ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany softball team is set to open their home slate with four doubleheaders in five days.
GAME INFORMATION
SITE: Albany Field - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS:
UAlbany: 7-7, 0-0 America East
Colgate: 8-13, 0-0 Patriot League
Manhattan: 5-12, 0-0 MAAC
Rhode Island: 5-16, 1-4 A10
Marist: 11-15, 0-0 MAAC
STATS:
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Colgate at UAlbany (Doubleheader)
DATE: Saturday, March 26
TIME: 11 am
Manhattan at UAlbany (Doubleheader)
DATE: Sunday, March 27
TIME: 1 pm
VIDEO: TBD
Rhode Island at UAlbany (Doubleheader)
DATE: Tuesday, March 29
TIME: 2 pm
VIDEO:
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Marist at UAlbany (Doubleheader)
DATE: Wednesday, March 30
TIME: 2 pm
VIDEO: TBD
*records as of 3/25
GREAT DANE REWIND
- UAlbany opened the 2022 season in Rock Hill, South Carolina at the Winthrop Eagles Tournament (Feb. 18-20) before competing in the 2022 Spring Games at Madeira Beach (Mar. 3-5).
- In South Carolina, the Great Danes went 2-3 with wins against Winthrop and Ball State and losses against Robert Morris (twice) and Youngstown State. UAlbany tallied three wins and two losses in Florida - beating MTSU, Georgia Southern, and Georgetown.
- In their last four contests, the Great Danes are 2-2. They saw two losses at Towson (3/11) before the rest of the tournament was canceled due to weather.
- Most recently, UAlbany swept CCSU in a doubleheader (3/16). The second game finished in six innings after the Great Danes scored their 14th run.
- Morgan Petty leads the team batting 20-42 for a .476 batting average and a .905 slugging percentage. The junior owns a team-high four home runs and 19 RBI. For her efforts, Petty was named the America East Player of the Week after the first week of competition.
- Maddi Petrella (.386) and Caitlyn Mitros (.385) follow with their respective batting averages.
- Katie Falotico owns a team-high 10 multi-base hits (eight doubles, one triple, one home run).
- On the mound, four Great Dane pitchers own an ERA less than 1.5. Amelia Freitas leads with a 1.21 ERA in 14.0 innings. Briana Garrett follows with a 1.31 ERA in 5.1 innings.
- Wendi Hammond leads with 34.2 innings in the circle, including three complete games, totaling a team-high 28 strikeouts.
- Falotico leads in the field with 53 putouts while Lové Drumgole leads with 29 assists.
ABOUT COLGATE
- The Raiders are 8-13 on the season.
- After their first two weekends of play, both in North Carolina, Colgate held a winning record, 6-4.
- In Arizona (Feb. 25-27), the Raiders went 2-3, earning wins against Incarnate Word and Pacific.
- Most recently, Colgate's spring break trip saw six losses in Alabama.
- Jillian Herbst leads at the plate, batting .382, while Taylor Ludwick has totaled a team-high four home runs.
- Adrienne Nardone owns a team-high 10 RBI.
- In the circle, Kaitlyn Borruso leads with a 4-1 record and a 2.83 ERA. Bailey Misken has seen a team-high 63.1 innings with 62 strikeouts.
ABOUT MANHATTAN
- The Jaspers are 5-12 on the season.
- Earning its first win against Sacred Heart (3/13), Manhattan tallied eight losses to begin the season.
- After four more losses, the Jaspers tallied four-straight wins against Hartford (3/18), Wagner (x2, 3/20), and St. John's (3/22).
- Annie Moore leads the team with a .353 batting average, three home runs, and 11 RBI.
- Megan Hedlund is tied with Moore with three homers.
- In the circle, Ava Metzger owns a team-low 4.19 ERA in a team-high 43.0 innings. Her 29 strikeouts lead all five Jasper pitchers.
ABOUT RHODE ISLAND
- The Rams are 5-16 on the season with a 1-4 conference record.
