LOCATION: UAlbany Field - Albany, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: In a close contest, the Great Danes tabbed the victory for game one in the weekend series against UMBC, Saturday.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 15-6, 4-0 America East | UMBC 14-13, 3-4 America East
 
SCORE: UAlbany 3, UMBC 2
 
KEY STATS

• Redshirt-junior Victoria Vilarchao led with two RBI from one single and one sac fly.
• Freshman Mary Kate Murray hit two singles in three at-bats.
• Graduate student Morgan Petty tallied the lone multi-base hit for the Great Danes with a home run.
• Graduate student Wendi Hammond pitched a complete game with six strikeouts.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Morgan Petty started the hitting with a home run in the first inning.
• Mary Kate Murray followed with a single to advance graduate student Maddi Petrella, who earned first base on balls, to third. Hitting a sac fly, Victoria Vilarchao drove in a run with Petrella crossing home base.
• After two Retrievers got on base in the second inning, the Great Dane defense held the 2-0 lead with a double play to head back to the dugout.
• Sophomore Kasey Conn (second) and Wendi Hammond (third) each added a single in the following innings.
• UMBC got on the board with an RBI double and an unearned run in the top of the fourth inning.
• After a scoreless fifth, the Retrievers tied the score with a home run in the top of the sixth.
• With two on base at first and second, Vilarchao hit a well-placed ball to send the runner at second, senior Jordan Nastos, home for what proved to be the game-winning run.
• The Great Dane defense tallied three consecutive outs in the top of the seventh to close the game with a win, 3-2.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to close out the series against UMBC with a doubleheader on Sunday (Apr. 7) at noon.
 
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