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University at Albany Great Danes

Morgan Petty - G1 UML 2023
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UAlbany UALB 11-11, 3-2 AE
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Winner Binghamton BING 16-11, 3-3 AE
UAlbany UALB
11-11, 3-2 AE
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Final
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Binghamton BING
16-11, 3-3 AE
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UAlbany UALB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
Binghamton BING 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 4 12 1

W: Roberts (6-2) L: Hammond, Wendi (7-6)

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Winner UAlbany UALB 12-11, 4-2 AE
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Binghamton BING 16-12, 3-4 AE
Winner
UAlbany UALB
12-11, 4-2 AE
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Final
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Binghamton BING
16-12, 3-4 AE
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UAlbany UALB 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 9 2
Binghamton BING 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1

W: Powers, Kate (4-1) L: L'Amoreaux (3-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Doubleheader Split Opens Softball Series at Binghamton

LOCATION: Bearcats Sports Complex - Vestal, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 12-11, 4-2 America East | Binghamton 16-12, 3-4 America East
 
SHORT STORY: After a rough start to the day, the Great Danes started to earn hits in the sixth inning of the first game to split the doubleheader against Binghamton, Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: Binghamton 4, UAlbany 2
 
KEY STATS  
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Binghamton earned the first hit with their leadoff batter but a sacrifice bunt and two strikeouts later and the Great Danes headed back to the dugout for the second inning.
  • After a scoreless second, UAlbany ended the third inning with a double play from freshman Deanna Grahek and Jordan Nastos but not before the Bearcats took a 3-0 lead.
  • UAlbany tallied its first hit in the sixth inning with a bunt from Nastos. Her single put two runners on base after graduate student Chloe Lewis earned a base on balls.
  • Caitlyn Mitros loaded the bases with a second-straight Great Dane hit.
  • Morgan Petty hit a fly ball to center field to drive in the first run before Maddi Petrella added an RBI with a single down the left-field line.
  • A one-run game, the Bearcats added to their lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
  • Unable to complete the comeback, UAlbany fell, 4-2, in game one.
 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: UAlbany 5, Binghamton 2
 
KEY STATS
  • Senior Morgan Petty and sophomore Sierra Fretz led with two RBI each.
  • Fretz went 2-2 in the batter's box. Petty and Caitlyn Mitros tied the utility player but both had more at-bats - 2-4 for Petty and 2-3 for Mitros.
  • Petty notched her third home run of the season.
  • Fretz added the lone double of the day.
  • Allowing no earned runs, redshirt-sophomore Kate Powers compiled the seven-inning complete-game victory.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes started off hot, putting two on base with a walk from Jordan Nastos and a single from Caitlyn Mitros.
  • Morgan Petty drove in the first UAlbany run with an RBI single.
  • After a scoreless second, UAlbany added three runs in the third to take a 4-0 advantage.
  • Putting two runners on base with two singles from Nastos and Mitros, freshman Sara Anderson drove in Mitros with a single down the left-field line.
  • Sierra Fretz followed with a two-run single to close the third-inning scoring.
  • The Bearcats closed the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Fretz added a hit with a double in the fifth but was left on base.
  • The Great Dane defense held two Binghamton runners, in scoring position, on base to stop a possible tie in the bottom of the sixth.
  • UAlbany secured the win when Petty hit a home run for what proved to be the final run of the game.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close the series with a single game on Sunday (April 9).
 
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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