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Maine
Anna Margetis at bat
Seth Poplaski
9
Winner MAINE MAINE 5-39
7
BRY BRY 32-16
Winner
MAINE MAINE
5-39
9
Final
7
BRY BRY
32-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
MAINE MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 9 10 0
BRY BRY 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 10 2

W: Fallon, Caitlyn (2-9) L: MCKILLOP, Grace (10-5) S: True, Isabelle (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Black Bears Upset Bryant on First Day of America East Tournament

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team topped third-seeded Bryant, 9-7, in eight innings on the first day of the 2024 America East Softball Championship on Wednesday afternoon at the UMaine Softball Complex.
 
With the win, sixth-seeded Maine advances to faces second-seeded Binghamton tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Game 44
Score: Maine 9, Bryant 7
Stadium: UMaine Softball Complex
How it Happened
  • The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the first and then pushed it to 3-0 in the second.
  • The teams then played three scoreless innings.
  • In the top of the sixth, Gabby Papushka walked and Anna Margetis got hit by a pitch to set the state for a three-run home run from Caitlyn Fallon.
  • An inning later, the Black Bears pushed four runs across … Kyrah Haba-Dailey hit a lead-off double and scored on a Kyli Hernandez single … Papushka's bunt single scored Hernandez … a Margetis sacrifice fly and an error gave Maine a 7-3 edge.
  • The Bulldogs responded with four runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.
  • Haba-Dailey, Krista Francia and Papushka walked to load the bases in the top of the eighth … Haba-Dailey and Papushka then scored when Margetis forced Bryant into a throwing error.
Game Notes
  • Maine is the first sixth-seed to win its opening game of the tournament for the first time since 2017.
  • Kyrah Haba-Dailey finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored ... it was her second career multi-hit game.
  • Rylee Kent went 3-for-4 with a double and Krista Francia was 2-for-4 with two runs scored ... Kent's three hits marked a career-high.
  • Gabby Papushka was 1-for-3 with an RBI, two runs scored and two walks ... Kyli Hernandez was 1-for-1 with an RBI ... Anna Margetis went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk.
  • Caitlyn Fallon went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run.
  • Fallon started in the circle, going 7.0 innings while giving up seven runs while walking seven and striking out one … she threw 158 pitches … Isabelle True threw 1.0 innings in scoreless, hitless relief and picked up the save.
Up Next
  • Maine will face Binghamton tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the UMaine Softball Complex.
  • For more information on the 2024 America East Championship, visit GoBlackBears.com/2024AESB.
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