Game One: La Salle 13, UAlbany 6

Location: Hank DeVincent Field, Philadelphia, Pa.

Records: UAlbany (1-3), La Salle (5-2)

Head Coach Jon Mueller: “We established a nice lead midway through the game with two-out hits.  Unfortunately, we also gave up big two-out hits ourselves and that hurt us.  We need to clean up the defense moving forward."

Short Story: UAlbany fell to La Salle after going up 6-1 in the fourth inning.

Key Stats:

• Dominic Savino lasted 2.0 innings, allowing zero runs on three hits with one strikeout
• Dan Yankowski pitched 2.0 innings and allowed three hits on one run.
• Connor Morrisroe pitched 2.0 innings, allowing eight hits on six runs with two strikeouts
• Hunter Torres lasted 1.0 innings and allowed two hits on four runs with one strikeout
• Brenden Cournoyer pitched the final inning with three hits on two runs with one strikeout
• Nick Kondo was 1-for-3 with a double
• Travis Collins was 1-for-4 with one RBI
• Kevin Donati was 1-for-3 with a double and one RBI
• Marc Wangenstein was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI
• Patrick Lagravinese was 1-for-3 with two triples and two RBI

How it happened:

• Both teams remained scoreless in the first two innings.
• La Salle added a run in the bottom of the third.
• Marc Wangenstein had an RBI after his hit scored Nick Kondo in the top of the fourth. Patrick Lagravinese's two-RBI triple that gave UAlbany another two runs.
• Travis Collins got an RBI after his hit scored Nick Kondo, while Kevin Donati and Marc Wangenstein each had RBI doubles that added an additional two runs for UAlbany in the top of the fifth.
• La Salle put up six runs at the bottom of the sixth, four runs in the bottom of the seventh and an additional two runs at the bottom of the eighth.

The Great Danes will play their final game against La Salle on Sunday, March 3.