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Maine
Kennedy Priest behind the plate.
5
Winner Maine MAINE 1-8
4
Delaware DELAWARE 8-6
Winner
Maine MAINE
1-8
5
Final
4
Delaware DELAWARE
8-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maine MAINE 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 7 2
Delaware DELAWARE 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 7 1

W: Thomas, Kaly (1-1) L: Hess, Morgan (2-3)

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Maine MAINE 1-9
7
Winner Delaware DELAWARE 9-6
Maine MAINE
1-9
0
Final
7
Delaware DELAWARE
9-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maine MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Delaware DELAWARE 4 0 1 0 2 0 X 7 12 0

W: Hess, Morgan (3-3) L: Fallon, Caitlyn (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Black Bears Earn Split with Blue Hens

Maine won 5-4 and fell 7-0 on the first day of the Blue Hen Invitational.

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Maine softball team split a doubleheader with Delaware on Friday on the first day of the Blue Hen Invitational at the Delaware Softball Diamond.
 
The Black Bears took game one, 5-4, before falling in the second, 7-0.

Game 9
Score:  Maine 5, Delaware 4
Records: Delaware 8-6, Maine 1-8
Stadium: Delaware Softball Diamond
How it Happened
  • The Black Bears took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first … Rylee Kent led off with a single, Krista Francia walked and then Caitlyn Fallon doubled them in ... a Gabby Papushka RBI single to right scored Fallon.
  • After a scoreless second and third, Delaware pushed two runs across in the fourth but in the top of the fifth, a Francia single drove in Kennedy Burns,
  • The Blue Hens tied things up 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth.
  • In the top of the seventh, a Madison Hand pinch-hit double scored Francia for a 5-4 edge … Kaly Thomas closed things out in the bottom half to earn her first career win.
Game Notes
  • Isabelle True started, going 3.0 innings while allowing two runs on five hits … Ava Zettlemoyer went 2.2 innings in relief, giving up two runs on two hits … Thomas threw 1.1 innings of no-hit relief, striking out two and walking two in earning her first career win.
  • Burns went 2-for-3 and scored one run… Francia was 1-for-2 and earned two walks while driving in one and scoring twice … Kent, Papushka, Fallon and Hand all registered hits with Kent and Fallon also scoring.
  • The Black Bears had a season-high seven hits in the contest.
Game 10
Score: Delaware 7, Maine 0
Records: Delaware 9-6, Maine 1-9
Stadium: Delaware Softball Diamond
How it Happened
  • The Blue Hens took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first on the backs of two doubles and a single.
  • Katie Jo Moery singled to start the second inning and the fourth inning but was left on base both times.
  • Delaware went on to add a run in the third and two more in the fifth for the 7-0 final.
Game Notes
  • Caitlyn Fallon started, going 4.1 innings while allowing seven runs on 10 hits and striking out four and walking three … Alysen Rieth threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.
  • Keira Inman registered her first career hit with a fifth-inning single … she then picked up her second stolen base of the season.
  • Moery.singled twice for her first multi-hit game of the season.
  • Rylee Kent earned two walks and has now reached base in four consecutive games.
Up Next
  • The Black Bears are scheduled to play two games tomorrow, taking on Bucknell at 10 a.m. and Fairfield at 12:30 p.m..
  • Maine will close out the weekend with a single game against Bucknell at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 3 at the Delaware Softball Diamond.
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