Team - Chanticleer Showdown Day 1 2023
UAlbany Athletics
5
Winner Saint Joseph's SJU 1-4
2
UAlbany UALB 0-1
Winner
Saint Joseph's SJU
1-4
5
Final
2
UAlbany UALB
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Joseph's SJU 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 7 2
UAlbany UALB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 3

W: Siler (1-2) L: Hammond, Wendi (0-1)

0
UAlbany UALB 0-2
14
Winner Coastal Carolina CCU 9-1
UAlbany UALB
0-2
0
Final
14
Coastal Carolina CCU
9-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
UAlbany UALB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Coastal Carolina CCU 0 2 12 0 X 14 8 0

W: Brabham, R. (5-1) L: Lewis, Chloe (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Completes First Day of Action in South Carolina

LOCATION: St. John Stadium - Conway, S.C.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes worked to grab a couple of hits, including a double from sophomore Sierra Fretz, but were unable to earn a win on the first day of the season.
 
GAME ONE
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 0-1, 0-0 America East | Saint Joseph's 1-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10 
 
SCORE: Saint Joseph's 5, UAlbany 2
 
KEY STATS
  • The Great Danes totaled five hits against the Hawks.
  • Hitting the first double of the season, Sierra Fretz drove in senior Wendi Hammond for a run.
  • Senior Schuyler Ossman added an RBI.
  • Hammond pitched five innings with an average of one strikeout per inning.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Leadoff batter, sophomore Caitlyn Frederick, notched the first hit of the season off the first at bat of 2023.
  • Senior Maddi Petrella added a single to start off the second inning but was left on base, along with freshman Deanna Grahek at the end of the inning.
  • The Hawks took a two-run lead in the third inning.
  • Wendi Hammond led the Great Danes in the top of the fourth with two strikeouts from the circle.
  • SJU hit a home run to add two runs for a 4-0 advantage in the top of the fifth.
  • Grahek got on base with a walk in the bottom of the fifth and made it to third. Schuyler Ossman hit a single to third base which provided the opportunity for Grahek to score.
  • Down 5-1 after a second homer from the Hawks, UAlbany had one inning left and two outs on the scoreboard when Hammond hit her single. 
  • Sierra Fretz followed with a double to drive Hammond into home for the Great Danes' second run.
  • Leaving freshman Sara Anderson on base, a pinch runner for Fretz, UAlbany was unable to tie the score and fell, 5-2, to SJU.
 
GAME TWO
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 0-2, 0-0 America East | Coastal Carolina 9-1, 0-0 Sun Belt
 
SCORE: Coastal Carolina 14, UAlbany 0 (5 innings)
 
KEY STATS
  • Senior Morgan Petty earned the lone UAlbany hit against the Chanticleers.
  • In two innings in the circle, graduate student Chloe Lewis pitched a strikeout.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Chants notched the first hit of the game in the bottom of the first inning.
  • CCU took the lead with a two-run triple in the second inning.
  • Coastal Carolina took a 14-0 lead after the third inning.
  • Morgan Petty hit a single in the top of the fourth but was caught out at second base.
  • Tallying three-straight outs, the Great Danes were able to hold off the Chanticleers in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Despite connections with the ball from each batter in the fifth, UAlbany was unable to get anyone on base and CCU took the victory.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to continue the Chanticleer Showdown tomorrow, Feb. 25, playing against Coastal Carolina and Mount St. Mary's.
 
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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