Luke Myers
America East Conference
6
Winner UAlbany UALBANY 21-30
4
Maine MAINE 20-31
Winner
UAlbany UALBANY
21-30
6
Final
4
Maine MAINE
20-31
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UAlbany UALBANY 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 7 0
Maine MAINE 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 9 0

W: Mariano, Matthew (5-6) L: Caleb Leys (5-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Sends Hosts Packing in First Game of America East Championship

Score: No. 5 UAlbany 6, No. 4 Maine 4
  
Location: Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine
   
Records: No. 5 UAlbany (21-30, 10-14 America East) | No. 4 Maine (20-31, 13-11 America East)
   
Short Story: The fifth-seeded University at Albany baseball team took down the fourth-seeded Maine Black Bears, the hosts, in the first game of the 2025 Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship on Wednesday afternoon. Dylan Banner and Matthew Mariano were lights out on the mound, and late heroics from Victor Mazzara sent the Black Bears packing and the Great Danes advancing.
  
Key Stat Lines  
  • UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Levi McAllister went 2-3 with a double and two RBIs.
  • Victor Mazzara went 1-4 with the game-winning hit in the ninth, scoring two runs.
  • Ryan Ferremi also finished with two hits.
  • Dylan Banner went six strong innings. Matching up with the America East Pitcher of the Year.
  • Matthew Mariano didn't allow a hit in three innings of relief, collecting Northeast Delta Dental Player of the Game honors.
 
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "Outstanding start to the tourney. Banner and Mariano were solid, the defense was clean, and the offense took advantage of limited opportunities. Victor Mazzara with the big knock in the ninth to seal it."

How it Happened:  
  • Dylan Banner started on the mound for the Great Danes, Caleb Leys started for the Black Bears.
  • UAlbany struck first in the opening inning. Ryan Ferremi collected the first hit of the Championship before Levi McAllister brought him home with two outs on an RBI double to make it 1-0.
  • Maine got on the board in the fourth inning on a two-run blast by Myles Sargent to make it 2-1.
  • The score moved to 3-1 in favor of Maine in the fifth on an RBI double from Brody Rasmussen, scoring Chris Bear.
  • The Great Danes used the sixth inning to erase the deficit and shoot out to a 4-3 lead. Luke Myers scored on a passed ball with the bases loaded, Levi McAllister hit a sac fly to right to score Ferremi, and Luke Filippi scored on another passed ball later in the inning.
  • The lead didn't remain however, with Maine tying the game in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI double from Damon Gaither.
  • Matthew Mariano was handed the ball for the Great Danes to start the seventh.
  • Gianni Gambardella replaced Leys on the mound for Maine with a runner on first in the ninth.
  • Victor Mazzara played the hero in the ninth for UAlbany, scoring Michael Maggio and Luis Kaleb on a single to right to take a 6-4 lead.
 
Next: With the win, the Great Danes move on to the next round of the 2025 Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship. UAlbany will face either No. 1 Bryant tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. or No. 2 NJIT tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., depending on the outcome of No. 3 Binghamton vs. No. 6 UMBC. 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).
 
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