ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team will begin an eight-game home stretch with a midweek matchup against Le Moyne, 3 pm Tuesday.
Game Info
Tuesday, April 23
Varsity Field – Albany, N.Y.
3:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | No live stream will be available
Probable Starter – UAlbany
Kyle Locklear – RHP | R-Sr. | 5'10 | 200 | 23.63 ERA
Leading the Pack
- Starting every game this season, Will Binder has been a constant performer with a .307 batting average, a .920 OPS, and 11 multi-hit games.
- In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has 32 hits on the season.
- Three Great Danes have hit three home runs on the year – Ryan Ferremi, Jared Toby, and Binder.
- Connor Eisenmann leads the pitching staff with 30 strikeouts through 34.2 innings of work.
- The pitching staff has amassed a 10.19 ERA over 252.2 innings, with an opposing batting average of .329.
Season Review
- UAlbany owns a 5-27 record while going 3-11 in conference play.
- Opening their season against #9 Tennessee (2.23-25), the Great Danes narrowly fell 5-8 in game one before being defeated 6-21 and 0-12.
- Continuing their road stretch, UAlbany was swept in a three-game series by George Washington (3.3-3) and lost four contests to Purdue (3.9-10)
- After falling to Army, the Great Danes were swept in a three-game series at Georgetown (3.15-17).
- Opening conference play, UAlbany split a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (2.22) and then took two games in a three-game set against Maine (3.30-31).
- The Great Danes defeated Siena (4.2), 17-12, in a crosstown matchup, before being swept by Bryant (4.6-7) and Marist (4.9) in a doubleheader.
- After being swept by UMBC (4.12-14), UAlbany bounced back to defeat CCSU (4.16).
- Most recently, the Great Danes were swept at Binghamton (4.19-21) in a three-game series.
- Will Binder owns a team-high 35 hits with 14 extra-base hits, including 10 doubles, a triple, and three home runs.
- Luke Filippi has tallied a team-best 18 RBIs followed by Ryan Ferremi with 17.
- Connor Eisenmann leads all qualified pitchers with a 10.12 ERA through 34.2 innings pitched.
Heating Up
- Against CCSU, Will Binder went three for three with a home run, an RBI, and two runs scored.
- Three Great Danes tallied three RBIs last week – Anthony Scarabino, John Vitucci, and Luke Myers.
- Across five innings last week, Michael DiMartino allowed only one earned run while striking out six.
- The UAlbany bullpen didn't allow a run through the first two games of last weekend's series at Binghamton while striking out five.
Scouting Le Moyne
The Dolphins have gone 14-20 this season with a 9-11 conference record in the NEC.
- Opening their season on the road, Le Moyne only picked one win in each of their series against Houston Christian (2.16-18), Radford (2.23-25), and Saint Louis (3.1-3).
- The Dolphins fell to Bucknell (3.5) before they lost their series at LIU (3.8-9) and at Delaware State (3.15-17).
- After splitting a doubleheader at FDU (3.24), Le Moyne defeated St. Bonaventure (3.26) and swept Coppin State (3.28-30).
- Falling in game one of their series against Stonehill (4.6-7), the Dolphins went on to win the next two contests before falling to Binghamton (4.9) in a midweek matchup.
- Le Moyne followed two losses at Sacred Heart (4.12-14) with a victory over Niagara (4.16) before being swept by Wagner (4.19-21).
- Nick Nevins has been a force at the plate for the Dolphins leading the team with a .313 batting average, 27 RBIs, and 12 doubles.
- Zach Brush has proved to be dangerous on the bases with nine steals and 23 runs scored.
- Max Parker has anchored Le Moyne's rotation with a 4.74 ERA through 62.2 innings of work.
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in six of the hitting categories, three of the pitching categories, and three of the fielding categories.
2024 Captains
Will Binder,
Connor Eisenmann, and
Cregg Scherrer will serve as the captains for the Great Danes during the 2024 season. Binder enters his third season with UAlbany after starting his collegiate career at LaSalle. Since joining the Great Danes, he has started in 89 games and has a .325 batting average. Eisenmann returns to UAlbany for his fourth season. Through 37 appearances for the Great Danes, he has recorded a 5.93 ERA with 121 strikeouts and a .254 batting average against. Scherrer is a redshirt senior from Skaneateles, N.Y., entering his fifth season with the team. Appearing in 44 games, including 34 starts, Scherrer has struck out 195 batters and owns a 5.73 ERA.
2024 America East Preseason Poll
- UAlbany was picked to finish seventh in the 2024 America East Preseason Poll, earning eight points.
- The Bearcats were picked to finish first in the conference with 35 points, including five first-place votes.
- Maine, the defending champions, followed closely behind with 31 points and two first-place votes.
- UMBC (26) placed third, NJIT (19) fourth, and Bryant (18) fifth.
- UMass Lowell (10) and UAlbany rounded out the poll.
America East Standings
Bryant sits on top of the conference table being the only team with double-digit wins with 13. UMBC sits in second with a 7-5 conference record with NJIT trailing close behind having gone 6-5. UMass Lowell is fourth in the conference with a .500 record. Binghamton has won six contests in 15 opportunities. Maine and UAlbany round out the conference with the Black Bears holding a one-win advantage over the Great Danes.
America East Contests This Week
- Tuesday
- Bryant at URI, 3:00 pm
- UMass Lowell at Harvard, 3:00 pm
- Le Moyne at UAlbany, 3:00 pm
- Binghamton at Siena, 3:00 pm
- Merrimack at Maine, 4:00 pm
- Towson at UMBC, 6:00 pm
- Hofstra at NJIT, 7:00 pm
- Wednesday
- Maine at Merrimack, 4:00 pm
Up Next: The Great Danes will continue their homestretch as they host NJIT for a weekend series, starting Friday at 3 pm.
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