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Maine
0
Maine MAINE 0-5
11
Winner Michigan MICHIGAN 6-1
Maine MAINE
0-5
0
Final
11
Michigan MICHIGAN
6-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Maine MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Michigan MICHIGAN 4 0 3 4 X 11 10 0

W: E. Hoehn (2-0) L: Fallon, Caitlyn (0-2)

2
Maine MAINE 0-6
10
Winner Florida Atlantic FLORIDA 6-3
Maine MAINE
0-6
2
Final
10
Florida Atlantic FLORIDA
6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Maine MAINE 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1
Florida Atlantic FLORIDA 2 0 0 0 8 10 9 1

W: G. Sacco (2-1) L: Rieth, Alysen (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Black Bears Drop Two at Joan Joyce Classic

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.

Up Next
  • The Black Bears will wrap up the weekend tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. against Lousiville and 1:30 p.m. against Seton Hall.
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