ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to Binghamton on Friday night at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
 
The two teams will close out the America East series with a single 10 a.m. game tomorrow.

Game 35
Score:  Binghamton 7, Maine 2
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex

How it Happened

• The Bearcats scored two runs in the first and then added one more in the second for a 3-0 lead through two … the visitors then tacked on three more in the third frame.
• Maine got on the board in the bottom of the sixth inning with Keira Inman's home run putting the Black Bears on the board … Eviana Robles then singled home Kyrah Haba-Dailey to end the inning.
• The Bearcats added one run in the top of the seventh for the 7-2 final.

Game Notes

• Alysen Rieth threw all 7.0 innings for the Black Bears … it was her ninth complete game of the season …. she had nine strikeouts.
• Keira Inman hit her third home run of the season.
• Kyrah Haba-Dailey went 1-for-3 with a double.
• Madison Hand and Eviana Robles were both 1-for-3.

Game 36
Score:  Binghamton 8, Maine 0
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex

How it Happened

• After two scoreless frames, Binghamton used a solo home run in the top of the third to take the lead … the Bearcats then exploded for four runs in the fourth to push the edge to 5-0.
• Binghamton then went on to add one run in the sixth and two in the seventh for the 8-0 final … the Black Bears threatened in the bottom of the sixth but had two runners stranded.

Game Notes

• Madison Simmerman started, throwing 3.1 innings while Ava Zettlemoyer threw 3.2 innings in relief.
• Abby Rhee and Keira Inman both went 1-for-3 … Inman pushed her hitting streak to four games.
• Bailey Snowberger earned a walk and has now reached base safely in six consecutive games.

Up Next

• The Black Bears and Bearcats will close out the series tomorrow with a 10 a.m. game.