Natasha Mendez - Western Michigan 2024
UAlbany Athletics
7
Winner UAlbany UALB 2-3
2
Western Michigan WMUSB24 4-5
Winner
UAlbany UALB
2-3
7
Final
2
Western Michigan WMUSB24
4-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UAlbany UALB 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 7 7 2
Western Michigan WMUSB24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4

W: Hammond, Wendi (2-2) L: KAILEY O'CONNOR (1-1)

3
Winner Quinnipiac QUSB2024 3-1
1
UAlbany UALB 2-4
Winner
Quinnipiac QUSB2024
3-1
3
Final
1
UAlbany UALB
2-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Quinnipiac QUSB2024 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1
UAlbany UALB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: Sydney Horan (1-1) L: Hammond, Wendi (2-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Spring Games Day One

LOCATION: ROC Park - Madeira Beach, Fla.
 
SHORT STORY: Defeating Western Michigan and falling to Quinnipiac, the Great Danes split day one at the Spring Games.
 
GAME ONE
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 2-3, 0-0 America East | Western Michigan 4-5, 0-0 MAC
 
SCORE: UAlbany 7, Western Michigan 2
 
KEY STATS
  • Redshirt-sophomore Natasha Mendez and sophomore Deanna Grahek led with two RBI each.
  • Graduate student Morgan Petty tallied her first home run of the season. Grahek made it two Great Dane homers with her first career home run.
  • Seven different student-athletes tallied one hit.
  • Graduate student Wendi Hammond pitched a complete game with six strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Caitlyn Mitros opened the game earning a base on balls.
  • Western Michigan's leadoff batter tallied the first hit of the game before scoring a run to give WMU a first-inning lead.
  • Wendi Hammond tallied two strikeouts in the bottom of the second but the Broncos took a 2-0 lead after two innings.
  • Making their way quickly through the third inning, the Great Danes scored three runs in the fourth to take the lead.
  • Starting with a home run from Morgan Petty, Natasha Mendez added an RBI with a hard hit up the middle before sophomore Sara Anderson scored the third run.
  • Holding WMU to two runs, Hammond caught up a line drive before completing a double play with an out at first.
  • After a scoreless fifth inning, Mendez added an RBI with a sac fly before Grahek made it six Great Dane runs with a home run.
  • Junior Caitlyn Frederick scored what proved to be the final run of the game in the top of the seventh.
 
GAME TWO
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 2-4, 0-0 America East | Quinnipiac 3-1, 0-0 MAAC
 
SCORE: Quinnipiac 3, UAlbany 1
 
KEY STATS
  • Redshirt-junior Victoria Vilarchao led the team with the lone RBI.
  • In addition to Vilarchao's single, Sara Anderon and Deanna Grahek added hits.
  • Junior pitcher Dominique Prevette started the game in the circle. She pitched 5.0 innings with four strikeouts. Wendi Hammond pitched the final two innings with two strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Quinnipiac started the scoring in the first inning with a single run.
  • Making her way through the second inning, Prevette struck out two of the three Bobcat batters.
  • UAlbany tied the score in the bottom of the fourth when Morgan Petty scored from first on Victoria Vilarchao's single to left field.
  • The Bobcats earned the advantage with two runs in the top of the sixth.
  • Getting on base with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Anderson and Grahek each hit a single.
  • Leaving two on base, the Great Danes were unable to tie the score and Quinnipiac took the win, 3-1.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue the Spring Games with two contests on Saturday (Mar. 2) - St. Bonaventure and Monmouth.
 
For more information on the University at Albany softball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanysb
Instagram & Threads - @ualbanysb
 
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