UAlbany Drops Final Game of Weekend Softball Series Against Stony Brook on Senior Day

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UAlbany Drops Final Game of Weekend Softball Series Against Stony Brook on Senior Day

Albany, N.Y. ? Kelly Oberto was one of four Seawolf players to club a home run and ended the afternoon with four RBI as Stony Brook defeated the UAlbany softball team, 10-2, in America East Conference action on Senior Day at Albany Field on Sunday, May 3. Kat Smith homered for the Great Danes, who honored Meagan Butsch prior to the game and finished the regular season in the top half of the league standings for the eighth time in as many years.

            The Great Danes earned the No. 3 seed for the America East championship, a double-elimination tournament which runs from May 7-9, and will open up against second-seeded Boston University at Stony Brook's University Field.

Stony Brook (34-12, AE 14-5) hit two home runs to take a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Crista Cerrone hit a two-run homer to start the scoring, and Oberto blasted a three-run shot to center a few plays later. Oberto singled in the sixth run for the Seawolves in the top of the second.

UAlbany (36-14, AE 12-7) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second to close the gap to four. Michelle Connors was hit by a pitch, and Smith went yard to left center on the next play. Stony Brook got solo home runs from Kendall Blumenthal and Marissa Fleury in the third and fourth, respectively, before extending its lead to eight in the top half of the fifth. The Great Danes failed to score in the bottom half of the frame, and the game ended due to the eight-run rule.

            UAlbany's Marissa Powell fell to 18-10 this year in the losing effort. She surrendered 12 hits, 10 runs (nine earned) and issued one walk while fanning three. Stony Brook's Alyssa Struzenberg improved to 21-5 this season with the victory. She yielded two hits and two runs which were earned while issuing one walk and striking out six.

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           Stony Brook (35-12, AE 15-5)     511       12         10         12         1

           UAlbany (36-14, AE 12-7)           020       00          2          2          4

                        (game ended after five innings due to eight-run rule)

                        Stony Brook: Alyssa Stuzenberg and Jade Clare.

UAlbany: Marissa Powell and Kat Smith.

 

Stony Brook 10, UAlbany 2 (5 inn.) (May 03, 2009)


Box Score
 
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Stony Brook at Albany
May 03, 2009 at Albany, N.Y. (Albany Field)

Stony Brook 10 (35-12,15-5)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Kavitsky ss 
Cerrone lf 
Fanelli cf 
Fleury 1b 
Oberto 3b 
Kestranek 2b 
Blumenthal dh 
Clare c 
Martin rf 
Struzenberg p 
Totals  29  10  12  10  15 
  

Albany 2 (36-14,12-7)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Walraven, Andrianna ss 
Kothe, Nicole lf 
Butsch, Meagan 3b 
Mason, Gina 1b 
Connors, Michelle 2b 
Bergin, Jessica rf 
Smith, Kat c 
Bill, Kristine cf 
Wambold, Katie dh 
Powell, Marissa p 
Totals  17  15 
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Stony Brook......... 511 12 - 10 12  1
Albany.............. 020 00 -  2  2  4
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E - Fleury; Kothe, N.; Butsch, M.; Connors, M.; Smith, K.. LOB - SBU 7; Albany 2. 2B - Kavitsky; Fleury; Clare. HR - Cerrone; Fleury; Oberto; Blumenthal; Smith, K.. HBP - Fleury; Connors, M.. SH - Martin. SB - Kavitsky; Fanelli; Martin.
Stony Brook   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
Struzenberg W,21-5  5.0  17  19 
  
Albany   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
Powell, Marissa L,18-10  5.0  12  10  29  32 
Win - Struzenberg (21-5). Loss - Powell, M. (18-10). Save - None. HBP - by Powell, M. (Fleury); by Struzenberg (Connors, M.).

Umpires -
Start: 12 p.m. Time: 1:40 Attendance: 100

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Meagan Butsch

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Michelle Connors

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Marissa Powell

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Kat Smith

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Meagan Butsch

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5' 7"
Senior
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IF
Michelle Connors

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5' 0"
Junior
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Marissa Powell

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6' 0"
Junior
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RHP
Kat Smith

#21 Kat Smith

5' 2"
Junior
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C