ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will continue with America East play this weekend, traveling to UMass Lowell for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday at River View Field 
 
All games will stream on America East TV.
 
Game 27 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Friday, March 28 | 1:00 p.m.
Lowell, Mass. | America East TV

Game 28 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Friday, March 28 | 3:00 p.m.
Lowell, Mass. | America East TV

Game 29 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Saturday, March 29 | 11:00 a.m.
Lowell, Mass. | America East TV
 
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

• All three games of the series between Maine and UMass Lowell are set to be streamed on America East TV.
• Live stats will be available via GoRiverHawks.com

SERIES HISTORY vs UMASS LOWELL

• The Black Bears hold an overall record of 16-15 against the River Hawks …
• Last season, Maine went 0-3 against UMass Lowell, dropping three road contests at River View Field.
• The first-ever meeting between these two teams came in 1986, with UMass Lowell winning 11-7.

ABOUT UMASS LOWELL

• UMass Lowell, who hosts Merrimack for a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon, is sitting at 5-16 overall on the year and 1-2 in America East play.
• The River Hawks began conference play at UMBC this past weekend, splitting a Saturday doubleheader (0-1 and 1-0) and falling in a Sunday single game (2-4).
• Emily Tow and Elizabeth Neeld are both hitting .302 on the year while Neeld has a team-leading .419 slugging percentage … Neeld also has a team-high five doubles.
• In the circle, Olivia DeCitise and Giana LaCedra have both appeared in 14 games … LaCedra is 2-7 with a 4.85 earned run average while DeCitise is 2-5 with a 4.27.

QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears are coming off of an 0-3 week in the America East opening series at Bryant.
• Morgan Pool (17) and Bailey Snowberger (16) sit first and second in the America East in walks earned.
• Pool has caught 14 runners stealing, a league-best.
• Gabby Papushka has a team-leading .477 slugging percentage (also good for 13th in the conference) on the back of three home runs, six doubles and two triples
• Madison Simmerman is third in the conference with a 3.12earned run average.
• 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).

UP NEXT

• Maine will host UMBC in the home-opening series April 5 and 6 at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
• The Retrievers and Black Bears are set to play a doubleheader on Saturday, April 5 and a single game on Sunday, April 6.