Maine battles back to split doubleheader with Bryant

Friday, May 2

Orono, Maine

2:30 PM

University of Maine

10-34, 0

Bryant

17-29, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bryant	0	0	2	3	7	12	9	0
Maine	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bryant	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	0
Maine	0	1	2	2	0	0	X	5	5	2

Maine battles back to split doubleheader with Bryant

5/2/2025 8:44:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Madison Simmerman had the complete-game 5-2 win in the nightcap.

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team earned a doubleheader split with the Bryant Bulldogs on Friday afternoon at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.

After falling in game one, the Black Bears bounced back for a win in the night cap. The teams will close out the series with a 12 p.m. game tomorrow.

Game 44
Score: Bryant 12, Maine 0
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex

How it Happened

After two scoreless frames the Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third … Maine had a chance to respond in the bottom half but left the bases loaded.
Bryant then plated three runs in the fourth inning and then had a seven-run fifth – including a grand slam – to take a 12-0 lead.
Maine loaded the bases again in the bottom of the fifth but couldn't push any runs across to stay in the game.

Game Notes

Alysen Rieth started, throwing 4.0 innings, while Ava Zettlemoyer threw 1.0 innings in relief.
Abby Rhee (2-for-2) and Bailey Snowberger (2-for-3) had multi-hit games for Maine … Kyrah Haba-Dailey added a single.

Game 45
Score: Maine 5, Bryant 2
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex

How it Happened

Bryant took a 1-0 lead on a double in the top of the first.
The Black Bears made it a 1-1 game in the second when Morgan Pool singled home Kyli Hernandez.
Gabby Papushka's opposite field two-run home run put Maine up 3-1 after three innings.
In the bottom of the fourth, Nora Campo's double scored Hernandez and then Francesca Guerrera's single scored Pool for a 5-1 edge.
The Bulldogs pulled one run back with two outs in the top of the seventh but Madison Simmerman got the game-winning strikeout.

Game Notes

Madison Simmerman threw all 7.0 innings for the complete game victory … she had five strikeouts and two walks while giving up seven hits and one earned run.
Gabby Papushka was 1-for-3 with two RBI on her sixth home run of the season.
Bailey Snowberger and Nora Campo both finished 1-for-3 with a double. with Campo adding an RBI.
Francesca Guerrera and Morgan Pool were both 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Kyli Hernandez earned three walks and scored two runs.