Softball Ready for America East Tournament

ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany softball team is on the road for the America East Championship Tournament.
 
Starting on May 8, the Great Danes’ first game will be on May 9 as the one seed. They will take on the winners of game one, UMass Lowell.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
 
America East Championship Tournament
WHEN: May 8-11
SITE: UMaine Softball Complex – Orono, Maine
STATS: GoBlackBears.com
STREAM: ESPN+
TICKETS: GoBlackBears.com
FAN INFORMATION: GoBlackBears.com
 
For the full schedule, keep reading.
 
UAlbany’s First Contest
DATE: Thursday, May 9
TIME: 11:00 am
STREAM: ESPN+
 
Competing Teams
#1 UAlbany: 30-12 (14-6)
#2 Binghamton: 32-16 (14-6)
#3 Bryant: 32-15 (14-7)
#4 UMBC: 21-22 (10-11)
#5 UMass Lowell: 14-27 (8-11)
#6 Maine: 4-39 (1-20)
 
*records as of 5/7; shown as overall (conference)
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany is 30-12 with a 14-6 America East record.
• Before beginning conference action, the Great Danes earned an 11-6 record. 
• Starting league play at Maine (Mar. 30-31), UAlbany opened with three wins before adding a 2-1 record against UMBC (Apr. 4-6) in their first home series.
• After adding two wins in a doubleheader sweep at UMass Lowell (Apr. 9), Bryant swept the Great Danes in three contests (Apr. 13-14).
• Welcoming Binghamton to UAlbany Field (Apr. 20-21), the Great Danes went 2-1 against the Bearcats with two shutout wins.
• Closing out the conference season with two three-game series against opponents already seen, UAlbany went 2-1 at UMBC (Apr. 27-28), including a no-hitter, and swept Maine (May 3-4).
• The Great Danes tallied three consecutive sweeps over the Black Bears during senior weekend to earn the America East Regular Season Champion title.
• UAlbany has added five non-conference wins during conference play – at Providence (Apr. 18), doubleheader against Army (Apr. 23), against CCSU (Apr. 25), and at Colgate (May 1).

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AT THE PLATE

• Graduate students Morgan Petty (.368) and Caitlyn Mitros (.363) lead the team with their respective batting averages.
• Graduate student Maddi Petrella (.341) and redshirt-junior Victoria Vilarchao (.310) follow with batting averages above .300.
• Mitros owns a team-high with 49 hits while Petty leads with nine home runs and 35 RBI.
• Graduate student Maddi Petrella has hit 12 doubles and seven home runs to hold the lead in extra-base hits…