ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will open America East play this weekend with a three-game series at UMass Lowell.
 
The teams are scheduled to play a single game on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday. For the most up-to-date game times, stat links and watch links, visit GoBlackBears.com/softballschedule.

Game 25 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Friday, March 20 | 1:00 p.m.
Lowell, Mass. | AE TV
 
Game 26 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Saturday, March 21 | 1:00 p.m.
Lowell, Mass. | AE TV
 
Game 27 | Maine at UMass Lowell
Saturday, March 21 | 3:00 p.m.
Lowell, Mass. | AE TV
 
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• All three games of the series between Maine and UMass Lowell are set to be streamed on America East TV.
• Live stats will be available via GoRiverHawks.com

SERIES HISTORY vs UMASS LOWELL

• The Black Bears hold an overall record of 19-19 against the River Hawks.
• Maine went 3-4 against UMass Lowell last spring, going 2-4 in the regular season and then 1-0 in the postseason.
• In 2024, Maine was 0-3 against UMass Lowell, dropping three road contests at River View Field.
• The first-ever meeting between these two teams came in 1986, with UMass Lowell winning 11-7.

ABOUT UMASS LOWELL

• UMass Lowell brings an overall mark of 9-13 into the first weekend of conference play.
• The River Hawks are led at the plate by Elizabeth Neeld, who owns a .309/.406/.400 slash line … Julia Rowley is hitting .294/.034/.485 with a team-leading 20 hits.
• In the circle, UMass Lowell has relied on Olivia DeCitise and Giana LaCedra … DeCitise is 6-6 with a 2.89 earned run average and 70 strikeouts in 65.1 innings of work … LaCedra is 1-6 with a 4.23 earned run average and 38 strikeouts in 49.2 innings of work.

QUICK HITS

• Maine dropped a doubleheader at Monmouth on Wednesday and then picked up a 7-3 win in a single game at Iona on Thursday.
• Francesca Guerrera leads Maine with a .303 batting average while also sitting first on the team in hits (23) and runs scored (14) … her 23 hits are the second-most in the conference.
• Keira Inman is eighth in America East with a 1.000 OPS and is first in the conference with two triples and is tied for fourth with three home runs.
• In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is third in the conference with 55.1 innings pitched and ranks fifth with 44 strikeouts.
• The Black Bears opened up the season with 16 consecutive games of scoring at least one run before having that streak snapped against Southern Utah on March 7 … it was the longest such streak to open the season since the 1999 season.

AMERICA EAST ACCOLADES!

• After helping Maine to a 3-1 record at the Battle at the Bay, Keira Inman and Alli Goetz earned America East awards on Feb. 24 … Inman was named the Player of the Week while Goetz was tabbed the Rookie of the Week.
• Inman had a team-leading five hits and a .455 average while also sporting a .571 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage … she recorded a double, triple and home run on the weekend while earning five walks and scoring three runs.
• Goetz hit .400 on the weekend while owning team-leading .667 on-base percentage … she had two hits, including a triple, while earning four walks and scoring two runs and tied for the team lead with three RBI while sitting third among all conference players with a .733 slugging percentage.

UP NEXT

• The Black Bears will play a non-conference doubleheader at Stonehill on Wednesday, March 25 before returning home for the home-opening series against Binghamton March 28-29.