ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany softball team heads to Binghamton for their final conference game.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at Binghamton
DATE: Wednesday, May 4
TIME: 3 pm
SITE: Bearcats Sports Complex - Binghamton, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 23-15, 10-6 America East | Binghamton 19-19, 6-6 America East
SERIES RECORD: 49-12, UAlbany leads (DI era)
STATS: BUBearcats.com
STREAM: AmericaEast.TV
 
*records as of 5/3
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany opened the 2022 season with three five-game tournaments. At the Winthrop Eagle Tournament (Feb. 18-20), the team collected a 2-3 record before tallying a 3-2 record at the 2022 Spring Games at Madeira Beach (Mar. 3-5). The Great Danes saw two losses at Towson (3/11) before the rest of the tournament was canceled due to weather.
• Seeing five non-conference doubleheaders, so far, UAlbany has swept CCSU (3/16), Army (4/6), and Siena (4/21) while splitting the Colgate (3/26) and Marist (3/30) doubleheaders.
• Starting conference play at UMBC (April 2-3), the Great Danes swept Maine (April 9-10) after going 1-2 against the Retrievers.
• Since hosting the Black Bears, UAlbany has gone 2-1 over both Hartford (April 15-16) and UMass Lowell (April 23-24) while sweeping a doubleheader against Binghamton (4/13).
• Most recently, the Great Danes fell in the series at Stony Brook (April 30-May 1). UAlbany took the second game of the doubleheader, 10-6, but SBU took games one and three. 

 
AT THE PLATE

• Morgan Petty leads the team batting 44-117 for a .376 batting average and a .692 slugging percentage. The junior owns a team-high eight home runs and 40 RBI. 
• Katie Falotico (.371), Maddi Petrella (.330), and Maranda Jimenez (.305) follow with their respective batting averages. 
• Falotico leads the team with 15 doubles and four triples. Her .39 doubles per game is good for ninth in the nation.
• Alexis Phillips leads the team, and the conference, with 32 runs. 
• Six Great Danes have totaled double-digit RBI - Petty has compiled 40 for the team-high while Falotico (34), Petrella (26), Jimenez (22), Lové Drumgole (11), and Phillips (10) follow.

 
IN THE FIELD

• Falotico leads the defense with 184 putouts; Petrella follows closely with 143.
• Lové Drumgole leads with 76 assists.
• Falotico and Drumgole have contributed to eight double-plays each to lead the team.
• Six different Great Danes have seen the circle.
• Wendi Hammond has seen the most time with 124.2 innings pitched and 95 strikeouts. The junior has pitched 10 complete games, including one shutout, with 19 starts, 1 save, and a 13-8 record in the circle. 
• Briana Garrett and Maranda Jimenez follow, each tallying 37.0 innings pitched. Garrett owns two complete games, including one shutout, and six starts while Jimenez has totaled four complete games and 1 save with six starts. 

 
ABOUT BINGHAMTON

• The Bearcats are 19-19 on the season with a 6-6 record in the America East.
• Playing four tournaments to open the season, Binghamton held an 11-10 record through the first six weeks of play.
• Before the start of conference play, two doubleheaders and one single game added two wins and three losses.
• The Bearcats opened their America East schedule splitting a two-game series at UMass Lowell (April 9-10) before falling at UAlbany in a doubleheader (4/13) and a two-game series against Stony Brook (April 16-17).
• For their last two series, Binghamton beat Maine with two wins, to one loss, on April 23-24, and swept Hartford (April 30-May 1).
• Alayna Harbaugh leads the team with a .320 batting average and 39 hits.
• Owning a team-high 23 RBI, 13 doubles, and six home runs, Sarah Rende also leads with a .577 slugging percentage.
• Seeing a team-high 115.2 innings pitched, Allison L'Amoreaux has struck out 92 batters with eight complete games, two shutouts, and nine wins in 20 starts.
• In the field, Alex Musial leads with 139 putouts while Makayla Alvarez owns a team-high 58 assists and nine double-plays.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE BEARCATS

• The Great Danes lead the Division I series, 49-12.
• Earlier in the 2022 season, UAlbany swept a midweek doubleheader against Binghamton (April 13).
• During the 2021 season, the series was tied, 2-2.
• UAlbany won both games in the doubleheader on Saturday (Apr. 3, 2021) and Binghamton won both games in the Sunday (Apr. 4, 2021) doubleheader.
• In game one, Morgan Petty and Maddi Petrella each hit a home run. Petrella led with three RBI in the 11-2 win. Maranda Jimenez pitched the five-inning win.
• Game two saw a 6-2 UAlbany victory. Katie Falotico hit a homer while Alexis Phillips notched a triple. Briana Garrett pitched the full game. 
• UAlbany held a 2-0 lead after the top of the seventh before Binghamton hit a walk-off homer to take the third game, 4-2, before winning the fourth, 3-2.

 
PICKED THIRD

• The Great Danes were picked to finish third in the 2022 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll. 
• UAlbany tallied 27 points and no first-place votes.
• UMBC topped the poll with 35 points and five first-place votes while Stony Brook followed with 29 points and two first-place votes.
• Binghamton (20), UMass Lowell (18), Maine (12), and Hartford (6) followed to close out the poll.

 
2022 AMERICA EAST WEEKLY AWARDS

• Player of the Week
  • Morgan Petty (March 1)
  • Maranda Jimenez (April 12)
  • Maranda Jimenez (April 19)
  • Katie Falotico (April 26)
• Pitcher of the Week
  • Briana Garrett (March 29)

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Stony Brook leads the conference with a 9-4 America East record.
• UMBC follows with a 10-6 America East record.
• UAlbany rounds out the top three with a 10-5 record.
• UMass Lowell holds an 8-6 record for fourth place.
• Binghamton swept Hartford to sit even with a 6-6 record.
• Maine (4-9) and Hartford (2-13) round out the league with their respective records.

 
UPCOMING AMERICA EAST CONTESTS

• Wednesday
  • UMass at Stony Brook (DH), 2 pm
  • UAlbany at Binghamton, 3 pm
• Friday
  • Stony Brook at UMass Lowell (DH), 1 pm
  • UMBC at Binghamton (DH), 2 pm
  • Maine at Hartford, 3 pm
• Saturday
  • UMBC at Binghamton, 12 pm
  • Maine at Hartford (DH), 12 pm
  • Stony Brook at UMass Lowell, 12 pm
  • UAlbany at Iona (DH), 1 pm

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes will play one last doubleheader at Iona on Saturday (5/7) before heading to the America East Tournament.

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