Score: #2 UMass Lowell 4, #6 UAlbany 0
Location: Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine
Records: UAlbany (20-27, 9-14 AE); UMass Lowell (25-27, 13-11 AE)
Short Story: UAlbany fell 4-0 to UMass Lowell in their second game of the America East Tournament, and will play Maine later tonight in an elimination game.
Coach Mueller: “There's only one team in the country that ends with a win. There will be two teams playing for a championship Friday or Saturday and that's what the goal is. We didn't capitalize on some opportunities early, we gave away some stuff early, and we really weren't able to get anything going offensively. But we have to turn around quick in what is now an elimination game.”
Key Stats
How it happened
- UAlbany put runners on first and second in each of the first three innings but never was able to score
- UMass Lowell scored first, taking advantage of a fielding error by Patrick Lagravinese in the bottom of the second to take a 1-0 lead
- From the second inning through the sixth, Jack McClure retired 14 straight Riverhawks
- UMass Lowell scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to take a 3-0 lead
- UMass Lowell added one run in the bottom of the eighth
- Marc Wangenstein worked a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth, but UAlbany's rally attempt fizzled out there, falling 4-0
Next: UAlbany moves to the elimination bracket where they will face #5 Maine at 6:00 p.m.
