ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany softball team is set to compete in the Make it Happen Games in Madeira Beach, Florida.
GAME INFORMATION
Make it Happen Games
SITE: ROC Park - Madeira Beach, Fla.
RECORDS:
UAlbany: 0-5, 0-0 America East
Bellarmine: 1-5, 0-0 Southern Conference
Bethune Cookman: 4-13, 0-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Butler: 9-1, 0-0 Big East
STATS: Available for select games
STREAM:
AthletesGoLive
FULL SCHEDULE:
MadeiraBeachFL.gov
UAlbany vs Bellarmine
DATE: Friday, February 28
TIME: 11:00 AM
STATS:
Athletics.Bellarmine.edu
UAlbany vs Bethune-Cookman
DATE: Friday, February 28
TIME: 1:30 PM
STATS:
BCUAthletics.com
UAlbany vs Butler
DATE: Saturday, March 1
TIME: 11:00 AM
UAlbany vs Butler
DATE: Saturday, March 1
TIME: 1:30 PM
UAlbany vs Bethune-Cookman
DATE: Sunday, March 2
TIME: 11:30 AM
STATS:
BCUAthletics.com
*records as of 2/26
GREAT DANE REWIND
- The Great Danes opened up the 2025 season participating in the Charlotte Invitational hosted by Charlotte.
- Three players finished the weekend batting over .300 - freshman Charlotte Lomb, redshirt-senior Victoria Vilarchao, and junior Deanna Grahek. Both Lomb and Vilarchao tallied four hits each with Vilarchao slugging two doubles.
- A pair of freshmen, Hailey Errrichiello and Hayley Wieczerzak, made their collegiate debut in the circle. They totaled 12.1 innings pitched between the duo.
- In 2024, UAlbany finished with an America East title and a run to the NCAA Tournament.
- Going 14-6 in conference play, the Great Danes were Co-Regular Season Champions and entered the AE Tournament as the first seed.
- Five active players (2 PA/G & 75% games played or 1 IP/G for pitchers) graduated in 2024. The highly-decorated class included Wendi Hammond (2024 AE Pitcher of the Year), Morgan Petty (2023 AE Player of the Year), Maddi Petrella (2024 First Team All-Conference), Jordan Nastos (2x All-Conference), and Caitlyn Mitros (3x All-Conference). They made up the starting outfielders, catcher, and one of two starting pitchers.
- The starting infielders and DP as well as a deep bench return from the 2024 champion team.
- Returning freshman batting leader, Mary Kate Murray, and starting pitcher, redshirt-senior Kate Powers were named to the first ever America East Preseason All-Conference Team.
ABOUT BELLARMINE
- The Knights opened their 2025 season in the CSU Kickoff Tournament hosted by Charleston Southern (Feb. 7-9).
- They finished the tournament 1-4 with their sole win coming against the host, Charleston Southern, 4-3, on Feb. 7.
- The Knights are led offensively by seniors Harlie Bickett and Megan Konermann. Both are hitting .333 while Bickett has three doubles and Konermann has slugged a team leading two home runs.
- In the circle, graduate student Kelsie Houchens has pitched two strikeouts in 8.1 innings, including one complete game. Sophomore Selena Zuniga has struck out five batters over 14 innings.
ABOUT BETHUNE-COOKMAN
- The Wildcats have competed in 17 contests with three games against top 25 opponents including #5 Tennessee (2/7), #19 Nebraska (2/7), and #24 Mississippi State (2/8).
- They have posted a 4-13 record with wins coming against Morgan State (2/8), Wofford (2/14), Fairfield (2/15), and Stetson (2/15).
- BCU is led in the circle by senior Haylne Gonzalez and sophomore Sofia Vallejos-Coleman. Gonzalez has logged 27 strikeouts in 60.2 innings pitched for the Knights while Vallejos-Coleman has pitched to a 4.54 ERA over 24.2 innings.
- At the plate, freshman India Stokes is batting .333 after making seven starts. Junior Emma Bradley-Tse has a team-leading 16 hits while batting .302.
- Redshirt-seniors Kendall Macauley and Briana Velazquez lead with one home run each.
ABOUT BUTLER
- The Bulldogs have started the 2025 campaign with an 8-1 record after participating in the Rosemont Dome Tournament (2/7-9) in Rosemont, Illinois and the Velvet Milkman Classic (2/23-24) hosted by Murray State.
- With two batters over .400 - junior Cate Lehner (.486) and junior Hailey Conger (.414) - the team is batting an average .342 to rank 18th in the nation.
- Sophomore Makena Alexander and senior Ella White are providing the power with four home runs each. Alexander has an OPS of 1.449 while White has posted an OPS of 1.308.
- In the circle, the Bulldogs are led by junior Rylyn Dyer and freshman Gwen Baker. Dyer has posted an ERA of 3.37 over 18.2 innings pitched while Baker has pitched to a 3.44 ERA over 18.1 innings. Combined, they have struck out 26 batters.
PICKED FIRST
- The Great Danes were picked to finish first in the 2025 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll
- UAlbany earned 23 points with three first-place votes.
- Binghamton was close behind UAlbany with 22 points and two first-place votes.
- Kate Powers and Mary Kate Murray made the first-ever preseason all-conference team.
2024 POSTSEASON AMERICA EAST AWARDS
- America East Woman of the Year - Morgan Petty
- America East Pitcher of the Year - Wendi Hammond
- NFCA All-Region
- First Team All-America East
- Second Team All-America East
- America East All-Rookie Team
- America East All-Academic Team
- All-America East Tournament
- Elite 18 - Caitlyn Mitros
- America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Wendi Hammond
- SUNY Scholar-Athlete - Morgan Petty
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- Binghamton leads the conference with a .500 record (5-5).
- Bryant (3-6) and UMBC (2-6) are in second and third, respectively, having earned multiple wins.
- Maine (1-7) got their first win of the year against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on 2/21.
- UAlbany (0-5) and UMass Lowell (0-7) are looking for their first win of the season.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Friday
- Bryant vs Colgate, 10 am
- UAlbany avs Bellarmine, 11 am
- UMBC vs Ohio State, 1 pm
- Binghamton vs Butler, 1:30 pm
- UAlbany vs Bethune-Cookman, 1:30 pm
- Maine vs Southeastern Louisiana, 3 pm
- UMass Lowell at Norfolk State, 3 pm (DH)
- Bryant at Towson, 3 pm
- Binghamton vs Bellarmine, 4 pm
- Maine vs Southern, 5 pm
- UMBC at Georgia, 6 pm
- Saturday
- UMBC vs Stetson, 10:30 am
- UAlbany vs Butler, 11 am (DH)
- Binghamton vs Bethune-Cookman, 11 am
- UMass Lowell vs Hampton, 12 pm
- Bryant vs Coppin State, 12:30 pm
- Bryant at Towson, 3 pm
- Houston Christian vs Maine, 4 pm
- Binghamton vs Bellarmine, 4 pm
- UMBC vs Ohio State, 6 pm
- Grambling State vs Maine, 6 pm
- Sunday
- Binghamton vs Butler, 9 am
- Bryant vs Colgate, 10 am
- UMBC vs Stetson, 10:30 am
- UMass Lowell at Norfolk State, 11 am
- Maine vs Stephen F. Austin, 11 am
- UAlbany vs Bethune-Cookman, 11:30 am
UP NEXT
- The Great Danes will head to Washington D.C. to play in the GW Invitational hosted by George Washington (March 8-9).
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