SCORE: UMBC 4, UAlbany 1
 
LOCATION: The Diamond at UMBC - Baltimore, Md.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 15-17, 5-3 America East | UMBC 14-21, 8-2 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes were unable to overcome the Retrievers' big-hitters in game one of the weekend series in Baltimore, Saturday evening.
 
KEY STATS

• Senior Caitlyn Frederick led with two hits on three at bats. She scored the lone UAlbany run of the night.
• Sophomore Mary Kate Murray hit an RBI single while redshirt-senior Victoria Vilarchao and freshman Vanessa Meyers added a hit each.
• Meyers hit the only extra-base hit for the Great Danes with a double.
• Freshman Hayley Wieczerzak pitched the full game with seven strikeouts.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Retrievers started the hitting in the bottom of the first but the Great Dane defense left two runners on base to keep it a scoreless contest.
• Victoria Vilarchao answered with the first UAlbany hit in the top of the second.
• Hayley Wieczerzak quickly ended the second inning with three consecutive strikeouts.
• Caitlyn Frederick and Vanessa Meyers each tabbed a hit in the third and fourth innings, respectively, but both runners were left on base and the game remained scoreless through four innings.
• UMBC was the first on the board with a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth.
• Frederick tallied her second hit, a bunt, to get on base as the leadoff batter in the sixth inning.
• After stealing second, Frederick scored during a single to right field from Mary Kate Murray to tie the game at one.
• The Retrievers got the final say with three runs off two homers in the bottom of the sixth.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close the series with a doubleheader on Sunday (Apr. 13).
 
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