The University of Albany Great Danes are the fourth and final team in the Regional Tourney. They come in with a 26-16 record. They were winners of the America East Conference tournament. 10-3 at home, 4-8 away, 13-5 neutral and 8-7 in conference.
Offensively they are led by another heavy hitting catcher, Senior Elizabeth Snow. The America East Player of the Year leads the team in just about every category. Batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, hits, runs batted in and home runs with 13, along with 23 doubles. You can throw in walks and hit by pitch also. Only thing she won't do is steal a base. Couple of other .300 hitters in the lineup in Chelsea Henige and Donna Conrad.
They received good performances out of all three of their pitchers in the conference tournament. Looking at the stats, hard to pinpoint any one as the ace. Celeste Verdolivo leads in ERA and innings pitched, but just slightly in both categories.
Have won 9 of their last 10 games. RPI of 190. To give that some perspective, that is lower than Rutgers. 10 games canceled during the course of the year, hence the low game total.
