ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team will face Le Moyne in a rematch contest, starting 3 pm Tuesday.
 
Series Info
Tuesday, May 14
Dick Rockwell Field – Syracuse, N.Y.
3:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | NEC Front Row
 
Leading the Pack

• Will Binder leads the offense with a .325 batting average, a .441 on-base percentage, and 15 multi-hit games.
• In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has 50 hits on the season, second most on the team.
• Jared Toby has brought power to the lineup with a team-best four home runs.
• Michael DiMartino leads the team with 34 strikeouts across 40.1 innings of work.
• The pitching staff has amassed an 8.71 ERA over 363.2 innings, with an opposing batting average of .315.

 
Season Review

• UAlbany owns a 13-32 record while going 8-12 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).
• The Great Danes were swept at Binghamton (4.19-21) in a three-game series and lost to Le Moyne (4.23) in a midweek matchup.
• The Great Danes enjoyed a six-game win streak, sweeping NJIT (4.26-28) in a three-game weekend series, defeating Marist (4.30) in a midweek contest, and defeating UMass Lowell (5.3-4) twice.
• Most recently, UAlbany completed the season sweep over Siena (5.8) by defeating them in a doubleheader before being swept by Manhattan (5.10-12).  
• Will Binder owns a team-high 51 hits with 17 extra-base hits, including 13 doubles, a triple, and three home runs.
• Luke Filippi owns a team-best 30 RBIs followed by Binder with 28.
• Dylan Banner leads the rotation with a 5.84 ERA over 37 innings of work.

 
Heating Up

• Levi McAllister tallied seven RBIs with a double and a triple in game two of the Siena doubleheader.
• Luke Filippi had a team-best .429 batting average in the series against Manhattan with two extra-base hits.
• In the Manhattan series, Luke Myers recorded a .417 batting average.
• In his start against Manhattan, Dylan Banner pitched six innings, striking out five batters and only allowing two earned runs.
• Across two appearances, Cregg Scherrer posted a 2.70 ERA with seven strikeouts across 6.2 innings of work.

 
Scouting Le Moyne
The Dolphins have gone 19-27 this season with a 12-17 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 won 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).
• After defeating UAlbany, the Dolphins were swept by CCSU (4.26-28) and lost to Canisius (4.30) in a midweek clash.
• Following three wins against UMES (5.3-4) and one against Niagara (5.7), Le Moyne was most recently swept by Merrimack (5.10-12).
• Nick Nevins has been a force at the plate, recording a .302 batting average with a team-best 16 doubles and 35 RBIs.
• Dewey Roden has started in 45 games and owns a team-high .333 batting average.
• Max Parker has been the ace of the Dolphin's rotation with a 4.75 ERA through 83.1 innings.

 
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in 12 of the hitting categories and four of the fielding categories.

• Will Binder
  • 6th – .325 batting average
  • 7th – .441 on-base percentage
  • 8th – 13 doubles
  • T10th – 51 hits
  • 11th - .919 OPS
• Luke Filippi
  • T1st – 3 triples
  • 14th – .309 batting average
  • 15th – 50 hits  
• John Vitucci
  • T7th – 9 stolen bases
  • 11th – .431 on-base percentage
• Ryan Ferremi
  • 6th – 259 putouts
  • T7th – 11 hit by pitch
  • T9th – 16 fielded double plays
  • T11th – 38 runs scored
  • 12th – .429 on-base percentage
  • 14th – 27 walks
• Cooper Loyal
  • 6th – 102 assists
  • T10th – 31 walks
• Jared Toby
  • T7th – 3 sac flies
  • T10th – 10 hit by pitch
• Luke Myers
  • T5th – 4 sac bunts
  • 13th – 82 assists
• Levi McAllister
  • T1st – 5 sac flies
  • 2nd – 12 runners caught stealing
  • 14th – 152 putouts

 
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 having won 16 games in 21 contests. UMBC is second with a 12-9 record with NJIT trailing close behind having gone 10-10. UMass Lowell sits one win under .500 having gone 11-12. Binghamton has a .429 conference win percentage with UAlbany trailing having one less win. Maine rounds out the conference with a 7-13 conference record.
 
America East Contests This Week

• Tuesday
  • Northeastern at UMass Lowell, 3 pm
  • UAlbany at Le Moyne, 3 pm
  • Bryant at Stonehill, 3 pm
  • Monmouth at NJIT, 4 pm
  • UMES at UMBC, 6 pm

                       
Up Next: The Great Danes will resume conference play as they close out the regular season with a series at Maine, starting 3 pm Thursday.  
 
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