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Katie Falotico - Colgate 2022 (G1)
Jay Bendlin/UAlbany Athletics
2
Winner Colgate COLGATE 9-13
1
UAlbany UASOFT22 7-8
Winner
Colgate COLGATE
9-13
2
Final
1
UAlbany UASOFT22
7-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 0
UAlbany UASOFT22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 1

W: Borruso, Kaitlyn (5-1) L: Hammond, Wendi (3-4)

0
Colgate COLGATE 9-14
2
Winner UAlbany UASOFT22 8-8
Colgate COLGATE
9-14
0
Final
2
UAlbany UASOFT22
8-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
UAlbany UASOFT22 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 4 1

W: Garrett, Briana (2-1) L: Edwards, Mia (2-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Home Opener

LOCATION: Albany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 8-8, 0-0 America East | Colgate 9-14, 0-0 Patriot League
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes began the day with an extra-inning loss but a two-run homer from Sierra Fretz led to a game-two victory, Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: Colgate 2, UAlbany 1
 
KEY STATS
  • The Great Danes outhit the Raiders, 10-5.
  • Junior Wendi Hammond led with three hits, including the lone multi-base hit of the game, while graduate student Katie Falotico followed with two.
  • Senior Alexis Phillips drove in the lone run, scored by Hammond.
  • In the circle, Hammond pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Raiders started hitting right away, getting their leadoff batter on base with a single.
  • Junior Caitlyn Mitros repeated this action for the Great Danes, tallying a single to lead off the home team.
  • After notching three-straight outs in the second, UAlbany left one on base before the end of the inning.
  • Wendi Hammond's double began the third but the Raiders threw her out at home to halt the advance.
  • After four scoreless innings, Colgate crossed home to take a 1-0 in the top of the fifth.
  • With Hammond on third base, Alexis Phillips hit a single to left field for an RBI to tie the score. 
  • UAlbany compiled three-straight outs, including two strikeouts, in the top of the sixth.
  • As neither team was able to score in the sixth and seventh innings, an eighth inning began.
  • Colgate began the extra inning with a home run to take the lead.
  • As the Great Danes were unable to tie the score, the Raiders took the game-one win, 2-1.
 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: UAlbany 2, Colgate 0
 
KEY STATS
  • Senior Lové Drumgole led the Great Danes with two hits, including a double.
  • Katie Falotico, a double, and freshman Sierra Fretz, a home run, notched multi-base hits for UAlbany.
  • Three of the Great Danes' four hits were multi-base hits.
  • Fretz's homer led to two RBI for the rookie.
  • Redshirt-senior Briana Garrett pitched for a complete-game win; her second win and first complete game of 2022.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes opened the game tallying a 1-2-3 inning to head to the dugout for the first time, quickly.
  • Both teams notched their first hits in the second inning. The Raiders tallied two but were unable to score.
  • With one on base, Sierra Fretz hit a home run over the left-field fence to gain a 2-0 lead for the Great Danes.
  • Briana Garrett opened the third inning with her first strikeout from the circle. She added one strikeout in each of the following two innings (fourth and fifth).
  • The Great Danes opened the bottom of the fourth and the fifth with a hit but they were unable to capitalize on it. Katie Falotico grabbed a double in the fourth while Lové Drumgole notched a single in the fifth.
  • UAlbany held off two base runners in the sixth inning and tallied three-straight outs in the seventh to secure the 2-0 victory for game two.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes look towards hosting two weekday doubleheaders against Rhode Island (March 29) and Marist (March 30).
 
For more information on the University at Albany softball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanysb
Instagram - @ualbanysb
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