SCORE: UAlbany 4, UMass Lowell 3 -
RESULTS
RECORDS: UAlbany 21-18, 10-7 America East | UMass Lowell 24-22, 11-7 America East
LOCATION: River View Field - Lowell, Mass.
SHORT STORY: Despite scoring an early run, the Great Danes quickly fell behind but a seventh-inning comeback secured the rubber-match victory, Sunday afternoon.
KEY STATS
- Junior Taylor Quinn led the team with one hit (a double), one run, and two RBI.
- Senior Sara Anderson and junior Mary Kate Murray each added an RBI and a hit.
- Anderson slammed a home run.
- As a team, the Great Danes totaled just four hits.
- Sophomore Hayley Wieczerzak pitched 4.2 innings with four strikeouts. Freshman Julia Pike came in for the final 2.1 innings and earned the game win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sara Anderson scored the first run with the first hit of the game - a home run - in the top of the first.
- UMass Lowell took the lead, 2-1, before the end of the first.
- The Great Dane defense recorded a double play to end the second inning.
- Taylor Quinn scored from second to give Mary Kate Murray an RBI single but the River Hawks regained the lead, 3-2, before the end of the third.
- Through the next three scoreless innings, UML recorded two singles and the UAlbany pitchers added two strikeouts.
- Julia Pike singled up the middle to begin (what proved to be the Great Danes' seventh inning comeback).
- With an immense amount of pressure - full count, two outs, down by one, and two runners in scoring position - Taylor Quinn slammed a double deep into left center to bring in both runners and take the lead, 4-3.
- The UAlbany defense recorded a 1-2-3 with just seven pitches to secure the victory.
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to head to Maine for their final regular-season games (May 1-2).
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