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Jay Bendlin/UAlbany Athletics
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UMass Lowell UML 27-19
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Winner UAlbany UASOFT22 24-15
UMass Lowell UML
27-19
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Final
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UAlbany UASOFT22
24-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMass Lowell UML 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 7 4
UAlbany UASOFT22 0 3 3 0 0 0 X 6 7 0

W: Hammond, Wendi (14-8) L: Slanovec, Jennifer (2-6) S: Powers, Kate (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Adams Leads as Softball Advances in the America East Championship Tournament

LOCATION: Bearcats Sports Complex - Binghamton, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 24-15, 10-6 America East | UMass Lowell 27-19, 10-7 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes jumped to an early lead and as the game came down to the final inning, UAlbany took the victory over UMass Lowell, 6-5, Thursday afternoon.
 
SCORE: UAlbany 6, UMass Lowell 5
 
KEY STATS
  • Junior Emma Adams totaled four RBI going 2-3 at the plate. 
  • Seniors Maranda Jimenez and Lové Drumgole added an RBI each.
  • Jimenez (home run) and Adams (triple) tallied the Great Danes' multi-base hits.
  • UAlbany put three pitchers in the circle - junior Wendi Hammond started and grabbed the win while Jimenez pitched for a game-high 3.1 innings and four strikeouts. Freshman Kate Powers came in for the final two outs, tallying the game-winning strikeout.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Both the Great Danes and the River Hawks saw four batters each in the first inning, but the scoring did not start until the second inning.
  • Freshman Sierra Fretz notched the first hit of the game in the bottom of the second. 
  • Emma Adams knocked a triple to right field, after Wendi Hammond drew a walk, and drove in two runs to give the Great Danes a 2-0 lead.
  • Lové Drumgole added an RBI with a single to left field and UAlbany closed the second inning with a 3-0 lead.
  • UMass Lowell tied the score at three in the top of the third inning.
  • On the first pitch of the bottom of the third, Jimenez knocked a home run over the center-field fence. 
  • Hammond hit a grounder to center field to put two runners on base with two outs on the board.
  • Adams drove in Hammond and junior Maddi Petrella with a single to left field to extend the lead to 6-3 at the end of the third inning.
  • After two scoreless innings, the River Hawks closed the lead with a home run in the top of the sixth.
  • UMass Lowell filled the bases during the top of the seventh and added one run to make it a one-run game.
  • With one out on the board and bases loaded, Kate Powers took the circle. Graduate student Katie Falotico caught a foul ball for the second out and Powers closed the game with a strikeout.
  • The Great Danes won the second-round victory, 6-5.
 
NEXT: UAlbany, the America East's second seed, will face the first seed, UMBC, on Friday, May 13 at 11 am. 

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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