Maranda Jimenez - UMass Lowell 2022
Bruce Dudek/UAlbany Athletics
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UMass Lowell UML 21-13, 5-2 AEC
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Winner UAlbany UASOFT22 21-12, 8-3 AEC
UMass Lowell UML
21-13, 5-2 AEC
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Final
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UAlbany UASOFT22
21-12, 8-3 AEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMass Lowell UML 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
UAlbany UASOFT22 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 4 0

W: Jimenez, Maranda (3-1) L: White, Ryley (15-4)

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Winner UMass Lowell UML 22-13, 6-2 AEC
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UAlbany UASOFT22 21-13, 8-4 AEC
Winner
UMass Lowell UML
22-13, 6-2 AEC
10
Final
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UAlbany UASOFT22
21-13, 8-4 AEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMass Lowell UML 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 10 9 1
UAlbany UASOFT22 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 7 10 4

W: See, Kaylie (1-2) L: Hammond, Wendi (11-7) S: Slanovec, Jennifer (3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Doubleheader Against UMass Lowell

LOCATION: Albany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 21-13, 8-4 America East | UMass Lowell 22-13, 6-2 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes took game one, 2-1, before falling 10-7 in game two against UMass Lowell, Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE:
UAlbany 2, UMass Lowell 1
 
KEY STATS
  • Graduate student Katie Falotico led with two RBI from her double.
  • Senior Lové Drumgole led from the plate, going 1-2 and scoring one run.
  • Senior pitcher Maranda Jimenez tallied the complete-game victory with five strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Dane defense began the day with three straight outs before Maranda Jimenez tallied the first hit of the contest.
  • The River Hawks scored the first run in the top of the second.
  • The third and fourth innings provided six outs with six UML batters.
  • Junior Morgan Petty grabbed a hit in the bottom of the fourth but was unable to score.
  • After a scoreless fifth inning, the Great Danes took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth. With two on base, Drumgole from a single and senior Alexis Phillips from walking, Katie Falotico hit a double to give the Great Danes two RBI.
  • Leaving one River Hawk on base, UAlbany closed the game with three final outs in the seventh.
 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE:
UMass Lowell 10, UAlbany 7
 
KEY STATS  
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Katie Falotico opened the hitting in the bottom of the first inning with a single.
  • Maddi Petrella followed up in the bottom of the second to get on base before Emma Adams hit her double and gave the Great Danes a 1-0 lead.
  • UAlbany added four runs in the third. After Alexis Phillips drew a walk, Morgan Petty grabbed a double to put runners on first and third. Maranda Jimenez tallied a double to drive in two runs.
  • With one still on base, Petrella knocked the ball over the left-field fence to add two runs and give the Great Danes a 5-0 advantage.
  • Junior pitcher Wendi Hammond tallied two strikeouts to lead UAlbany in the top of the fourth.
  • Jimenez sent the ball far over the center-field fence to add to the Great Danes' lead in the bottom of the fourth.
  • UMass Lowell took the lead, tallying five runs in the fifth inning, four runs in the sixth inning, and one run in the seventh.
  • After walking in the bottom of the seventh, Falotico crossed home for a seventh UAlbany run but it wasn't enough as the River Hawks took the game, 10-7.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close their series, and their home slate, with a final game against UMass Lowell on Sunday (April 24). UAlbany will honor the seniors in a ceremony before the start of the game.

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