ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will wrap up non-conference play on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Stonehill at Fr. Gartland Field.
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Both contests are set to be streamed on NEC Front Row.
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Game 33 | Maine at Stonehill
Tuesday, April 8 | 1:00 p.m.
Easton, Mass. | NEC Front Row
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Game 34 | Maine at Stonehill
Tuesday, April 8 | 3:00 p.m.
Easton, Mass. | NEC Front Row
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HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
- Both games of the non-conference doubleheader will stream on NEC Front Row.
- Live stats will be available via StonehillSkyhawks.com
SERIES HISTORY vs STONEHILL
- Maine is 2-1 in the all-time series with Stonehill.
- The first-ever meeting between these two teams came in 1982, with Maine dropping a 7-4 contest.
- The Black Bears and Skyhawks then met for two games during the 2023 season, with Maine earning 9-4 and 9-0 road wins.
ABOUTÂ STONEHILL
- Stonehill brings an overall mark of 9-21 into Tuesday's doubleheader.
- The Skyhawks are 2-3 in the last five meetings and 2-1 in the last three games, most recently picking up a 4-3 win over Mercyhurst on Saturday.
- Isabella Therrien leads Stonehill with her .365 batting average and team-leading 27 hits, while also leading the way in slugging percentage (.527) and sitting third in on-base percentage (.390).
- Six different pitchers have seen time in the circle, with Lauren Donovan throwing a team-high 472.2 innings … Harper Sullivan leads the team with a 3-2 record.
QUICK HITS
- The Black Bears are coming off of an 0-3 week against UMBC in the home-opening series at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
- Alysen Rieth has thrown an America East-leading 94.0 innings and is tied second in the conference with eight complete games … Rieth is third in the league with 81 strikeouts.
- Madison Simmerman is third overall in the conference with a 3.04 earned run average while throwing 71.1 innings.
- Morgan Pool (19) and Bailey Snowberger (16) sit first and tied third 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 while sitting third in doubles with seven.
UP NEXT
- The Black Bears will return home this weekend to host Binghamton for a three-game series on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13.
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