Game One Score: UAlbany 23, Maine 11 
 
Game Two Score: UAlbany 4, Maine 3
 
Location: Varsity Field in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (15-18, 13-13) | Maine (15-14, 10-11)
 
Short Story: Marc Wangenstein hit a walk-off single in game two after the bats came alive for a 23-run output, the team's most since 2016, in game one to secure a doubleheader sweep of Maine.

Coach Jon Mueller: "The guys battled all day long. We stuck to the game plan and we were able to secure the sweep. The defense was solid and Connor Eisenmann gave us the quality start we were looking for. Rob Manetta was able to affectively set the tone in both games today out of the bullpen for us."
 
Key Stats Game One

• Marc Wangenstein hit his 24th career home run and moved into sole possession of second place in program history.
• Cregg Scherrer (3-3) went four innings and allowed eight runs (seven earned) on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts. 
• Jason Bottari went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, three RBIs and one walk.
• Johnny Marti went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, four RBIs and one walk.
• Dolan Ocasal went 1-for-1 with three runs scored, two RBIs and three walks,
• Maine starter Alex McKenney (3-4) went 0.2 and allowed nine runs (six earned) on five hits with two walks and no strikeouts. 
• Sean Lawlor went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBIs for the Black Bears.

Key Stats Game Two

• Marc Wangenstein drove in the winning run on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning.
• UAlbany starter Connor Eisenmann went five innings and allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
• Freshman Rob Manetta (1-2) earned his first collegiate victory with four shutout innings where he allowed two hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
• Jason Bottari went 2-for-4 with one run scored. 
• John Daly went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
• Maine starter Tyler Nielsen went 4.2 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
• Reliever Andrew Ruggiero (0-1) took the loss after giving up the walk-off hit to Wangenstein. 
• Ryan Turenne went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Black Bears.

How it Happened Game 1

• Maine jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first when Sean Lawlor hit a three-run home run. UAlbany trailed by three, but responded in the bottom half with nine runs.
• Johnny Marti hit a two-run single, followed by Marti and Josh Gurnack scoring on a throwing error as they took a 4-3 lead. Jason Bottari then followed by scoring on a wild pitch and Josh Salandy drove home Dolan Ocasal with a single.
• With a 6-3 lead, Marti added to the total with another two-run single and Brad Malm stole home on a successful double-steal attempt with Marti as the Great Danes took a 9-3 lead.
• In the second inning, Maine responded with a Jeff Mejia two-run home run to center field and cut the lead to 9-5. After a scoreless third inning, UAlbany broke the game open in the fourth and fifth innings.
• Maine cut the lead to 9-8 in the top of the fourth inning when they scored three runs, but UAlbany responded with five in the bottom half.
• Bottari hit an RBI infield single, before Marc Wangenstein hit a three-run home run that hit off the left field foul pole. Malm later drove in Will Feil as the Great Danes took a 14-8 lead.
• In the fifth inning, UAlbany added four more runs when Bottari scored on a wild pitch and John Daly hit a three-run home run to right center. 
• With a commanding 18-8 lead after five innings, the Great Danes surrendered three runs when Quinn McDaniel hit a three-run double to cut the lead to 18-11.
• UAlbany responded in the bottom half with five runs behind a Bottari RBI double, Ocasal two-run double, Josh Loeffler RBI single and Wangenstein scoring on a wild pitch. 
• The sixth inning runs accounted for the final scoring of the game as UAlbany secured its 23-11 victory. 
• The runs are UAlbany's most since a 24-run outburst against Quinnipiac in 2016.
• Wangenstein's home run in the fourth inning was his 24th career home run that moved him into sole possession of second place in program history.

How it Happened Game 2

• Maine started the scoring early with a Sean Lawlor RBI single in the first inning as they took a 1-0 lead. UAlbany responded in the second inning when Jason Bottari scored on a passed ball to tie the game 1-1.
• Both starting pitchers settled into a groove before Ryan Turenne drove in a run with his double in the fourth inning to give Maine a 2-1 lead. 
• John Daly responded in the bottom of the fifth inning with a one-run double that tied the game 2-2. After the fifth inning, the game was paused for a rain delay.
• After a 50-minute rain delay, Rob Manetta entered the game after Kenny McLean exit with the bases loaded and no outs. Manetta was able to escape the jam by surrendering only one run as Maine took a 3-2 lead.
• Daly drove in his second run of the game on an RBI single through the left side that drove in Chris Fisher and tied the game 3-3.
• After three clean innings of relief from Manetta, Marc Wangenstein hit a walk-off single through the left side that drove home Johnny Marti and gave the Great Danes a 4-3 victory. 
• The victory gave UAlbany a huge win as they moved back to .500 (13-13) in conference play. 

Next: The Great Danes will host Division A-leading Hartford for their final home series of the season, starting Saturday, May 8 at 12:00 p.m.