LOCATION: Albany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 20-12, 7-3 America East | Siena 18-18, 7-3 MAAC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes opened with a quick 2-1 win before taking an 11-0 lead in the first inning of the second game to lead to the sweep, Thursday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: UAlbany 2, Siena 1
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Chloe Lewis led, going 1-1 at the plate. 
• Three other Great Danes tallied a hit - senior Alexis Phillips, junior Morgan Petty, and freshman Sierra Fretz.
• Phillips and freshman McKenzie Swinson each crossed home plate.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After tallying the first single of the game and scoring on a passed ball, Alexis Phillips gave the Great Danes a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
• UAlbany left a total of three Saints on base to hold the lead in the second and third innings.
• Morgan Petty added a single in the third and Chloe Lewis grabbed her bunted single in the bottom of the fourth inning.
• The Saints tied the score in the top of the fifth.
• Pinch running for Sierra Fretz, after she tallied a single, McKenzie Swinson returned the lead to the Great Danes, scoring on a throw from the catcher to the second baseman.
• Two innings with three straight outs, including a concluding strikeout from junior pitcher Wendi Hammond, closed the first game.

 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: UAlbany 12, Siena 8
 
KEY STATS

• Eleven Great Danes saw at least two at-bats.
• Morgan Petty, senior Maranda Jimenez, and redshirt-freshman Victoria Vilarchao batted 1.00, going 2-2 at the plate.
• Graduate student Katie Falotico led with four RBI. Alexis Phillips and Sierra Fretz followed with two each.
• Phillips knocked the only triple with Falotico, Fretz, and senior Lové Drumgole hitting a double each.
• Seven Great Danes totaled multiple hits and four compiled multiple runs.
• Four UAlbany pitchers saw time in the circle. Redshirt-senior Briana Garrett started, pitching a total of 4.2 innings with four strikeouts. Freshman Kate Powers, freshman Amelia Freitas, and Wendi Hammond each spent 0.2 innings in the circle, tallying a strikeout each.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Dane defense started with three straight outs in the first before scoring 11 runs in the bottom of the inning.
• For the second game in a row, Alexis Phillips led off with a single.
• The next four batters - Morgan Petty, Maranda Jimenez, Katie Falotico, and Sierra Fretz - all tallied their own singles with Jimenez earning an RBI and Falotico driving in two runs.
• Finishing out the batting order, junior Schuyler Ossman singled with an RBI and Lové Drumgole doubled.
• Up 5-0, the Great Danes began the batting order again and Phillips hit a triple for two RBI. Petty and Jimenez added a second single each.
• Falotico and Fretz each tallied a double for an extra three runs to give UAlbany an 11-0 lead at the end of the first inning.
• Siena tallied its first run in the second inning.
• Victoria Vilarchao and Falotico each added a single in the bottom of the third, with McKenzie Swinson scoring from Falotico's hit to give the Great Danes a 12-1 advantage.
• The Saints added three runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth inning. At the end of five innings, UAlbany led 12-7.
• Siena notched a final run in the seventh inning but the Great Danes left two runners on base to finish with a 12-8 victory.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will host their final home series of 2022, hosting UMass Lowell on April 23-24. UAlbany will honor its seniors on Sunday (April 24).

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