LOCATION: UAlbany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 13-13, 4-3 America East | Syracuse 13-19-1, 3-10-1 ACC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes opened the day with a shutout victory before the Orange earned an extra-inning win, Wednesday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: UAlbany 5, Syracuse 0
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Chloe Lewis led the Great Danes with two RBI from two hits.
• Junior Jordan Nastos and senior Wendi Hammond each added one RBI.
• Hammond and Lewis notched UAlbany's multi-base hits with one double each.
• In each of her three tries in the batter's box, freshman Deanna Grahek earned a base on balls before making her way around the bases for three runs total.
• Tallying just 84 pitches, Hammond earned the shutout victory in the circle.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Syracuse tallied the first hit in the top of the first before UAlbany hit the next single in the bottom of the second.
• After Deanna Grahek walked, Chloe Lewis sent the ball through the right side to get on base.
• Grahek advanced home before Lewis was caught stealing, to give the Great Danes a 1-0 lead.
• The third and fourth innings remained scoreless as UAlbany notched a double play from Grahek and Jordan Nastos.
• Leaving two Syracuse runners on base, the Great Danes added two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
• With Grahek on base, Wendi Hammond hit a double to left center for an RBI. Nastos added a second RBI after sophomore Christie Collins, pinch-running for Hammond, scored.
• With runners on base in the bottom of the sixth, Lewis knocked the ball deep into left field for what proved to be the final two runs of the contest.
• The Great Danes tallied three-straight outs in the top of the seventh to close with a 5-0 win.

 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: Syracuse 5, UAlbany 4 (8 innings)
 
KEY STATS

• Chloe Lewis led with a 2-3 batting average at the plate.
• Totaling three RBI as a team, Lewis, Jordan Nastos, and senior Maddi Petrella grabbed one each.
• Senior Morgan Petty and Deanna Grahek grabbed multiple bases with a double each.
• Redshirt-sophomore Kate Powers pitched the complete game with four strikeouts. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Orange earned a leadoff single but the Great Danes left no runners on base and headed to the dugout with a double play from Kate Powers, Deanna Grahek, and Chloe Lewis.
• Senior Caitlyn Mitros got on base with a bunt, UAlbany's first hit, in the bottom of the first.
• The Great Dane defense earned three outs with three batters in the second inning.
• Scoreless through three innings, Syracuse broke the seal with a run in the top of the fourth.
• After leaving Morgan Petty on third in the bottom of the fourth, UAlbany's offense came through with four runs in the fifth inning.
• Grahek got on base with a double down the left-field line before scoring on a Lewis single.
• Pinch-running for Lewis, Christie Collins scored the second run right before freshman Kasey Conn crossed home, pinch-running for senior Schuyler Ossman after she hit a well-placed bunt to get on base.
• Maddi Petrella drove in the final run of the inning with a groundout to second base.
• The Orange answered by tying the score at four in the top of the sixth.
• As each team was unable to break the tie, the game headed into an eighth inning.
• Opening the eighth with a single, Syracuse's leadoff batter drove in the tie-breaking run.
• Leaving two on base, the Great Danes were unable to tie the game and take the lead and the Orange took the extra-inning win, 5-4.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue at home with a three-game series against UMBC (April 15-16).
 
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