Morgan Petty - St. Bonaventure 2024
UAlbany Athletics
7
St. Bonaventure SBU 0-7
10
Winner UAlbany UALB 3-4
St. Bonaventure SBU
0-7
7
Final
10
UAlbany UALB
3-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 7 5 1
UAlbany UALB 0 0 5 4 1 0 X 10 14 1

W: Hammond, Wendi (3-3) L: McGRAW, Tori (0-1) S: Prevette, Dominique (1)

4
Winner UAlbany UALB 4-4
2
Monmouth MON 5-13
Winner
UAlbany UALB
4-4
4
Final
2
Monmouth MON
5-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UAlbany UALB 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 2
Monmouth MON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

W: Hammond, Wendi (4-3) L: Ana Rodriguez (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Petty Grand Slams, Softball Adds Two Spring Games Victories

LOCATION: ROC Park - Madeira Beach, Fla.
 
SHORT STORY: Earning early leads in both games, the Great Danes battled it out to win two contests on Saturday in Madeira Beach, Fla.
 
GAME ONE
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 3-4, 0-0 America East | St. Bonaventure 0-7, 0-0 A10
 
SCORE: UAlbany 10, St. Bonaventure 7
 
KEY STATS
  • Graduate student Morgan Petty tallied two home runs, one a grand slam, with seven RBI to lead the Great Danes.
  • Graduate student Caitlyn Mitros totaled team-highs with three hits and three runs in three at bats.
  • Freshman Mary Kate Murray added a 1.00 batting average going 3-3 at the plate.
  • Graduate student Maddi Petrella notched a solo home run.
  • Pitchers Wendi Hammond and junior Dominique Prevette combined for the team win with Hammond earning the victory in the circle.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After getting three outs in three batters to start the game, Caitlyn Mitros got on base right away.
  • Graduate student Wendi Hammond pitched two strikeouts in the top of the second before Mary Kate Murray tallied the first Great Dane hit to get on base.
  • SBU earned the first run(s) with two in the top of the third.
  • UAlbany answered to take a 5-2 lead at the end of the inning.
  • Loading the bases with junior Caitlyn Frederick, Mitros, and senior Jordan Nastos, Morgan Petty hit the ball over the fence. The outfielder's grand slam gave the Great Danes a 4-2 lead with no outs.
  • Maddi Petrella followed it with another homer to extend the lead.
  • Just one inning later, Petty added her second home run with two base runners for an additional three Great Dane runs.
  • Pinch-hitting, freshman Kristina Langdon drove in Petrella for the ninth run.
  • An SBU home run in the top of the fifth inning closed the scoring gap to 9-5.
  • Mitros scored what proved to be the final UAlbany run of the game in the bottom of the fifth on a single from redshirt-freshman Natasha Mendez.
  • The Bonnies got the last say with two runs in the bottom of the seventh but it wasn't enough and the Great Danes earned the 10-7 victory.
 
GAME TWO
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-4, 0-0 America East | Monmouth 5-13, 0-0 CAA
 
SCORE: UAlbany 4, Monmouth 2
 
KEY STATS
  • Going 2-3, sophomore Deanna Grahek led at the plate. She notched one of two multi-base hits against the Hawks.
  • Morgan Petty totaled two hits, including a double, with one RBI.
  • Maddi Petrella owned a team-high with two RBI from one hit.
  • Wendi Hammond pitched the entire game on her way to her second win of the day.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes quickly put two on base as Caitlyn Mitros walked and Morgan Petty singled up the middle.
  • Just as quickly, UAlbany put two runs on the board when Maddi Petrella hit a single up the middle and drove in both Mitros and Petty.
  • Monmouth tied the score in the bottom of the first.
  • After getting three consecutive outs in the field, the Great Danes added two runs in the top of the fourth to take the advantage.
  • Petty earned a double to drive in Mitros for her second run of the game.
  • Two batters later, Mary Kate Murray sent Petty home for the fourth UAlbany run.
  • The third and fourth innings saw three batters and three outs for the Hawks.
  • In the bottom of the fifth and the sixth, the Great Dane defense held runners on base to continue with a two-run lead.
  • Closing out the game, UAlbany went three up, three down in the field to hold off any additional attempts from the Hawks and won, 4-2.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close out their weekend at the Spring Games against Sacred Heart on Sunday (Mar. 3).
 
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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