Baseball Ready for America East Tournament

ALBANY, N.Y. – The UAlbany baseball team is on the road for the America East Championship Tournament after earning the #5 seed.  
 
Series Info
Wednesday, May 22
Bearcats Baseball Complex – Vestal, N.Y.
1:00 pm E.T.
Live Stats | ESPN+
 
 
Probable Starters – UAlbany
Game 1 – Dylan Banner | So. | 6-5 | 245 | 5.00 ERA
  
Leading the Pack

• Will Binder leads the offense with a .314 batting average, a .906 OPS, and 15 multi-hit games.
• In addition to patrolling center field, Luke Filippi has tallied a team-high 55 hits on the season.
• Jared Toby and Binder have been the power in the lineup, slugging a team-best four home runs.
• Michael DiMartino and Dylan Banner lead the pitching staff with 37 strikeouts.
• The pitching staff has amassed an 8.39 ERA over 395.2 innings, with an opposing batting average of .310.

 
Season Review

• UAlbany owns a 15-33-1 record while going 10-13 in conference play.
• Opening their season against #9 Tennessee (2.23-25), the Great Danes narrowly fell 5-8 in game one before being defeated 6-21 and 0-12.
• Continuing their road stretch, UAlbany was swept in a three-game series by George Washington (3.3-3) and lost four contests to Purdue (3.9-10)
• After falling to Army, the Great Danes were swept in a three-game series at Georgetown (3.15-17).
• Opening conference play, UAlbany split a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (2.22) and then took two games in a three-game set against Maine (3.30-31).
• The Great Danes defeated Siena (4.2), 17-12, in a crosstown matchup, before being swept by Bryant (4.6-7) and Marist (4.9) in a doubleheader.
• After being swept by UMBC (4.12-14), UAlbany bounced back to defeat CCSU (4.16).
• The Great Danes were swept at Binghamton (4.19-21) in a three-game series and lost to Le Moyne (4.23) in a midweek matchup.
• The Great Danes enjoyed a six-game win streak, sweeping NJIT (4.26-28) in a three-game weekend series, defeating Marist (4.30) in a midweek contest, and defeating UMass Lowell (5.3-4) twice.
• UAlbany completed the season sweep over Siena (5.8), defeating them in a doubleheader, before being swept by Manhattan (5.10-12) and tying against Le Moyne (5.14) in a midweek contest.  
• Most recently, the Great Danes earned a series victory over Maine (5.16-18) to clinch a spot in the America East Tournament.
• Will Binder owns a team-high 18…