University of Albany Field Hockey Catapults Into NFHCA Top-10, Attains Highest All-Time Ranking at #7 - UAlbany Sports 2014

Courtesy: UA Sports ALBANY, N.Y.- The University at Albany field hockey squad (6-1) garnered its highest all-time national ranking this week, when the Great Danes took the No. 7 spot in the poll. The Purple & Gold defeated No. 8 Stanford on Sunday for its first program win over a top-10 team. The week of Sept. 16 marks the second straight week the Great Danes have been ranked in the NFHCA top-15. The team achieved a No. 12 ranking in Week 1. Phil Sykes’s squad’s highest national ranking before this week was No. 11, a post the team reached mid-way through last season. UAlbany field hockey faces another ranked foe this weekend, in No. 10 Virginia on Sunday at 1:00 pm.