March 21, 2010

Final Stats

Leah McIntosh hurled a complete-game shutout in the opener and Gina Mason went 3-for-3 with two RBI in the consolation round to lead the UAlbany softball team to two wins over Siena at the Radford Highlander Classic on Sunday. The Great Danes defeated the Saints, 6-0, earlier in the day before posting an 11-3 five-inning victory over their crosstown rival to close out the weekend.

Siena (2-12) scored a run in the top of the first of the consolation game on a Shannon Jones base hit up the middle, but UAlbany quickly recovered and gained control by tallying the game's next seven runs. The Great Danes took the lead in the bottom of the first by scoring twice on a single by Kat Smith and a double by Kylie Apostolina.

Siena rallied with two runs in the fifth to close the gap to four, 7-3, but UAlbany put the game away by scoring four more times in the bottom of the inning. The first two runs came across on a wild pitch and a hit batsman, while Mason's two-run single to left field ended the game with only one out due to the eight-run rule. UAlbany's Allie Weiser got the win in the circle and improved to 2-2 this season. She allowed eight hits, three runs and recorded one strikeout and one walk over five frames. Siena's Amanda Filippazzo suffered the loss to drop to 1-6 overall. In the first game of the day, UAlbany pushed across two runs in the bottom of the third to take a 2-0 advantage. The Great Danes, who were batting just .212 as a team through the first 10 games, tacked on four more runs in the fifth to take a 6-0 lead and break the game open.

UAlbany's McIntosh threw her first shutout of the year to improve her record to 2-1 and lower her earned run average to 1.24 on the season. She recorded seven strikeouts, allowed six hits and did not issue a walk. Siena's Filippazzo took the loss. She surrendered four hits, two walks, two runs, including one earned, and struck out four batters in four innings of work. The sophomore was relieved by Borsella, who gave up four hits, four runs, including two earned and one walk over the last two frames.

UAlbany and Siena meet again in the Great Danes' home opener at Albany Field on Wednesday. The doubleheader is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.