LOCATION: Conaty Park - Smithfield, R.I.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 19-22, 9-6 America East | Bryant 16-27, 8-9 America East
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes started strong but the Bulldogs swept the doubleheader, Sunday.
 
GAME ONE
 
SCORE: Bryant 7, UAlbany 3
 
KEY STATS

• Freshman Vanessa Meyers led with two hits and an RBI.
• Redshirt-senior Victoria Vilarchao and junior Sara Anderson added two hits and a run each.
• Three additional Great Danes led the team with two hits each - senior Christie Collins and sophomore Mary Kate Murray.
• Freshman Sara Scozzari drove in her first career run while freshman pinch-runner tallied her first career stolen base.
• Redshirt-senior Kate Powers and freshman Hailey Errichiello combined in the circle. Powers struck out four batters in 4.1 innings while Errichiello struck out two in 1.2.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Mary Kate Murray tallied the first hit of the game with a single to left field in the top of the first.
• In four batters, the Great Danes had three runners on base - Victoria Vilarchao (hit by pitch), Sara Anderson (single), and Vanessa Meyers (single) - with just one out in the second. 
• Sara Scozzari drove in the first run of the game with a sac fly to right field.
• Senior Caitlyn Frederick followed up with an infield RBI single to make it a 2-0 game.
• In both the second and third innings, the UAlbany defense retired the Bulldogs in order while Kate Powers struck out four in three innings.
• Bryant put a run on the board in the fourth before taking a 5-2 lead in the fifth inning.
• After singles from Vilarchao and Anderson in the top of the sixth, the Great Danes had two runners in scoring position.
• Meyers drove in freshman Ava Beal for another run but the Bulldogs ended the inning before UAlbany was able to tie the score.
• Bryant added two runs in the bottom of the sixth and left two Great Danes on base in the top of the seventh to secure the 7-3 win.

 
GAME TWO
 
SCORE: Bryant 1, UAlbany 0
 
KEY STATS

• Victoria Vilarchao and freshman Charlotte Lomb led the team with a double each.
• Sara Anderson and Caitlyn Frederick added a single each.
• Freshman Hayley Wieczerzak pitched the entire 6.1 innings with four strikeouts.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Christie Collins caught a fly ball and threw to first base to complete a double play and clear the bases in the bottom of the first.
• Bryant notched the first hit - a triple - in the first inning but the runner was left at third with another fly ball to Collins.
• Victoria Vilarchao slammed a double to center field before Deanna Grahek drew first base on a walk in the top of the second. Both were left in scoring position at the end of the inning.
• The Bulldogs replaced their pitcher in the top of the third and UAlbany was unable to get on base for three complete innings.
• Caitlyn Frederick slapped a single down the left-field line in the top of the fifth but was called out trying to turn it into a double.
• Charlotte Lomb added a second double for the Great Danes to lead off the sixth inning.
• Despite putting a second base runner on with a walk for Mary Kate Murray, neither scored and the game remained tied at zero heading into the seventh inning.
• Once again in the top of the seventh, UAlbany left two runners on after Sara Anderson singled and Frederick walked.
• The Bulldogs loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh and a one-out single down the left-field line ended the game, 1-0, in Bryant's favor.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will close out the regular season with a final home series against Binghamton (May 2-3).
 
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