Comes Next

UAlbany won’t have long to savor the rally. The Great Danes head to Orono, Maine, on Sunday, September 20, to face the Black Bears at Alumni Field, with kickoff set for 12:00 p.m.

If they carry this fight and fire with them on the road, how many more deficits will they be willing to chase down this season?