LOCATION: The Diamond at UMBC - Baltimore, Md.
 
SHORT STORY: In two closely contested games, the Great Danes split the Sunday doubleheader. After a game one eight-inning victory, UAlbany fell, 2-0, in game two.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 26-12, 11-6 America East | 20-20, 9-9 America East
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: UAlbany 7, UMBC 5
 
KEY STATS

• Freshman Mary Kate Murray tallied a team-high two RBI with a home run.
• Graduate student Morgan Petty and redshirt-junior Victoria Vilarchao added one RBI each.
• Graduate student Caitlyn Mitros totaled a team-high two hits.
• Redshirt-junior Kate Powers and graduate student Wendi Hammond combined their efforts in the circle. Hammond pitched the final three innings for the win.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes opened the contest with two consecutive singles from Caitlyn Mitros and Morgan Petty.
• After Petty's single drove in Mitros, she crossed home herself with a groundout from Victoria Vilarchao.
• UAlbany extended their lead when two base runners scored on a wild pitch in the second.
• After UMBC replaced their starting pitcher in the fourth inning, the Great Danes put their fifth run on the board.
• The Retrievers scored three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to tie the score at five.
• As neither team put a runner on base in the seventh, the game went into an eighth inning.
• With a runner on base, Mary Kate Murray slammed the ball over the left field fence to give the Great Danes a two-run lead heading into the bottom of the eighth.
• UMBC put two runners on base with a couple of singles but the UAlbany defense left them stranded to take the 7-5 extra-inning victory.

 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: UMBC 2, UAlbany 0
 
KEY STATS

• Caitlyn Mitros hit the only Great Dane single.
• Morgan Petty got on base twice while Victoria Vilarchao and sophomore Deanna Grahek were each hit by a pitch to get on base.
• Wendi Hammond and Kate Powers once again shared time pitching in the circle. Pitching 5.1 innings, Hammond was the pitcher of record in the loss.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes put a runner on base in the first inning but were unable to take advantage.
• UMBC's leadoff batter got on base with a single before making her way to third base. With a second Retriever single, UMBC took the lead, 1-0.
• Caitlyn Mitros hit the ball to shortstop and beat the throw for a hit in the third inning.
• Holding the Retrievers off the bases through the second, third, and fourth innings, UMBC put together two consecutive doubles for a second run in the fifth.
• Despite their efforts, the Great Danes were unable to take advantage of base runners through the final two innings and the Retrievers took the two-run win.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head to Colgate for their final non-conference matchup on Wednesday (May 1).
 
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