YOUNGSVILLE, La. – The University of Maine softball team came back from a seven-run deficit but ultimately fell, 9-7, to Stephen F. Austin on Sunday morning in the Mardi Gras Mambo at the Youngsville Sports Complex.

Game 13
Score:  Stephen F. Austin 9, Maine 7
Stadium: Youngsville Sports Complex
How it Happened

• After a scoreless first frame, the Lumberjacks took a 7-0 lead in the bottom of the second on the back of eight hits.
• The Black Bears immediately began to chip away in the top of the third, pushing three runs across … after back-to-back singles from Eviana Robles and Gabby Papushka and an Immy Gie walk, Kyrah Haba-Dailey and Bailey Snowberger had back-to-back sacrifice flies … Francesca Guerrera then doubled in Gie.
• Maine then scored three runs in the top of the fourth, with Nora Campo, Papushka and Gie all crossing the plate to make it a one-run game.
• After Campo walked to lead off the fifth, a Papushka double sent her home to even the score, 7-7.
• The Lumberjacks, though, would use a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to take a 9-7 lead before holding off another Maine rally in the top of the seventh.

Game Notes

• Alysen Rieth started, throwing 1.1 innings while giving up six runs on seven hits … Madison Simmerman went 4.2 innings in relief, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out two and walking one.
• Gabby Papushka went 2-for-5 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored for her second consecutive multi-hit game … she now has her second four-game hit streak of the season.
• Eviana Robles went 2-for-3 with one run scored.
• Kyrah Haba-Dailey (1-for-2) had two RBI as did Bailey Snowberger after earning a bases-loaded walk and hitting a sacrifice fly.
• Immy Gie, Francesca Guerrera, Nora Campo and Morgan Pool also recorded hits on the day.

Up Next

• Maine will stay in the Northeast next weekend, traveling to Connecticut for the Yale Tournament … the Black Bears will face Sacred Heart, Yale and Central Connecticut State.