ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will welcome in Binghamton this weekend for a three-game America East series at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
 
All three games are set to be streamed on ESPN+.

Friday's games will serve as the annual 'Bark at the Park' with free bandanas for the first 25 dogs. Additionally, sets of Maine softball trading cards will be available at the marketing table.
 
Game 35 | Maine vs Binghamton
Friday, April 11 | 4:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 36 | Maine vs Binghamton
Friday, April 11 | 6:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 36 | Maine vs Binghamton
Friday, April 12 | 11:00 a.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• All three games of the conference series are set to stream on ESPN+.
• Live stats will be available via GoBlackBears.com

SERIES HISTORY vs BINGHAMTON

• Maine is 39-35-0 all-time against Binghamton, with a mark of 0-5 in the last five games and 1-9 in the last 10 meetings.
• The Black Bears and Bearcats met four times in 2024, with Binghamton sweeping a three-game series in New York in April and then edging the black Bears, 3-2, in the America East Tournament in Orono.

ABOUT BINGHAMTON

• Binghamton brings an overall record of 20-11 and an America East mark of 6-2 into the weekend series … last weekend, the Bearcats swept Bryant with 10-2, 8-6 and 9-0 wins.
• Emma Lawson leads the Bearcats with a .387 batting average while knocking in a team-high 31 runs.
• Rachel Carey has a conference-leading .686 slugging-percentage and nine home runs on the year while Elisa Allen has a league-leading 10 home runs.
• In the circle, Brianna Roberts is 11-1 with a 2.40 earned run average in 16 appearances … her 2.40 ERA is a league-best.

QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears are coming off of a non-conference series split at Stonehill on Tuesday, winning 11-9 and falling 7-6 … in the first game, Maine trailed 8-0 before mounting a comeback … Gabby Papushka had two home runs and five RBI in the win and finished the day with five hits total … Francesca Guerrera also had five hits in the two games.
• Alysen Rieth has thrown an America East-leading 100.1 innings and is tied second in the conference with eight complete games … Rieth is second in the league with 85 strikeouts.
• Papushka is tied for the America East lead in triples with three while sitting third in doubles with seven … her 28 RBI tie for second overall and her .504 slugging-percentage is 11th.
• Madison Simmerman is third overall in the conference with a 2.97 earned run average while throwing 73.0 innings.
• Morgan Pool (19) and Bailey Snowberger (16) sit first and tied third respectively, in the America East in walks earned.
• Pool has caught 15 runners stealing, a league-best.

UP NEXT

• The Black Bears will travel to UAlbany next weekend for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 19 and a single game on Sunday, April 20.