March 28, 2007
Final Stats
Siena scored four runs in the seventh inning of the second game to break a 1-1 tie and held on for a 5-3 win over crosstown rival UAlbany to salvage a doubleheader split and earn its first win of the season. The Great Danes won the first game 4-2.
Amber Maisonet had one hit, one run scored, one RBI and two stolen bases, while Casey Halloran earned her sixth win to help UAlbany to a 4-2 in the first game at Albany Field.
In her ninth start of the season, Halloran tossed her fourth complete game for UAlbany in game one, fanning five and allowing two earned runs in seven innings. The Great Danes took a 3-0 lead in the second inning after Nicole Kothe drove in Michele Pachecek with a triple to left field. Maisonet drove in Kothe for the third run of the game.
UAlbany (13-6) added on an insurance run in the fifth, as Michelle Connors was driven home on a base hit by catcher Kat Smith. Siena rallied in the top of the seventh as Easton Henrikson drove a two-run homer over the left field fence. Halloran retired the next three batters in order to preserve the win.
The second game was tied at 1-1 heading into the seventh before Siena posted a four-run final inning to claim the win. Shortstop Kelly Boyle led off the frame with a single down the right field line and advanced to third on an error during Henrikson's at bat. UAlbany pitcher Leah McIntosh walked the next batter, and catcher Lauren Weingart tripled to right, providing the key blow that drive in the three runners.
Stacy Landini, pinch-hitting for the Saints, drove in Stacie Sueda, who came in to run for Weingart at third, with an RBI-single. McIntosh struck out McNulty to end the Saints' half of the inning, and UAlbany attempted a comeback of its own.
The Great Danes were able to score two runs as Maisonet drove in Shane Pais and Leanne Tillman. Freshman right-hander Lauren Shaheen, who earned a complete-game win for Siena (1-10), fanned Kelly Ogden to close out the game.
Siena begins MAAC play this weekend on the road at Manhattan.
Game One
Siena 000 000 2 - 2 6 0
UAlbany 120 010 x - 4 8 0
Jamie Piela, Renee Clavette (7) and Andrea Piela.
Casey Halloran and Kat Smith.
Game Two
Siena (1-10) 001 000 4 - 5 6 2
UAlbany (13-6) 000 010 2 - 3 3 1
Lauren Shaheen and Andrea Piela.
Leah McIntosh and Kat Smith.
