LOCATION: Glay Field - Providence, R.I.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes opened strong and continued to play with offensive prowess during a rainy game, Thursday.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 19-10, 7-4 America East | Providence 18-19, 8-10 Big East
 
SCORE: UAlbany 11, Providence 1
 
WEATHER NOTE: The game was called due to rain during the top of the seventh. The Great Danes left one runner on base with two outs. 
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Morgan Petty went 4-5 at the plate with four RBI, two doubles, and one run.
• Freshman Mary Kate Murray was the only Great Dane with multiple RBI, having hit a two-run homer.
• Graduate student Maddi Petrella added a double.
• Six different Great Danes crossed home for a run with two - senior Jordan Nastos and graduate student Caitlyn Mitros - earning two each.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Morgan Petty opened the hitting with a single up the middle in the first inning.
• Mary Kate Murray followed with a home run over the left-center field fence to give the Great Danes a 2-0 lead.
• The Friars tallied a hit with their first batter but a double play from the Great Dane defense halted the advance.
• After scoreless second and third innings, Providence cut UAlbany's lead in half in the fourth.
• The Great Danes answered with three runs in the fifth inning.
• With Caitlyn Mitros on base, Maddi Petrella slammed a double to center field for an RBI. Petrella then took advantage of a fielding error to run home from second.
• Jordan Nastos ran home during a rundown as sophomore Sara Anderson was caught stealing.
• Petty added an RBI single for the Great Danes' 6-1 advantage in the sixth inning.
• After getting on base with a single in the top of the seventh, Nastos made her way around the bases and scored a second run.
• The rain was coming down harder and caused a 10-minute rain delay before action returned.
• UAlbany added an eighth run off a fielding error before loading the bases. Petty took advantage of the base runners and hit a three-run double to make it an 11-1 lead for the Great Danes.
• With a full count on Murray, the umpires called the game for rain. UAlbany left a baserunner on with two outs.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to return home for a three-game conference series against Binghamton. With a doubleheader on Saturday (Apr. 20), the series will conclude on Sunday (Apr. 21).
 
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