ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball dropped the 2025 home opener to the UMBC Retrievers on Friday night at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.

Game 30
Score:  UMBC 10, Maine 4
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex
How it Happened

• UMBC took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second but the Black Bears responded with four-runs in the home half of the second … Keira Inman led the frame off with a single and eventually scored on a passed ball … Eviana Robles then sent a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Nora Campo … Abby Rhee's two-runs hot up the middle plated two more for a 4-1 lead.
• The Retrievers, though, evened things up with a trio of runs in the third inning and then took the lead with another three-run frame in the fourth.
• UMBC closed out the game with a three-run sixth inning for the 10-4 final.

Game Notes

• Alysen Rieth started, going 3.1 innings while Ava Zettlemoyer threw 3.2 innings in relief.
• Abby Rhee was 1-for-4 with two RBI ... Keira Inman, Nora Campo and Maggie Helms all registered hits on the day … Eviana Robles had one RBI.

Up Next

• The Black Bears and Retrievers will close out the series tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at noon.