ORONO, ME - The University of Maine baseball team makes the trip to Albany for a 3-game series against the Great Danes from April 15-17.

For the Black Bears, they are coming off of a weekend in which they won 2 of 3 against NJIT, propelling them into 1st place in the America East Conference, tied with Stony Brook at 9-3 conference records.

The Black Bear offense has been the most dominate offense in America East Conference games thus far, leading the conference in batting average (.353), home runs (22), RBI's (112), SLG % (.578) and fewest strikeouts (70 in 12 games).

The Black Bears have also dropped their team ERA to 5.00 in conference play, good for second best in the Conference. They are tied for first in strikeouts with UMass Lowell at 116.

Maine has 4 position players scattered across the top 10 in major categories on the offensive side of the ball.
Jordan Schulefand (4th batting average - .429, 1st OBP - .571, 3rd OPS - 1.228, 2nd stolen bases - 10)
Joe Bramanti (1st SLG - .878, 1st OPS - 1.353, 1st RBI's - 26, 1st home runs - 7)
Jeff Mejia (8th batting average - .408, 6th OBP - .525, T-4th total hits - 20, 8th RBI's - 12)
Quinn McDaniel (6th batting average - .412, 4th SLG - .706, 8th OBP - .492, 5th OPS - 1.198, 1st runs scored - 20, 3rd total hits - 21, 7th RBI's - 13, T-2 home runs - 4, T-4 stolen bases - 9)

For Albany, they head into the matchup against the Black Bears off to a slow start in conference action as they rank last or second-to last in almost every offensive and pitching category as they've begun conference play 5-7. In their latest action, they dropped 2 of 3 against Stony Brook, with their lone win coming Saturday, April 9th, 5-3.

Will Binder (7th batting average - .409, 10th OBP - .490) has been a big bright spot for the Great Danes in conference action.

Game 1 of the series is scheduled for 3:00 P.M. on Friday, April 15. Game 2 and 3 on April 16 and 17 are both scheduled for 1:00 P.M. start times.

- UMaine-