ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany softball team is headed to Maryland for their final regular-season tournament.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UMBC Spring Invite - Baltimore, Md.
SITE: The Diamond at UMBC
STATS: UMBCRetrievers.com
STREAM: Not available
TICKETS: Free event
RECORDS: 
     UAlbany: 6-5, 0-0 America East
     Wisconsin: 9-12, 0-0 Big Ten
     Niagara: 4-6, 0-0 MAAC
 
UAlbany vs Niagara
DATE: Friday, March 15
TIME: 10:00 AM
 
UAlbany vs Wisconsin
DATE: Friday, March 15
TIME: 12:30 PM
 
UAlbany vs Wisconsin
DATE: Saturday, March 16
TIME: 12:30 PM
 
UAlbany vs Niagara
DATE: Saturday, March 16
TIME: 2:30 PM
 
*records as of 3/14
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• After three weeks of action, the Great Danes are 6-5 on the season.
• UAlbany started the season at NC State's Wolfpack Classic. Tallying one win in two games over Iona, the Great Danes fell in both games against the ACC host.
• Continuing the season at the annual Spring Games competition, UAlbany added a 4-1 record over the March 1-3 weekend.
• Most recently, the Great Danes split a doubleheader against FDU (3/8).
• Graduate students Maddi Petrella and Caitlyn Mitros hold the lead with a .438 batting average.
• Along with classmate Morgan Petty (16), Petrella (11) makes it two Great Danes with double-digit RBI in 11 contests.
• Petrella also owns a team-high nine multi-base hits (six doubles, three homers). Petty follows with seven (three doubles, four homers).
• Freshman Mary Kate Murray, senior Jordan Nastos, and sophomore Deanna Grahek have each hit one home run.
• From the circle, graduate student Wendi Hammond has pitched four complete games with six starts. Totaling 26 strikeouts in 45.1 innings pitched, she owns a 6-4 record.

 
ABOUT NIAGARA

• With one tournament and three weeks of play under their belt, the Purple Eagles are 4-6 on the season.
• Playing four games at McNeese State, Niagara opened the season with a 1-3 record in Louisiana (Feb. 23-24).
• After two losses in a doubleheader at Lamar (2/25), the Purple Eagles swept a doubleheader at Morgan State (3/12) and split a doubleheader at Saint Peter's (3/13).
• Hailey Cenname leads with a .478 batting average off 11 hits.
• Following, Selah Moyer (.400) and Maggie Kellner (.393) each own double-digit hit totals, including the team's only two home runs (one each).
• Moyer owns a team-high six RBI.
• Maddie Hickingbottom leads in the circle with three complete games and five starts for 28.1 innings pitched and 24 strikeouts. 
• Cara Leone follows with four starts for 19.0 innings pitched and six strikeouts.

 
ABOUT WISCONSIN

• Four regular-season tournaments later, the Badgers are 9-12 on the season.
• Having started at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.(Fe. 9-11), Wisconsin started the season 4-1.
• After five losses at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 15-17), the Badgers earned a 4-2 record at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 22-24) in Cathedral City, Calif.
• Most recently, Wisconsin added a 1-4 record at the Utah Tech Invitational (Mar. 1-3).
• Hilary Blomberg leads the team with a .395 batting average, however, Ava Kuszak and Alivia Bark lead with 20 hits each.
• Emmy Wells owns a team-high 16 RBI and six home runs. 
• Kuszak (13), Bark (13), and Brooke Kuffel round out those with double-digit RBI totals.
• Each of the Badgers' top three pitchers had seen approximately the same amount of time in the circle - Gabi Salo (45.0), Tessa Magnanimo (43.1), and Shelby Jacobson (42.0).
• Salo holds a team-high four shutouts, six complete games, and 50 strikeouts in seven starts, however, Magnanimo leads with nine starts.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Heading into the sixth weekend of the pre-conference season, Binghamton leads with an 11-7 record.
• UAlbany follows as the only other team with a winning record, 6-5.
• Bryant sits even with a 6-6 record.
• UMBC has earned five wins in 12 contests.
• UMass Lowell (3-11) and Maine (1-18) round out the conference.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Thursday
  • Niagara at UMBC, 6 pm
• Friday
  • UAlbany vs Niagara, 10 am
  • Lafayette vs Bryant, 10:30 am
  • UAlbany vs Wisconsin, 12:30 pm
  • Wisconsin at UMBC, 3 pm
  • Bryant at Maryland, 3:30 pm
• Saturday
  • Lafayette vs Bryant, 10:30 am
  • Binghamton vs Lehigh, 11:30 am
  • UAlbany vs Wisconsin, 12:30 pm
  • UAlbany vs Niagara, 2:30 pm
  • Purdue Fort Wayne vs Bryant, 3:30 pm
  • Colgate at UMBC, 5 pm
  • Binghamton vs Cornell, 6:30 pm
  • Niagara at UMBC, 7 pm
• Sunday
  • Wisconsin at UMBC, 10 am
  • Fairfield vs Bryant, 12:30 pm
  • Binghamton vs Cornell, 12:30 pm
  • Binghamton at Penn State, 3 pm

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes will host Army on Wednesday (Mar. 20) for their first home game(s) of 2024.

 
For more information on the University at Albany softball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanysb
Instagram & Threads - @ualbanysb