LOCATION: Our Lady of the Meadows Field - Emmitsburg, Md.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes came out strong to sweep on day one of the Mount Softball Invitational, Friday.
 
GAME ONE
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-11, 0-0 America East | Army 9-11, 0-0 Patriot League
 
SCORE: UAlbany 6, Army 4
 
KEY STATS

• Six different Great Danes tallied hits - senior Christie Collins, juniors Sara Anderson and Deanna Grahek, sophomores Mary Kate Murray and Taylor Quin, and freshman Vanessa Meyers.
• Meyers and Grahek each slammed a double.
• Redshirt-senior Kate Powers and freshman Hailey Errichiello shared time in the circle. Powers pitched the start with five full innings for the win.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes started the scoring in the first inning as Taylor Quinn made her way around the bases.
• Army tied the score in the bottom of the third but UAlbany answered immediately with a second run in the top of the fourth.
• Two consecutive hits from Mary Kate Murray and Vanessa Meyers proved fruitful as Meyer's double drove in freshman Jenny Nardelli, pinch-running for Murray.
• Once again, the Black Knights tied the game in the bottom of the fourth.
• The Great Danes' senior Caitlyn Frederick and Christie Collins scored in the fifth and sixth inning, respectively, as UAlbany took a 4-2 lead.
• Army responded and tied the score at four in the bottom of the sixth.
• With two consecutive walks, Murray and Meyers got on base. Freshmen Kaitlyn Parisi and Sara Scozzari made their way from first to home to score two runs for the Great Danes.
• Despite putting a runner on base, the Black Knights were unable to score in the final inning and UAlbany earned the 6-4 win.

 
GAME TWO
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 5-11, 0-0 America East | Mount St. Mary's 5-13, 0-0 MAAC
 
SCORE: UAlbany 8, Mount St. Mary's 0 (6 innings)
 
KEY STATS

• Freshman Ava Beal led at the plate going 3-4 while Taylor Quinn and freshman Charlotte Lomb followed with two hits in three at bats.
• Beal and Mary Kate Murray hit for a team-high two RBI each.
• Four Great Danes added one RBI - Quinn, redshirt-sophomore Natasha Mendez, Deanna Grahek, and Christie Collins.
• Quinn, Beal, and Lomb combined for six of eight runs with two each.
• Freshman Hayley Wieczerzak pitched a complete game with 15 strikeouts in 6.0 innings in the circle.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UAlbany started with singles from the first two batters - Taylor Quinn and Ava Beal.
• Reaching on an error, Mary Kate Murray tabbed two RBI as both Quinn and Beal scored for the Great Danes. 
• Murray followed and scored herself to give Deanna Grahek an RBI.
• UAlbany extended their lead to five in the second inning with runs from Caitlyn Frederick and Charlotte Lomb. 
• Through three innings, Wieczerzak had struck out six batters.
• Lomb scored the Great Danes' sith run in the top of the fourth after getting on base with a single.
• All six batters in the bottom of the fourth and bottom of the fifth struck out bringing Wieczerzak's strikeout total to 12.
• Beal earned her RBI in the top of the sixth as Taylor Quinn, getting on base with a walk, scored from first base during her single to center field.
• Natasha Mendez hit a sac fly to bring in Beal for the Great Danes' eighth run.
• Wieczerzak ended the game with three more strikeouts to guarantee the shutout victory, in six innings, over the Mountaineers.

 
NEXT: UAlbany will return to action to face both Army and Mount St. Mary's once more on Saturday (Mar. 15).
 
*Full box scores of both games will be made available as soon as possible.
 
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