LOCATION: Roc Park - Madeira Beach, Fla.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 5-4, 0-0 America East | Georgetown 8-10, 0-0 Big East | 5-12, 0-0 NEC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes' bats were on fire as softball defeated Georgetown and fell just short of Long Island, Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: UAlbany 6, Georgetown 4
 
KEY STATS

• Morgan Petty and Alexis Phillips led the team with two doubles.
• Petty tallied three RBI while Phillips, Katie Falotico, and Maranda Jimenez drove in one run each.
• Each time Phillips stepped up to the plate, she made it on base (two doubles, a single, and a walk), and scored a run.
• Falotico tallied a double and Caitlyn Mitros and Lové Drumgole notched a single each.
• Tallying four strikeouts, Briana Garrett earned her first win of the season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Phillips opened the hitting with a double in the bottom of the first. 
• Petty followed with a double of her own to drive Phillips home and give the Great Danes a 1-0 lead.
• After a scoreless second inning, the Hoyas gained four runs to take a 4-1 lead headed into the bottom of the third.
• After Phillips got on base, Falotico hit a double for an RBI and, eventually, scored to close the lead. UAlbany entered the fourth inning down, 4-3.
• With two on base, Garrett tallied a strike to send the runners back to the dugout.
• After allowing just one hit in the top of the fifth, Phillips and Petty joined forces once again for two-straight doubles and a run from the former to tie the score at 4.
• The UAlbany defense notched three-straight outs to head straight back to the dugout for what would prove to be their final inning at the plate.
• Drumgole, Mitros, Phillips, and Petty all hit singles to get on base in the sixth inning. Phillips sent Drumgole across home plate while Petty hit Phillips home.
• After closing out the seventh inning with another 1-2-3 top half, the Great Danes took the victory, 6-4.

 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: Long Island 5, UAlbany 2
 
KEY STATS

• Morgan Petty and Wendi Hammond led with two hits each.
• Hammond and Maddi Petrella drove in a run each.
• Hammond tallied her first home run of the season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Petty began the Great Danes' offense with a double in the first inning. 
• The contest remained scoreless through the first five innings.
• Hammond (second), Lové Drumgole (fourth), and Schuyler Ossman (fifth) each hit a single in their respective innings but UAlbany was unable to score.
• After Petty opened the sixth inning with a triple, Maddi Petrella hit a sac fly to bring her home and score the first run of the game.
• The Sharks answered with five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
• Hammond hit a homer for the Great Danes to score a second run but it was not enough and Long Island took the 5-2 win.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close their time at the 2022 Spring Games tomorrow, March 6, with a 9 am first pitch against Southern Mississippi.

For more information on the University at Albany softball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
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