ORONO. Maine – The University of Maine softball team is set to play a non-conference doubleheader at Stonehill on Wednesday at Fr. Gartland Field.
 
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Game 28 | Maine at Stonehill
Wednesday, March 15 | 1:00 p.m.
Easton, Mass. | Fr. Gartland Field
NEC Front Row
 
Game 29 | Maine at Stonehill
Wednesday, March 15 | 3:00 p.m.
Easton, Mass. | Fr. Gartland Field
NEC Front Row
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• Both games of the series are set to stream on NEC Front Row.
• Live stats will be available via StonehillSkyhawks.com.

 SERIES HISTORY vs STONEHILL

• Maine is 3-2 in the all-time series with Stonehill … the teams split a doubleheader in Easton last season, with Maine winning 11-0 and Stonehill winning 7-6.
• The first-ever meeting between these two teams came in 1982, with Maine dropping a 7-4 contest … the Black Bears and Skyhawks then met for two games during the 2023 season, with Maine earning 9-4 and 9-0 road wins.

ABOUT STONEHILL

• The Skyhawks played at LIU this past weekend, dropping all three NEC contests … Stonehill is 1-22 overall on the year.
• Sarah Taylor leads Stonehill with a .345/.371/.466 slash line while her 20 hits and 14 RBI also lead the team.
• Taylor Schoonmaker is batting .325 while Juli Murillo is batting over .310, giving the Skyhawks three batters over .300.

QUICK HITS

• Maine opened up America East this past weekend, dropping a three-game series to UMass Lowell … the Black Bears also played a non-conference series at Monmouth, falling 3-2 and 11-7, and a single game at Iona, picking up a 7-3 win.
• Francesca Guerrera leads Maine with a .302 batting average while also sitting first on the team in hits (26) and runs scored (16) … her 26 hits are the second-most in the conference.
• Keira Inman is tied first in the conference with two triples and is fifth with three home runs.
• In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is third in the conference with 62.2 innings pitched and is tied second with 52 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.

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.