ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team is on the road for the America East Championship Tournament after earning the #5 seed.  
 
Series Info
Wednesday, May 22
Bearcats Baseball Complex – Vestal, N.Y.
1:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | ESPN+
 
 
Probable Starters – UAlbany
Game 1 – Dylan Banner | So. | 6-5 | 245 | 5.00 ERA
  
Leading the Pack

• Will Binder leads the offense with a .314 batting average, a .906 OPS, and 15 multi-hit games.
• In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has tallied a team-high 55 hits on the season.
• Jared Toby and Binder have been the power in the lineup, slugging a team-best four home runs.
• Michael DiMartino and Dylan Banner lead the pitching staff with 37 strikeouts.
• The pitching staff has amassed an 8.39 ERA over 395.2 innings, with an opposing batting average of .310.

 
Season Review

• UAlbany owns a 15-33-1 record while going 10-13 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.
• UAlbany completed the season sweep over Siena (5.8), defeating them in a doubleheader, before being swept by Manhattan (5.10-12) and tying against Le Moyne (5.14) in a midweek contest.  
• Most recently, the Great Danes earned a series victory over Maine (5.16-18) to clinch a spot in the America East Tournament.
• Will Binder owns a team-high 18 extra-base hits, including 13 doubles, a triple, and four home runs.
• Luke Filippi owns a team-best 34 RBIs followed by Jared Toby with 30.
• Dylan Banner leads the rotation with a 5.00 ERA over 45 innings of work.

 
Heating Up

• In the series against Maine, Jared Toby had a .400 batting average with three doubles and two RBIs.
• Both Levi McAllister and Will Binder slugged home runs during the Maine series.
• Cregg Scherrer made two appearances with a save and a complete game win against Maine, including a complete game effort in game three to clinch a playoff spot.
• Dylan Banner pitched eight innings in his start against Maine, striking out 10 batters while only allowing two this and one run.

 
Scouting UMass Lowell
The River Hawks have gone 23-29 this season with an 11-12 conference record.

• Beginning their season on the road, UMass Lowell won three games in a four-game series against High Point (2.16-18).
• The River Hawks were swept in their next three series against William & Mary (2.23-25), Kansas State (3.1-3), and Creighton (3.5-6).
• Falling in the series' first game against Oral Roberts, UMass Lowell bounced back to defeat them in the next two contests.
• The River Hawks claimed one contest in a three-game series at Penn State (3.14-16) before splitting a doubleheader against UAlbany (3.22) to begin conference play.
• Falling to Fairfield (3.26) and twice at NJIT (3.29-31), Marist was then defeated at home by Dartmouth (4.2).
• The River Hawks claimed their conference series at Binghamton (4.6-7) before falling to Merrimack (4.9).
• Going on a hot streak, UMass Lowell defeated Stonehill (4.10), Maine (4.12-14) twice, and Merrimack (4.16) before losing their series at Bryant (4.19-21).
• The River Hawks defeated Harvard (4.23), UMBC (4.26-28) twice, and Boston College (4.30).
• After losing in a series at UAlbany (5.3-4) and falling to UMass (5.7), UMass Lowell fell twice to NJIT (5.10-12).
• Most recently, the River Hawks bounced back from their defeat to Northwestern (5.12) to split a doubleheader against Marist (5.17).
• Carlos Martinez leads the offense with a .342 batting average, 25 doubles, and 46 RBIs.
• Alex Luccini has a team-high nine home runs.
• Miles Cota heads the rotation with a 3.91 ERA over 53 innings of work.

 
Leading the League
The Great Danes have leaders in 13 of the hitting categories, one pitching category, and four of the fielding categories.

• Will Binder
  • 8th – 13 doubles
  • T8th – .433 on-base percentage
  • T12th – hit by pitches
  • 13th – .314 batting average
  • 13th – .906 OPS
  • 15th – 53 hits
• Luke Filippi
  • T1st – 3 triples
  • T4th – 4 sac flies
  • T8th – 55 hits
  • T9th – 11 hit by pitches
  • T13th – 34 RBIs
  • 14th – .311 batting average
• Ryan Ferremi
  • 5th – 282 putouts
  • 6th – 13 hit by pitches
  • T6th – 20 fielding double plays
  • T8th – .433 on-base percentage   
  • T13th – 40 runs scored
  • T13th – 29 walks
• Levi McAllister
  • T1st – 5 sac flies
  • 2nd – 13 runners caught stealing
  • 13th – 176 putouts
• Jared Toby
  • T4th – 4 sac flies
  • T7th – 12 hit by pitches
• Cooper Loyal
  • 5th – 113 assists
  • T9th – 32 walks
  • T14th – 15 fielding double plays
• John Vitucci
  • T5th – 10 stolen bases
  • 12th – .426 on-base percentage
• Luke Myers
  • T6th – 4 sac bunts
  • 12th – 30 walks
  • 13th – 88 assists
• Dylan Banner
  • T6th – 4 wins
• Thomas McElwee
  • T11th – 3 runners caught stealing

 
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 earned the one-seed with 17 wins in 24 contests. UMBC sits in second with a 14-10 record with NJIT close behind having gone 12-11. UMass Lowell sits one win under .500 having gone 11-12. UAlbany and Binghamton both claimed 10 conference wins with UAlbany holding the advantage having lost one less game. Maine rounds out the conference with an 8-15 conference record.  
 
Tournament Schedule

• Wednesday
  • Game 1: #5 UAlbany vs #4 UMass Lowell – 1 pm
  • Game 2: #6 Binghamton vs #3 NJIT – 5 pm
• Thursday
  • Game 3: #1 Bryant vs Lowest Remaining Seed – 11 am
  • Game 4: #2 UMBC vs Highest Remaining Seed – 3 pm
  • Game 5: Game 3 Loser vs Game 4 Loser – 7 pm
• Friday
  • Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs Game 4 Winner – 1 pm
  • Game 7: Game 5 Winner vs Game 6 Loser – 5 pm
• Saturday
  • Game 8: Game 6 Winner vs Game 7 Winner – 1 pm
  • Game 9: If necessary

                       
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