LOCATION: Albany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 22-13, 9-4 America East | UMass Lowell 22-14, 6-3 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes totaled two home runs, from Katie Falotico and Maddi Petrella, to lead to a 4-1 victory over UMass Lowell, Sunday.
 
SCORE: UAlbany 4, UMass Lowell 1
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Katie Falotico led UAlbany with three RBI and two multi-base hits - a double and a home run.
• Three Great Danes went 2-3 at the plate - Falotico, junior Maddi Petrella, and senior Alexis Phillips.
• Junior Morgan Petty crossed home twice and stole two bases for team-highs.
• Tallying her 12th win on the season, junior pitcher Wendi Hammond threw seven strikeouts.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wendi Hammond closed the top of the first with a strikeout before Alexis Phillips tallied the first single of the game to lead off the Great Danes.
• With Morgan Petty on base, Katie Falotico doubled to right-center and drove in the first run of the game.
• After a scoreless second inning, Phillips opened the third inning with a second single. 
• Falotico hit the first home run of the day over the right-field fence. Giving UAlbany a 3-0 lead, Falotico tallied two RBI.
• The River Hawks added a run in the fourth before Hammond closed the inning with a strikeout.
• After a scoreless fifth inning, the Great Dane defense tallied three straight outs, including two strikeouts from Hammond, in the top of the sixth.
• Maddi Petrella notched a home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to score the final run of the contest.
• UMass Lowell attempted to take the lead in the final inning but the UAlbany defense closed the game with two on base for a 4-1 victory on senior day.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head on the road to close the series against Binghamton on Wednesday, April 27.
 
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