ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will open up America East play this weekend with a three-game series at Bryant.
 
The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 22 and a single game on Sunday, March 23. Saturday's games will stream on America East TV while Sunday's game will air on ESPN+.
 
Game 24 | Maine at Bryant
Saturday, March 22 | 1:00 p.m.
Smithfield, R.I. | America East TV

Game 25 | Maine at Bryant
Saturday, March 22 | 3:00 p.m.
Smithfield, R.I. | America East TV

Game 26 | Maine at Bryant
Sunday, March 23 | 12:00 p.m.
Smithfield, R.I. | ESPN+
 
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

• Maine's Saturday games at the Bulldogs will stream live on America East TV while Sunday's contest will stream on ESPN+.
• Live stats will be available via BryantBulldogs.com

ABOUT BRYANT

• Bryant brings an overall mark of 7-14 into America East play after falling to Boston College on Wednesday afternoon.
• The Bulldogs are led at the plate by Bryce Clendenin with a .375/.429/.516 line … Sam Rohwer (.315) and Meaghan Houk (.353) are both hitting over .300 as well.
• Maddy Wachter has pitched over 47 innings for the Bulldogs, throwing five complete games while going 5-2 with a .340 earned run average.

(RECENT) SERIES HISTORY

• The teams met five times during the 2024 regular season, with Maine going 2-3 overall … the Black Bears were 1-2 against the Bulldogs in the regular season and 1-1 in the America East Tournament.
• They last squared off on May 9, 2024 in the America East Tournament, with the Bulldogs winning 7-4.
• Since 2010, Maine is 7-9 against Bryant, including a mark of 4-6 in the last 10 meetings.

QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears are coming off of a 2-3 week of non-conference games … Maine took two of three at Merrimack while falling twice at Iona.
• Morgan Pool has an America East leading .446 on-base percentage … the first-year has earned 17 walks on the year … Pool has thrown out a league-high 11 stealing attempts on the year.
• Gabby Papushka has a team-leading .467 slugging percentage (also 11th in the conference) on the back of three home runs, four doubles and two triples
• In a 9-0 win over Sacred Heart on March 8, Alysen Rieth threw a complete-game three-hitter to earn Maine's first shutout win since May 2023 … Rieth leads the conference in innings pitched (73.0) and complete games (7).
• Madison Simmerman is second in the conference with a 2.63 earned run average.

UP NEXT

• The Black Bears will remain on the road next weekend, traveling to UMass Lowell for a three-game series against the River Hawks.
• Maine will play a double header on Saturday, March 29 and a single game on Sunday, March 30.