#AEToday: Seven Baseball & Softball Games Sunday

#AEToday: Seven Baseball & Softball Games Sunday

The #AEToday offers quick hits on what's happening in the conference, including upcoming conference games, key results, must know facts and much more!

Need To Know

  • Lyle Thompson racked up seven points to pace #8 Albany to a 12-11 win over #7 Yale in men's lacrosse action to improve to 11-2 on the season..
  • Vermont picked up a key America East men's lacrosse win Saturday, beating Hartford, 14-11, to move into a tie with the Hawks for third place in the league standings at 3-2.
  • Nate Lewnes tallied five goals to lead UMBC to its first conference win of the year, a 13-7 victory over UMass Lowell.
  • #20/16 Stony Brook can secure a spot in the America East Championship field for the 14th straight year with a win over Binghamton Sunday. The two teams square off at 1 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Two women's lacrosse games take place Sunday highlighted by #19 Albany visiting #9 Syracuse at 1 p.m. The game will air on ESPN3.
  • Vermont can inch closer to an America East tourney bid with a win at UMass Lowell. Those two teams tangle at 12 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Albany pounded out 24 hits in a softball doubleheader sweep of Binghamton Saturday taking the opener 8-5 and winning the nightcap, 13-4. The two teams wrap up the series at 1 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.
  • Maine and Stony Brook play the rubber game of their three-game set at 11 a.m. on AmericaEast.TV after splitting two on Saturday. Alexis Bogdanovich fanned 12 in the opener to lead Maine to a 4-2 win while Allison Cukrov fired a three-hit shutout in the nightcap, a 4-0 Seawolf win.
  • UMass Lowell outscored Hartford 16-1 in a doubleheader sweep Saturday, taking the first game, 8-1, and the nightcap, 8-0.
  • In baseball action Saturday, Maine swept Hartford by identical 4-3 scores coming back in both games. 
  • Albany and Binghamton split their doubleheader with the Great Danes overcoming an 8-0 deficit in the opener to post a 10-9 win in 10 innings and the Bearcats salvaging he split with a 7-4 win in the nightcap.
  • UMBC and UMass Lowell split their twinbill with the Retrievers winning the opener, 6-2, behind 7 2/3 strong innings (2 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 K) from Matt Chanin. Kevin Veilleaux fired a five-hit shutout for the River Hawks in their 1-0 win in the nightcap.
  • All three series wrap up at 1 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV Sunday.
  • Also Saturday, Stony Brook swept a non-league doubleheader from Big East foe Georgetown, 4-1 and 3-2. The two teams wrap up the series Sunday.

What's On Tap
Men's Lacrosse
Binghamton at #20/16 Stony Brook, 1 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse
Vermont at UMass Lowell, 12 p.m. 
#19 Albany at #9 Syracuse, 1 p.m. 

Softball
Stony Brook at Maine, 11 a.m. 
Albany at Binghamton, 12 p.m. 
UMass Lowell at Hartford, 12 p.m. 

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

That Happened
Women's Lacrosse
#4 Boston College 20, at New Hampshire 7

Men's Lacrosse
at Vermont 14, Hartford 11
at UMBC 13, UMass Lowell 7
at #8 Albany 12, #7 Yale 11

Softball
at Maine 4, Stony Brook 2; Stony Brook 4, Maine 0 
UMass Lowell 8, at Hartford 1; UMass Lowell 8, at Hartford 0
Albany 8, at Binghamton 5; Albany 13, at Binghamton 4
Lehigh 5, at UMBC 4; Lehigh 6, at UMBC 3

Baseball
UMBC 6 at UMass Lowell 2; at UMass Lowell 1, UMBC 0
Stony Brook 4, at Georgetown 1; Stony Brook 3, at Georgetown 2
at Maine 4, Hartford 3; at Maine 4, Hartford 3
Albany 11, at Binghamton 9 (10); at Binghamton 7, Albany 4

Tweet of the Day

Three (Pillars) Facts

  • Stony Brook baseball has won nine games in a row.
  • Albany's win over Yale Saturday was its first over a top-10 opponent in the regular season for the first time since a 25-10 win at #9 UMass on March 8, 2014.
  • Vermont has equaled its most conference wins in program history (3). The last time the Catamounts won three league contests was 1997.

Photo of the Day

Come support your Maine Blackbears today at 11! 🐻💙#BeatStonyBrook #Whatsaseawolf

A photo posted by UMaine SAAC (@umainesaac) on Apr 19, 2015 at 5:50am PDT