ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will head to Florida this weekend to compete in the Hatter Classic at Stetson University.
 
The Black Bears will face North Dakota State University for two games and host-Stetson for three games. Live stats will be available for all games while Maine's contests against Stetson will be streamed on GoHatters.com.
 
The tournament schedule is subject to change. For the most up-to-date game times, stat links and watch links, visit GoBlackBears.com/softballschedule.
 
Hatter Classic (All times listed ET)
Game 6 | Maine vs North Dakota State
Friday, Feb. 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Deland, Fla.

Game 7 | Maine at Stetson
Friday, Feb. 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Deland, Fla.
 
Game 8 | Maine vs North Dakota State
Saturday, Feb. 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Deland, Fla.
 
Game 9 | Maine at Stetson
Saturday, Feb. 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Deland, Fla.
 
Game 10 | Maine at Stetson
Sunday, Feb. 15 | 10:00 a.m. | Deland, Fla.
 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS

• North Dakota State is 3-2 entering the weekend after picking up a win over Jacksonville (5-2) and splitting games with Colgate (6-8, 9-4) and North Florida (2-0, 0-6) … the Bison went 19-31 overall last season.
• Stetson enters the weekend at 3-1 overall after opening the season at home last weekend against UT Martin (13-4, 4-7), Seton Hall (12-2) and Indiana State (6-0) … the Hatters went 33-28 overall last season.

LAST WEEK AT THE HEART OF GEORGIA CLASSIC

• Maine went 1-4 over the opening weekend at the Heart of Georgia Classic, splitting with North Carolina A&T (2-3, 10-2) and falling to Evansville (1-4. 2-6) and Mercer (7-8).
• Anna Carlson had a team-leading six hits to go with a .316/.381/.421 slash line … the first-year outfielder also went 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.
• Keira Inman hit .333 with a .600 on-base percentage and 1.333 slugging percentage, knocking two home runs while scoring five runs.
• Four different pitchers appeared in the circle, led by Alysen Rieth's 14.0 innings of work … Rieth went 1-1, throwing two complete games.

WHAT'S BACK FOR THE BLACK BEARS

• Francesca Guerrera, a member of the 2025 America East All-Rookie Team is back after starting all 49 contests at second base last year … she second on the team with 37 hits,13 runs scored and 24 RBI.
• Alysen Rieth returns in the circle … last year, tied for fourth in the America East with a career-high 121 strikeouts and had at least five strikeouts in 10 games … Rieth was third with a team-leading 143.1 innings pitched and tied for fourth in the conference with a career-high 11 complete games.
• Behind the plate, Morgan Pool is back after throwing out a nation-leading 25 runners on base … Pool was also fifth in the America East with a .992 fielding percentage, making just two errors in 242 chances.
• Last season, Madison Simmerman ranked second among America East rookies with her six wins (6-13) and led all rookies with her 111.2 innings pitched.

BLACK BEARS BUILDING UP

• Maine went 12-37 overall and 3-17 in America East play in the 2025 season in the first year of head coach Kimberly Stiles … the Black Bears 12 wins marked a seven-game improvement from 2024.
• With a series win over Merrimack in March, Maine earned its first three-or-more game series win since going 3-1 against Binghamton in a four-game set in April 2021 … in April, Maine took a weekend series against UMass Lowell in April for its first America East series win since that April 2021 series.
• On March 8, 2025, the Black Bears had a 9-0 win over Sacred Heart and a 3-0 win over Yale to earn Maine's first back-to-back shutouts since April 2018.

 
UP NEXT

• Next weekend the Black Bears will head to Virginia for the Battle at the Bay, hosted by Norfolk State and Hampton University.
• Maine will face Stony Brook, Norfolk State, Saint Francis and Hampton University.