Women's Soccer Closes Season With 2-0 Victory Over Delaware State

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. – Ashley Tirabassi scored her third goal of the season to lead the UAlbany women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over Delaware State on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Varsity Field. The victory gave the Great Danes a 5-10-3 overall record, making for the best finish in program history since moving to Division I in 1999.

UAlbany came out shooting in the first half, taking 22 shots, but were unable to beat Hornet’s keeper Courtney Haas. The best chance for the Great Danes to tally came with just under 16 minutes to play in the half when Uju Ogbuawa sent a blast from the top of the box to the far post that sent Haas sprawling for the save. The teams would head into the break knotted at 0-0.

The Great Danes struck just over a minute into the second half when Diana Barrera stripped a DSU defender and fed a ball to the top of the box that Tirabassi finished to the top left corner. UAlbany would up its lead to 2-0 at the 63:23 mark when Teresa Boring scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season off of a Caitlin Mulligan corner kick.

UAlbany had an astounding 50-3 advantage in shots. Haas finished with 17 saves, while Maria Liguori was forced to only make one stop in her first shutout of the season for the Great Danes. Liguori played all 1702:50 minutes for UAlbany this season, making 109 saves.

The win over the Hornets snapped a four match losing streak for the Great Danes and cemented the second straight season in which the program saw improvement. UAlbany graduates eight seniors, who all saw action together for the first time this season over the last 10 minutes of the game.


UAlbany (5-10-3, AE 1-7-0) 0 2 - 2

Delaware St. (2-13-2) 0 0 - 0


UAlbany: Scoring – Ashley Tirabassi (1-0), Teresa Boring (1-0), Diana Barrera (0-1), Caitlin Mulligan (0-1). Goalkeeping – Maria Liguori (90:00, 0 GA, 1 saves).

Delaware St.: Scoring –None. Goalkeeping – Courtney Haas (90:00, 2 GA, 17 saves).

Delaware State 0, UAlbany 2 (Oct 30, 2007)