Softball Welcomes Siena – University at Albany Great Danes

ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany softball team hosts Siena in their first home games of the 2023 season.
 
GAME INFORMATION
 
Siena at UAlbany (DH)
DATE: Wednesday, March 22
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Our Lady of the Meadows Field – Emmitsburg, Md.
RECORDS: UAlbany 5-8, 0-0 America East | Siena 12-6, 0-0 MAAC
SERIES RECORD: 59-16, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: AE.TV
  
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany opened the 2023 season in Conway, South Carolina at the Chanticleer Showdown (Feb. 24-26) before heading to the Spring Games at Madeira Beach (Mar. 3-5).
• In a slow start to the season, the Great Danes tallied a 1-4 record at Coastal Carolina. Earning a win over Mount St. Mary’s (2.25), UAlbany fell twice to host Coastal Carolina and Saint Joseph’s.
• At the Spring Games, the Great Danes worked for two shutout wins over LIU (3.3) and Georgetown (3.4) but fell to Southeastern Louisiana (3.3), Creighton (3.4), and MTSU (3.5).
• In their final tournament of the season (Mar. 18-19), UAlbany went 2-1 with wins over Lafayette and a loss to the host, Mount St. Mary’s.
• Tallying 16 hits, including one double and one home run, senior Maddi Petrella leads the team with a .421 batting average.
• Senior Morgan Petty is close behind with 15 hits, including two doubles and two homers, for a .366 batting average.
• Sophomore Sierra Fretz leads with nine RBI and two home runs after the Great Danes’ weekend in Maryland.
• Three Great Danes have hit with two doubles – Petty, freshman Deanna Grahek, and junior Jordan Nastos – in addition to Fretz’ and Petty’s two home runs each.
• Pitching five complete games, senior Wendi Hammond has seen 47.1 innings in the circle with 25 strikeouts and two complete game shutout wins. Redshirt-sophomore Kate Powers, sophomore Amelia Freitas, senior Adian Sheeren, and graduate student Chloe Lewis have also spent time in the circle.
• In the field, Lewis leads with 36 putouts while Grahek leads with 21 assists. Four Great Danes are left without an error in the field – Petrella, Fretz, junior Caroline Srokowski, and freshman Kasey Conn.
• Seven Great Danes have contributed to at least one double-play. Grahek leads with five and Lewis follows with three. Fretz and Nastos each have two while Petrella, Hammond, and sophomore Christie Collins have tallied one each.

 
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