ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will head to Binghamton University for the 2025 America East Softball Championship, with the tournament running May 7-10 at Bearcats Sports Complex.
 
Sixth-seeded Maine is set to face third-seed UAlbany at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7 in the second game of the double-elimination tournament.
 
With a win against UAlbany, Maine would advance to play again at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8. With a loss against UAlbany, Maine would play in the 4 p.m. elimination game on Wednesday, May 7.
 
Game 47 | Maine vs UAlbany
America East Softball Championship
Wednesday, May 7 | 1:30 p.m.
Binghamton, N.Y. | ESPN+
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• All games of the 2025 America East Championship will stream live on ESPN+.
• Live stats will be available via BinghamtonBearcats.com

MAINE vs AMERICA EAST

• Maine is 37-36 all-time against Binghamton, with a mark of 0-2 this season.
• Maine is 18-19 all-time against UMass Lowell, with a mark of 2-1 this season.
• Since 2010, Maine is 8-14 against Bryant, with a mark of 1-2 this season.
• Maine is 13-48 all-time against UAlbany, with a mark of 0-3 this season.
• Maine is 32-34 all-time against UMBC, with a mark of 0-3 this season.

 
QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears closed out the regular season with a three-game series against Bryant, going 1-2 at home.
• Maine went 2-1 against UMass Lowell last weekend, falling in Sunday's single game before rebounding for the doubleheader win on Monday.
• Alysen Rieth has thrown an America East-leading 139.1 innings and is tied fourth in the league 11 complete games … Rieth is also fourth in the league in strikeouts with 118 and is the first Maine pitcher to reach the 100-strikeout mark in a season since 2016.
• Francesca Guerrera is 17th in the America East with 36 hits … she's the first Maine rookie to have more than 35 hits in a season since Gabby Papushka had 37 in 2022.
• Papushka is tied for the America East lead in triples with three while sitting fourth in doubles with 10 and tied ninth in home runs with six … her career-high 31 RBI rank eighth overall and her .476 slugging-percentage is 13th and her 35 hits rank tied 19th.
• Bailey Snowberger is tied 19th in the conference with 35 hits.
• Morgan Pool (27) leads the America East in walks earned.
• Pool has thrown out 23 base runners to tie for first overall in the country … nationally, Pool is the first freshman catcher to throw out more than 20 runners since the NCAA began officially tracking CSB for the 2021-22 season.