LOCATION: Davis Diamond - College Station, Texas
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes fought hard, including a three-run triple from
Morgan Petty, but it was Penn State earning the win, Saturday evening.
RECORDS: UAlbany 33-14 | Penn State 35-19
SCORE: Penn State 9, UAlbany 3
KEY STATS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams opened with strong defenses for three scoreless innings.
- Morgan Petty earned the first hit of the contest with a double to left field in the top of the first.
- Seeing six Nittany Lions batters through the first two innings, the Great Dane defense put a double play on the board in the bottom of the second. Graduate student Maddi Petrella caught a popped foul and threw to Jordan Nastos at first for the second out.
- After a scoreless third inning, PSU started the scoring with two home runs for three runs in the bottom of the fourth.
- UAlbany answered with three runs in the top of the fifth - all RBI from Petty.
- Nastos, sophomore Deanna Grahek, and Caitlyn Frederick all got on base - Nastos and Frederick from bunted singles - to load the bases.
- Petty stepped up to bat and sent the ball deep into right-center for a triple and three RBI.
- The Nittany Lions followed with a grand slam to earn an advantage the Great Danes were unable to come back from.
- PSU added two runs to end the game with the win, 9-3.
NEXT: After a historic season, the Great Danes will return to action in February 2025 for their next competition season.
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