ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team will host CCSU in a one-game midweek matchup. The first pitch will be at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Series Info
Tuesday, April 16
Varsity Field – Albany, N.Y.
3:00 p.m. ET
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Leading the Pack
- Starting every game this season, Will Binder has been a constant performer with a .306 batting average, a .914 OPS, and 10 multi-hit games.
- In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has 28 hits on the season and a team-best 18 RBIs.
- Ryan Ferremi and Jared Toby lead the team with three home runs each.
- Connor Eisenmann heads the pitching staff this season with 25 strikeouts through 30.1 innings pitched.
- The pitching staff has amassed a 10.82 ERA over 218 innings, with an opposing batting average of .330.
Season Review
- UAlbany owns a 4-24 record while going 3-8 in conference play.
- Opening their season against #9 Tennessee (2.23-25), the Great Danes narrowly fell 5-8 in game one before being defeated 6-21 and 0-12.
- Continuing their road stretch, UAlbany was swept in a three-game series by George Washington (3.3-3) and lost four contests to Purdue (3.9-10)
- After falling to Army, the Great Danes were swept in a three-game series at Georgetown (3.15-17).
- Opening conference play, UAlbany split a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (2.22) and then took two games in a three-game set against Maine (3.30-31).
- The Great Danes defeated Siena (4.2), 17-12, in a crosstown matchup.
- Most recently, UAlbany fell in a doubleheader at Marist (4.9) before being swept at UMBC (4.12-14).
- Will Binder owns a team-high 30 hits with 12 extra-base hits, including nine doubles, a triple, and two home runs.
- Luke Filippi has tallied a team-best 18 RBIs followed by Ryan Ferremi with 16.
- Connor Eisenmann leads all qualified pitchers with a 10.38 ERA through 30.1 innings of work.
Heating Up
- Will Binder had a .400 batting average last week with four RBIs and five runs scored.
- Anthony Scarabino tallied a team-high seven hits last week, including two doubles and a triple, while scoring four runs.
- Luke Filippi and Levi McAllister tallied a team-best five RBIs last week.
- Cregg Scherrer pitched five shutout innings, striking out six, against UMBC last weekend.
- Steven Turk threw 2.1 scoreless innings in relief in his last appearance against UMBC.
Scouting CCSU
The Blue Devils have gone 8-17 this season with an 8-10 conference record.
- CCSU began the season with a three-game losing streak with losses to William & Mary (3.1), VCU (3.2), and Richmond (3.3).
- Winning two games against Norfolk State (3.8-10), the Blue Devils then lost to Quinnipiac (3.12).
- After winning twice against LIU (3.15-17) and once against Stony Brook, CCSU lost twice in their series against Wagner (3.22-24).
- The Blue Devils went on a nine-game losing stretch being swept by Stonehill (3.29-30) and Merrimack (4.5-7) and losses to Northeastern (3.26), Connecticut (4.1), and Fairfield (4.9).
- Most recently, CCSU swept UMES (4.12-14) in a three-game series.
- Brady Short has led the way at the plate with a .343 batting average.
- Jeff Nicol has slugged nine extra-base hits with 19 RBIs.
- Jake Neuman has led the rotation with a 4.30 ERA through 46 innings.
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in five of the hitting categories, four of the pitching categories, and three of the fielding categories.
2024 Captains
Will Binder,
Connor Eisenmann, and
Cregg Scherrer will serve as the captains for the Great Danes during the 2024 season. Binder enters his third season with UAlbany after starting his collegiate career at LaSalle. Since joining the Great Danes, he has started in 89 games and has a .325 batting average. Eisenmann returns to UAlbany for his fourth season. Through 37 appearances for the Great Danes, he has recorded a 5.93 ERA with 121 strikeouts and a .254 batting average against. Scherrer is a redshirt senior from Skaneateles, N.Y., entering his fifth season with the team. Appearing in 44 games, including 34 starts, Scherrer has struck out 195 batters and owns a 5.73 ERA.
2024 America East Preseason Poll
- UAlbany was picked to finish seventh in the 2024 America East Preseason Poll, earning eight points.
- The Bearcats were picked to finish first in the conference with 35 points, including five first-place votes.
- Maine, the defending champions, followed closely behind with 31 points and two first-place votes.
- UMBC (26) placed third, NJIT (19) fourth, and Bryant (18) fifth.
- UMass Lowell (10) and UAlbany rounded out the poll.
America East Standings
Bryant sits on top of the conference table having won 11 of their 12 conference contests. UMBC is second with a 6-3 with UMass Lowell trailing close behind have gone 6-5. NJIT sits in fourth with a .500 record. Maine has gone 4-7 in conference play. UAlbany and Binghamton round out the conference with three conference wins with the Great Danes holding the slight advantage having lost one less game.
America East Contests This Week
- Tuesday
- CCSU at UAlbany, 3:00 pm
- URI at Bryant, 3:00 pm
- UMass Lowell at Merrimack, 3:00 pm
- Georgetown at UMBC, 6:00 pm
- Cornell at Binghamton, 6:30 pm
- Wednesday
- Maine at Merrimack, 4:00 pm
- Saint Peter's at NJIT, 7:00 pm
Up Next: The Great Danes will travel to Binghamton for this weekend's series, starting 6 pm Friday.
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