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Softball Concludes Regular Season at UAlbany

| By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats and Great Danes square off in DH on Friday, single game on Saturday

SCHEDULE
Friday, doubleheader at 2 p.m.
Saturday, single game at noon

STORY LINES

- Binghamton (31-12, 14-2 AE) swept Colgate 6-1 and 21-2 in  a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday. The Bearcats belted 10 home runs - including a program-record seven of them in the second game. Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen finished the day with four home runs and 12 RBI.

- The Bearcats, who have won their past five games, are ranked No. 24 in the D1softball.com Mid-Major Poll for the second straight week. Binghamton has made three appearances in the poll this year, having also been ranked No. 25 back on March 5.

- Binghamton has recorded back-to-back 30+ win seasons for the first time in program history. The Bearcats have reached the 30-win mark five times all time.

- Binghamton has already clinched the America East regular-season title. The Bearcats, who host the conference tournament May 7-10, will be the No. 1 seed for the first time since 2017.

- Allen leads the America East in home runs (22), RBI (55), slugging percentage (.887) and OPS (1.292). In addition to breaking the Binghamton program records, Allen's single-season home run total ranks second in conference history while her RBI mark is fourth.

- Junior first baseman Emma Lawson leads the America East with a .397 batting average and 13 doubles. She is also second with both 42 RBI and a .444 OPS and is third with a .679 slugging percentage. Lawson has homered eight times so far this year. 

- Graduate student outfielder Brianna Santos is third in the conference in batting (.369), first with 55 hits and third with 32 runs. Fellow graduate student outfielder Lindsey Walter, meanwhile, is tops with 35 runs and ranks third with 16 stolen bases.

- On the mound, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts is 17-2 with a 1.08 ERA. She leads the conference in victories, ERA and strikeouts (132). Fellow junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy is fifth with both nine wins and 108 strikeouts.

- As a team, Binghamton leads the America East in batting (.310), pitching (2.66 ERA) and fielding (.964).

- UAlbany (19-22, 9-6 AE) dropped a 7-3, 1-0 doubleheader at Bryant last Saturday. The second game was decided in the bottom of the seventh inning.

- Kate Powers leads the Great Danes and ranks second in the America East with a 2.41 ERA. She is also third with 11 wins and seventh with 75 strikeouts. At the plate, Caitlyn Frederick ranks sixth in the America East with a .347 batting average. 

- As a team, UAlbany is ranked second in the America East in both pitching (3.54) and fielding percentage (.963). The Great Danes are also third in batting (.260).

- Since both teams joined the America East back in 2002, UAlbany leads the all-time series 52-21. Earlier in the season, however, the Bearcats swept a 12-4, 14-2 home doubleheader on March 22. Lawson and sophomore second baseman Maddy Dodig each homered twice during the day.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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The Bearcats enter the series against UAlbany batting a conference-best .310, which is the third-highest single-season team average in program history.

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Junior first baseman Emma Lawson has been named the America East Player of the Week twice this season (Feb. 11 & April 8).

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Binghamton has faced a pair of nationally-ranked opponents this season - then second-ranked Florida and then No. 12 Duke. Both games took place on Feb. 15. 

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Redshirt sophomore infielder Akira Kopec ranks third in the America East with a .434 on-base percentage. 

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Freshman pitcher Savanna McHale has a team-best three saves so far this season.

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Freshman designated player Rachel Carey has been named the America East Rookie of the Week three times this season (March 12, March 25 & April 8). 

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Binghamton has hit three grand slams this season - freshman designated player Rachel Carey against Fordham on March 7, sophomore catcher Elisa Allen against Mercer on March 15 and senior third baseman Sarah Rende against Bryant on April 4. All three grand slams came with two outs.

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Four Binghamton players have homered twice in a game this season - sophomore catcher Elisa Allen (six times), senior third baseman Sarah Rende against Fordham (March 9), junior first baseman Emma Lawson against UAlbany (March 22) and freshman designated player Rachel Carey against Bryant (April 4). 

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Sophomore second baseman Maddy Dodig has finished with three RBI four times this season.

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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has posted five complete-game shutouts so far this year.

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Binghamton has posted the America East Pitcher of the Week six times so far this season - sophomore Delaney Glover on Feb. 12, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts on Feb. 19, March 5,  April 22 & April 29 and junior Olivia Kennedy on April 15.

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Against Fordham on March 7, Binghamton came from six runs down (7-1) to win 8-7. It marked the largest comeback during the Bearcats' 24-year Division I era.

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Against Colgate on April 29, Binghamton homered a school-record seven times.

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Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen has seven two-home run games during her career, including six so far this season.

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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has seven games during her career with at least 10 strikeouts.

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The Bearcats have produced eight come-from-behind wins this season. Three of them have come during their final time at bat.

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Junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy struck out a career-high 12 batters against Radford on March 8.

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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts struck out a career-high 13 batters against Bryant on April 4.

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With 37 career victories, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts ranks fifth all time in Binghamton program history. 

41-15
Since the start of the 2023 season, Binghamton has gone 41-15 (.732) in America East Conference games.

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Heading into the series against UAlbany, Binghamton as a team has homered a program-record 63 times so far this season.

91-48
Since moving into the Bearcats Sports Complex Softball Facility in 2013, Binghamton has gone 91-48 on its home field. This includes a 66-26 mark in America East games.

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Fourth-year head coach Jess Bump has gone 117-73 at her alma mater. She is one of only three coaches in Binghamton program history to win at least 100 games - a feat she accomplished against Mercer on March 15.






 

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