Black Bears Drop Two at Joan Joyce Classic

Friday, February 16

Boca Raton, Fla.

2:00 PM

University of Maine

0-5

University of Michigan

6-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maine	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Michigan	4	0	3	4	X	11	10	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maine	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1
Florida Atlantic	2	0	0	0	8	10	9	1

2/16/2024 10:20:00 PM | Softball

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Maine fell to Michigan and FAU on the first day.

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The University of Maine softball team dropped the first two contests of the Joan Joyce Classic on Friday, falling to Michigan and Florida Atlantic.

Game 5
Score: Michigan 11, Maine 0
Records: Michigan 6-1, Maine 0-5
Stadium: FAU Softball Stadium

How it Happened

The Wolverines used a two-run double and a two-run single to take a 4-0 lead after the bottom of the first.
The Black Bears put two on in the top of the second but left them on base before keeping Michigan off the board in the bottom half of the frame.
Kennedy Burns walked and then Kenedee Giddens singled to put two on for Maine the second inning in a row but the runners were stranded again.
Michigan went on to plate three in the third and four in the fourth and kept Maine off the board for the 11-0 run-rule victory.

Game Notes

Caitlyn Fallon got the start in the circle, going 2.0 innings while giving up seven runs on eight hits with three walks … Kali Thomas went 2.0 innings in relief, allowing four runs - three earned - while walking three and striking out one.
Kenedee Giddens registered Maine's lone hit of the day.

Game 6
Score: Florida Atlantic 10, Maine 2
Records: Florida Atlantic 6-3, Maine 0-6
Stadium: FAU Softball Stadium
How it Happened

After FAU took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, the teams battled through a scoreless second and third frame.
Krista Francia and Anna Margetis hit back-to-back singles in the top of the fourth before Gabby Papushka moved them over with a sacrifice bunt … Katie Jo Moery then doubled to center to tie the game, 2-2.
The Owls exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the fifth, plating seven of them before the Black Bears recorded an out and then the eighth on a single up the middle.

Game Notes

Alysen Rieth started, throwing 4.0 innings … Rieth allowed five runs on six hits while walking four and striking out four.
Isabelle True (0.0 innings, three runs, one hit), Ava Zettlemoyer (0.1 innings, two runs, one hit) and Kaly Thomas (0.0 innings, zero runs, zero hits) all appeared in relief.
Francia, Margetis and Moery recorded the hits for Maine … Francia was 1-for-1 with one run scored and one walk.

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