Black Bears Close Out Blue Hen Invitational

Sunday, March 3

Newark, Del.

10:00 AM

University of Maine

1-10

Bucknell University

5-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bucknell	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	7	8	0
Maine	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0

3/3/2024 11:52:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

The Black Bears fell to Bucknell, 7-1.

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Maine softball team closed out the Blue Hen Invitational with a single game against Bucknell on Sunday, falling to the Bison.

The Black Bears went 1-2 on the weekend.

Game 11
Score: Bucknell 7, Maine 1
Records: Bucknell 5-9, Maine 1-10
Stadium: Delaware Softball Diamond
How it Happened

Bucknell took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first.
Krista Francia singled up the middle in the bottom of the second for Maine's first base runner of the day but got stranded.
The Bison would add a run in the third and two in the fourth for a 7-0 lead heading into Maine's fourth at-bat … Katie Jo Moery tripled and then scored on an Anna Margetis single to get Maine on the board.
Kennedy Priest singled to lead off the fifth and Gabby Papushka doubled to start the sixth but both runners got left on base.

Game Notes

Alysen Rieth started, going 0.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits while walking two and striking out one … Kaly Thomas threw 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on four hits while striking out four and walking three.
Moery went 1-for-3 and scored a run … her triple was her first this season and the fifth of her career.
Papushka was 1-for-3 with her first double of the season and 14th of her career.
Francia was 1-for-2 with a walk while Margetis was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Priest went 1-for-3.

Up Next

Maine will head to Colorado and Nebraska next week … the Black Bears will take part in the Colorado State Rams Invitational March 8-10, facing Idaho State, Colorado State and Drake … Maine will then play a doubleheader with Northern Colorado in Bellevue, Neb. on Tuesday, March 12.