Score Game 1: UAlbany 2, Lehigh 3
 
Score Game 2: UAlbany 6, Lehigh 7
 
Location: Legacy Park Bethlehem, Pa
 
Records: UAlbany (6-8, 0-0 America East) | Lehigh (9-6, 0-0 Patriot League)
 
Short Story: UAlbany lost two tight battles against Lehigh, 2-3 and 6-7.
 
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "Couple tough one run losses today. We were not clean defensively in game one and we stranded 20 guys throughout the afternoon. We got tremendous starts on the mound today from Kneller and Gajowski in their first career starts. We couldn't close the door at the end of game two. Opportunity to earn a split on the weekend tomorrow."

Key Stats Game 1

• UAlbany pitchers:
  • Tyler Kneller - 5 IP | 2 ER | 4 H | 3 BB | 4 K
  • Luke Boule - 1 IP | 0 ER | 1 H | 1 BB | 1 K
• Jared Toby went one for two with two walks and one run scored.
• Luke Myers went one for three with an RBI.

• Tyler Kneller started the game for the Great Danes and Cole Leaman started on the mound for Lehigh.
• Lehigh struck first in the bottom of the first after the Danes turned a double play, but Jake Whitlinger scored.
• UAlbany then took a two to one lead in the top of the fourth after a Luke Myers sac fly that scored Jared Toby, and Michael Maggio scored on an error.
• Noah Gyauch-Quirk came in to pitch for Lehigh in the top of the fourth.
• The Mountain Hawks answered right back in the bottom of the fourth after Owen Walewander scored on a fielder's choice.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Lehigh took a three to two lead after Aidan Quinn singled, scoring Jake Whitlinger.
• Jack Hamilton came in to pitch for Lehigh in the top of the sixth.
• Luke Boule came in to pitch for UAlbany in the bottom of the sixth. 

• UAlbany pitchers:
  • Mark Gajowski - 7 IP | 3 ER | 6 H | 1 BB | 1 K
  • Thomas Quinn - .1 IP | 4 ER | 0 H | 3 BB | 1 K
  • Matthew Mariano - .2 IP | 0 ER | 1 H | 0 BB | 1 K
• Victor Mazzara went two for five with two RBIs and one run scored.
• Luke Filippi went two for four with a homerun, two RBIs and a walk.
• Cooper Loyal went two for three with one RBI and a walk.

• Mark Gajowski started the game for the Great Danes and David Andolina started on the mound for Lehigh.
• Lehigh took a two to nothing lead in the bottom of the first on a single by Aidan Quinn which drove in Dom Patrizi and Jake Whitlinger.
• The Danes answered back in the top of the second after Jared Toby scored on a wild pitch, and Logan Morris scored on a Victor Mazzara single.
• In the top of the fourth Jake Mulvehill came into pitch for Lehigh.
• UAlbany scored three in the top of the fourth, highlighted by an RBI single from Victor Mazzara and Luke Filippi's first career homerun.
• The Danes tacked on another run in the top of the fifth after Cooper Loyal drove in Logan Morris with a single.
• Jake Whitlinger hit a solo shot in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Danes lead to three.
• Cole Kochanwicz came in to pitch for Lehigh in the top of the seventh.
• Thomas Quinn came in to pitch for UAlbany in the bottom of the eighth.
• Lehigh scored four in the bottom of the eighth to take a seven to six lead.
• Matthew Mariano came in to pitch with one out in the bottom of the eighth.

Next: Game four of the series is set for tomorrow at 10:30am. Keep up with all the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany baseball by following the team on X (@UAlbanybaseball), Instagram (@ualbanybaseball), and Facebook (UAlbany Baseball).