- URI started the season with three tournaments, collecting a 4-11 record from games in North Carolina and Florida.
- Before falling in a doubleheader against UMass (3/20), the Rams split a two-day series against Dayton, 1-2 (3/16-17).
- Most recently, Rhode Island saw a single game against Providence (3/22) for an eight-inning loss.
- Before heading to UAlbany, the Rams will go against Fordham for a two-day three-game conference series.
- Sami Villarreal leads with five doubles and a .303 batting average.
- Ari Castillo owns team-highs with four doubles and two home runs.
- Seven Ram pitchers have seen time in the circle. Liz Lynchard has seen the most time on the mound with 73.0 innings pitched. She has tallied a 4.22 ERA and 48 strikeouts in four complete games and 17 total appearances.
ABOUT MARIST
- The Red Foxes are 11-15 on the season.
- After five tournaments, the doubleheader against UAlbany will be Marist's first single-opponent trip.
- Marist went 1-5 in Wilmington, N.C. (2/18-20) to open the season. The Red Foxes continued with a 4-1 record at Stetson (2/25-27) to even their overall record (5-5).
- Marist continued with a 2-3 record in Louisiana (3/4-6), a 2-4 record in Arizona (3/11-15), and a 2-3 record in California (3/17-19).
- Shea Walsh leads with a .364 batting average and six doubles.
- Five Red Foxes have tallied multiple homers as Caroline Baratta leads with four and Miah McDonald leads with 17 RBI.
- Putting just three pitchers in the circle, Kiley Myers owns a team-low 3.52 ERA in 53.2 innings. Maddie Pleasants has seen the most pitching time with 60 strikeouts in 78.1 innings.
PICKED THIRD
- The Great Danes were picked to finish third in the 2022 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- UAlbany tallied 27 points and no first-place votes.
- UMBC topped the poll with 35 points and five first-place votes while Stony Brook followed with 29 points and two first-place votes.
- Binghamton (20), UMass Lowell (18), Maine (12), and Hartford (6) followed to close out the poll.
2021 POSTSEASON AMERICA EAST AWARDS
- First Team All-Conference
- Second Team All-Conference
- All-Rookie
- All-Academic
2022 AMERICA EAST WEEKLY AWARDS
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- UMBC is riding a 13-game win streak to lead the conference, 15-4.
- Stony Brook follows with a three-game win streak for a 13-8 overall record.
- UMass Lowell is third with a 12-10 record.
- Hartford (8-7) and Binghamton (11-10) sit just above .500 for fourth- and fifth-place, respectively.
- UAlbany (7-7) holds an even record for sixth place.
- Maine (2-19) rounds out the conference.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Saturday
- Maine vs Hartford, 9:30 am
- Colgate at UAlbany (DH), 11 am
- Hartford at Quinnipiac, 12 pm
- Iona at Binghamton (DH), 12 pm
- UMass Lowell at Sacred Heart (DH), 12:30 pm
- Stony Brook at Fairfield (DH), 1 pm
- Maine at Quinnipiac, 2:30 pm
- Sunday
- Maine at Quinnipiac, 9:30 am
- Iona at Binghamton, 12 pm
- Hartford vs Maine, 12 pm
- Manhattan at UAlbany (DH), 1 pm
- Hartford at Quinnipiac, 2:30 pm
- Tuesday
- UMass Lowell at Merrimack (DH), 2 pm
- Rhode Island at UAlbany (DH), 2 pm
- Stony Brook at St. John's, 3:30 pm
- Wednesday
- Hartford at Drexel, TBA
- Maine at UMass (DH), 1 pm
- Marist at UAlbany (DH), 2 pm
- Cornell at Binghamton (DH), 3 pm
- Thursday
- Sacred Heart at Stony Brook, 4 pm
UP NEXT
- The Great Danes look to open their conference season against UMBC on April 2.
For more information on the University at Albany softball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanysb
Instagram - @ualbanysb
