ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will host UMBC this weekend in the 2025 home opening series at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
 
The Black Bears and Retrievers are set to play a single game at 7 p.m. on Friday night and doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Friday's game will stream live on America East TV while Saturday's doubleheader is slated for viewing on ESPN+.
 
Game 30 | Maine vs UMBC
Friday, April 4 | 7:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | America East TV
 
Game 31 | Maine vs UMBC
Saturday, April 5 | 12:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 32 | Maine vs UMBC
Saturday, April 5 | 2:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

• All three games of the series between Maine and UMBC will be streamed, with Friday night's game streaming on America East TV and Saturday's doubleheader streaming on ESPN+.
• Live stats will not be available.

SERIES HISTORY vs UMBC

• The Black Bears hold an overall record of 32-31 against the Retrievers … UMBC took all three games when these two teams met in Orono last season.
• The Black Bears' last win against UMBC came on April 17, 2022 in Orono, with Maine earning an 8-3 win … Gabby Papushka scored twice and had one RBI.

ABOUT UMBC

• UMBC brings an overall mark of 10-21 and an America East record of 4-2 into the three-game series at Maine.
• The Retrievers are 3-2 in the last five games and 6-4 in the last 10 outings.
• Emily Riggs leads UMBC with a .326 average and a .326/.414./.616 line … Riggs and Jerzie Nutile (.279/.329/.647) have each hit seven home runs to tie for second among America East players.
• In the circle, Kya Matter has thrown 75.1 innings, holding a 6-8 record with a 4.83 earned run average while limiting opponents to a .273 batting average.

QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears are coming off of an 0-3 week at UMass Lowell.
• Alysen Rieth, who recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts on March 28 at UMass Lowell, has thrown an America East-leading 87.2 innings and eight complete games.
• Madison Simmerman is fifth in the conference with a 2.98 earned run average.
• Morgan Pool (17) and Bailey Snowberger (16) sit first and tied second, respectively, in the America East in walks earned.
• Pool has caught 14 runners stealing, a league-best.
• Gabby Papushka is tied for the America East lead in triples with three.
• In a 9-0 win over Sacred Heart on March 8, Rieth threw a complete-game three-hitter to earn Maine's first shutout win since May 2023.

UP NEXT

• Maine will wrap up non-conference play with a doubleheader at Stonehill on Tuesday, April 8.
• The Black Bears will then return home next weekend to host Binghamton for a three-game series on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13.