ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany softball team is set to face UMass Lowell in a midweek doubleheader.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
UAlbany at UMass Lowell (DH)
DATE: Tuesday, April 9
TIME: 1:00 PM
SITE: River View Field - Lowell, Mass.
RECORDS: UAlbany 16-7, 5-1 America East | UMass Lowell 6-17, 1-2 America East
SERIES RECORD: 21-20, UAlbany leads
STREAM: AE.TV (direct link coming soon)
STATS: GoRiverHawks.com
TICKETS: Free
 
*records as of 4/8
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany is 16-7 with a 5-1 America East record.
• The Great Danes began the season at NC State's Wolfpack Classic (Feb. 16-17). Accumulating one win in two games over Iona, UAlbany fell in both games against the ACC host.
• At the annual Spring Games competition (Mar. 1-3), the Great Danes added a 4-1 record. 
• In their first doubleheader of the season, UAlbany split the results against FDU (Mar. 9).
• Moving on with the UMBC Spring Invite (March. 15-16), the Great Danes notched a 3-1 record with games against Niagara and Wisconsin. After a shutout against each team on Saturday, UAlbany added two one-run games on Sunday, including a no-hitter against Wisconsin.
• During the doubleheader at UMass, the Great Danes earned two victories (Mar. 27).
• In their first conference series, UAlbany swept Maine with three victories, including one shutout (Mar. 30-31).
• Most recently, the Great Danes went 2-1 against UMBC to win the series (Apr.6-7). After the single-game win on Saturday, the two teams split the doubleheader on Sunday.

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AT THE PLATE

• Graduate student Caitlyn Mitros leads the team with a .420 batting average from 29 hits in 69 at bats. Mitros also leads with 18 runs.
• Three Great Danes follow with batting averages above .300 - freshman Mary Kate Murray (.393), graduate student Maddi Petrella (.319), and senior Jordan Nastos (.315). 
• Graduate student Morgan Petty owns a team-high 22 RBI and six home runs.
• Petrella leads with 12 multi-base hits (eight doubles, four homers) and Petty follows closely with 11 (five doubles, six homers).
• Sophomore Deanna Grahek and Nastos have hit the only two Great Dane triples.

 
IN THE CIRCLE

• Graduate student Wendi Hammond continues to serve as the Great Danes' starting pitcher.
• Hammonds leads with 92.1 innings pitched, 10 complete games, 12 wins, and 59 strikeouts. 
• Redshirt-junior Kate Powers maintains a team-low ERA of 1.37 and has gone 4-1 with 23 strikeouts this season. 
• Junior Dominique Prevette has pitched for seven strikeouts in 18.1 innings pitched.
• At the UMBC Spring Invite, Powers and Hammond combined for four complete games, including two shutouts and a no-hitter. Allowing just one earned run throughout the competition, Hammond ended the weekend with a 0.00 ERA while Powers tallied a 0.64 ERA.
• In their AE-opening series, Powers pitched a complete game shutout for just the second time this season. She allowed only one hit and one walk on her way to a 0.00 ERA in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. 

 
ABOUT UMASS LOWELL

• The River Hawks are 6-17 on the season with a 1-2 conference record.
• In three tournaments - Lion Classic (Feb. 9-11), CSU Blue/Gold Classic (Feb. 16-18), and the Towson DeMarini Invite (Mar. 1-3) - UML earned a 2-10 record. 
• Before starting conference play, the River Hawks split a doubleheader at George Mason (Mar. 5), fell in a three-game series at Mount St. Mary's (Mar. 16-17), fell to UMass (Mar. 20), and split a doubleheader at Merrimack (Mar. 27).
• In their first conference series, UML went 1-2 against Bryant (Mar. 29-30).
• Lea White leads the team with a .388 batting average, five doubles, and 15 RBI. She is the only River Hawk to surpass 30 hits so far.
• Isabel Quintanilla shares the lead with 15 RBI while owning a team-high four home runs.
• Ryley White has served the most time in the circle with 64.2 innings pitched. She owns six complete games, two shutouts, and 84 strikeouts while earning the team's six wins.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE RIVER HAWKS

• The Great Danes lead the all-time series, 21-20.
• Throughout the 2023 season, UAlbany and UMass Lowell met on two different occasions. In two regular-season series, the Great Danes held the lead, 3-2.
• UAlbany won both games of a doubleheader in Albany while UML took the three-game series split in Massachusetts.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• UAlbany leads the conference with just one loss in six league games.
• Binghamton and Bryant are tied with a .667 winning percentage. The Bearcats have won four games in six contests while the Bulldogs have six wins in nine games.
• UMBC sits just below .500 with a 4-5 AE record.
• UMass Lowell owns one win in three league contests.
• Maine earned their first conference win over the weekend. The team now holds a 1-8 record.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Tuesday
  • UAlbany at UMass Lowell, 1 pm (DH)
  • St. Bonaventure at Binghamton, 3 pm (DH)
• Wednesday
  • UMBC at Towson, 3 pm
  • Bryant at Boston College, 4 pm
• Saturday
  • Maine at Binghamton, 12 pm (DH)
  • UMass Lowell at UMBC, 12 pm (DH)
  • UAlbany at Bryant, 12 pm (DH)
• Sunday
  • UMass Lowell at UMBC, 12 pm
  • UAlbany at Bryant, 12 pm
  • Maine at Binghamton, 12 pm

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes will head on the road for a weekend series at Bryant (Apr. 13-14).

 
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