Softball Rescheduled Again To Monday
ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany softball program was scheduled to play its home opener yesterday, in a double-header with Binghamton. The series was supposed to conclude today with one final game against the Bearcats. Weather, however, did not cooperate, and the series was shifted one day to Sunday and Monday. Now, with the weather still a factor, the double header scheduled for today has been pushed to Monday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m.
UAlbany (9-7, 1-2) is coming off their regular season and America East opener with Stony Brook last weekend, dropping two of three to the Seawolves. Previously, the Danes played in two preseason tournaments, recording a record of 8-5 in the games they played. Binghamton sits at 7-10 overall, and has yet to play an America East game. Their own America East opener, against UMass Lowell, was similarly affected by weather and was rescheduled for a later date.
Weather has not been kind to UAlbany softball this season. The fifth and final game of the first preseason tournament was cancelled due to weather causing a rain delay in the Danes’ third game. The second preseason tournament was cancelled entirely because of a snowstorm, meaning UAlbany lost out on another five games. Finally, the ninth of ten games at the final preseason tournament was cancelled due to weather and travel restrictions. In total, UAlbany has missed seven games originally on the schedule because of weather.
As of Sunday, Maine leads the America East with a conference record of 4-1. Stony Brook sits in second at 2-1. UAlbany is tied for third with Hartford at 1-2. UMBC and Binghamton have yet to open conference play. UMass Lowell sits at the bottom of the list, with a conference record of 0-2.
UAlbany’s pitching and defense have played well this season, leading the America East in opposing batting average (.250), hits (105), runs allowed (52), earned runs allowed (41), walks allowed (24) and doubles allowed (13). The team hasn’t quite come around offensively, but they still rank third in the conference in on base percentage (.332), runs scored (65), RBIs (57), and home runs (8). The Danes also rank second in the conference in stolen bases (23).
The first game is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, followed by the second game at 3:00 p.m.
