Michigan field hockey’s dreams of avenging last season’s second-round NCAA tournament loss were dashed early on Friday.
Well, actually, they were dashed late in Friday’s first-round match, as the Albany Great Danes stunned the Wolverines, the No. 4 national seed, with two goals for a 2-1 win in overtime at Phyllis Ocker Field in Ann Arbor.
Albany’s Sophia Schoonmaker scored on a breakaway 9:02 into overtime to give the Great Danes their first NCAA victory since advancing to the national semifinals in 2014. That followed Floor De Ruiter’s tying goal with just under three minutes in regulation.