ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany softball team heads on the road for UMass for a midweek doubleheader.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at UMass (DH)
DATE: Wednesday, March 27
TIME: 1:00 PM
SITE: Sortino Field - Amherst, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 9-6, 0-0 America East | 7-19, 3-3 Atlantic 10
SERIES RECORD: UMass leads, 1-0
STATS (G1): StatBroadcast
STATS (G2): StatBroadcast
STREAM (G1): ESPN+
STREAM (G2): ESPN+
TICKETS: Free
 
*records as of 3/26
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany is 9-6 headed into the conference season.
• The Great Danes started the season at NC State's Wolfpack Classic. Tallying one win in two games over Iona, UAlbany fell in both games against the ACC host.
• Continuing the season at the annual Spring Games competition, the Great Danes added a 4-1 record over the March 1-3 weekend.
• In a doubleheader, UAlbany split the results against FDU.
• Moving on with the UMBC Spring Invite (March. 15-16), the Great Danes notched a 3-1 record with games against Niagara and Wisconsin. After a shutout against each team on Saturday, UAlbany added two one-run games on Sunday, including a no-hitter against Wisconsin.
• Graduate student Caitlyn Mitros leads the team with a .409 batting average. 
• Graduate student Morgan Petty owns a team-high 17 RBI.
• Graduate student Maddi Petrella follows both with a .381 batting average and 13 RBI.
• Tied with four home runs each, Petrella and Petty lead the team in multi-base hits. Petrella leads with 10 (six doubles, four homers) while Petty follows with seven (three doubles, four homers).
• Senior Jordan Nastos hit the first triple of the season in Baltimore.

 
IN THE CIRCLE

• Graduate student Wendi Hammond continues to serve as the Great Danes' starting pitcher.
• Seeing the most time in the circle, Hammond leads with 59.1 innings pitched, six complete games, and 32 strikeouts in seven wins.
• With a team-low ERA of 0.39 and four game appearances, redshirt-junior Kate Powers has gone 2-0 with 10 strikeouts this season. 
• Junior Dominique Prevette has pitched for seven strikeouts in 18.1 innings pitched.
• During the most recent weekend of action, Powers and Hammond combined for four complete games, including two shutouts and a no-hitter. Allowing just one earned run throughout the competition, Hammond ended the weekend with a 0.00 ERA while Powers tallied a 0.64 ERA.

 
ABOUT UMASS

• The Minutewomen are 7-19 on the season with a 3-3 conference record.
• Opening the season with four tournaments - Georgia Southern Tournament (Feb. 9-11), Houston Classic (Feb. 16-18), South Carolina Tournament (Feb. 23-25), and UNCG Invitational (Mar. 8-10) - UMass tallied four wins in 19 contests.
• Heading to Saint Louis for their first A10 series, the Minutewomen went 1-2 on the road (Mar. 16-17).
• In the team's first week at home, UMass fell to UMass Lowell (Mar. 20) before going 2-1 against Fordham (Mar. 22, 24). 
• Bella Panjota leads with a .313 batting average from 26 hits, including a team-high seven doubles.
• Leading with four home runs, Sarah Keagy also owns a team-high 10 RBI.
• Having put four pitchers in the circle, Julianne Bolton and Natalee Horton lead with six complete games each. Tied with 56 strikeouts each, Bolton holds a slight lead with 72.1 innings pitched to Horton's 64.1.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE MINUTEWOMEN

• UMass leads the all-time series, 1-0.
• The Great Danes fell, 2-0, in the 2006 NCAA Regional Round on May 19. 

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Four schools have started conference action.
• UMBC leads with three wins over Maine.
• Bryant follows the Retrievers with a 2-1 record over Binghamton.
• UAlbany and UMass Lowell will begin conference play this weekend after having to postpone their season-opening series.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Wednesday
  • Brown at Bryant, 12 pm (DH)
  • UAlbany at UMass, 1 pm (DH)
  • UMass Lowell at Merrimack, 2 pm (DH)
• Friday
  • UMass Lowell at Bryant, 4 pm
  • UMBC at Binghamton, 4 pm
• Saturday
  • UMBC at Binghamton, 12 pm (DH)
  • UAlbany at Maine, 12 pm (DH)
  • UMass Lowell at Bryant, 1 pm (DH)
• Sunday
  • UAlbany at Maine, 11 am

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes will play two midweek doubleheaders at UMass Lowell and Siena before hosting UMBC for a home series.

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