#AEToday: Top-10 MLAX Matchup On Tap Saturday

#AEToday: Top-10 MLAX Matchup On Tap Saturday

America East's newest web feature, #AEToday, will offer quick hits on what's happening in the conference, including upcoming conference games, key results, must know facts and much more!

Need To Know

  • Stony Brook women's lacrosse clinched at-least a share of the America East regular-season title for the third-straight season and will host the 2015 America East Championship after beating UMBC, 13-7, on Friday evening.
  • Albany sealed its seventh-straight trip to the America East Championship with a, 17-5, win over Binghamton.
  • UMBC softball was the only America East softball team in action on Friday, sweeping a doubleheader from South Carolina State, 14-6 and 12-4. Taylor Hall had a huge day, combining to go 4-for-6 with 7 RBI and a home run.
  • #8 Albany welcomes #7 Yale for a top-10 non-conference game in men's lacrosse action on Saturday. The game will begin at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.
  • Hartford can clinch its fourth trip to the America East men's lacrosse tournament in the last five years with a win over Vermont on Saturday. Face off is at 1 p.m. on CatamounTV.
  • UMBC and UMass Lowell also battle in Baltimore on Saturday on 1 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Three conference baseball series get started on Saturday with doubleheaders and all three will be on AmericaEast.TV.
  • UMass Lowell welcomes UMBC to LeLacheur Park for a doubleheader beginning at noon, while Hartford visits Maine and Albany takes on Binghamton for 1 p.m. starts. All six games will be on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Softball also has a busy day of conference play.
  • Stony Brook makes the trip to Maine for a doubleheader at noon and Binghamton hosts Albany at 1 p.m. with both series on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Hartford and UMass Lowell also play a three-game set this weekend beginning with a doubleheader at noon on Saturday.
  • UNH women's lacrosse has a non-conference matchup on Saturday, battling No. 4 Boston College at 1 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.

What's On Tap
Women's Lacrosse
#4/4 Boston College at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.

Men's Lacrosse
Hartford at Vermont, 1 p.m. - CatamounTV
UMass Lowell at UMBC, 1 p.m. 
#7 Yale at #8 Albany, 7 p.m. - Time Warner 

Softball
Stony Brook at Maine (DH), 12 p.m. 
UMass Lowell at Hartford (DH), 12 p.m.
Albany at Binghamton (DH), 1 p.m. 
Lehigh at UMBC (DH), 1 p.m.

Baseball
UMBC at UMass Lowell (DH), 12 p.m. 
Stony Brook at Georgetown (DH), 12 p.m.
Hartford at Maine (DH), 1 p.m. 
Albany at Binghamton (DH), 1 p.m. 

That Happened
Women's Lacrosse
Stony Brook 13 at UMBC 7
Albany 17 at Binghamton 5

Softball
at UMBC 14, S.C. State 6
at UMBC 12, S.C. State 4

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Three (Pillars) Facts

  • Stony Brook women's lacrosse is the first team in America East history to earn the No. 1 seed in the America East Championship for three-straight years.
  • Brian Green is 7th in the country with a 1.000 slugging percentage for Stony Brook softball.
  • UMBC's Taylor Hall became the 10th player in Retriever history to reach 200 career hits.

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