ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team's America East series with Binghamton, originally scheduled to take place this weekend in Orono, will now take place at Binghamton at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
 
The Black Bears and Bearcats are set to meet for a 12 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday, March 29.

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Game 30 | Maine at Binghamton
Sunday, March 29 | 12:00 p.m.
Vestal, N.Y. | Bearcats Sports Complex
 
Game 31 | Maine at Binghamton
Sunday, March 29 | 2:00 p.m.
Vestal, N.Y. | Bearcats Sports Complex
 
SERIES HISTORY vs BINGHAMTON

• Maine is 39-37-0 all-time against Binghamton, with a mark of 0-5 in the last five games.
• These two teams only met twice last season, with Binghamton picking up 7-2 and 8-0 wins in Orono … the third game in the weekend series was canceled due to weather.
• The Black Bears and Bearcats met four times in 2024, with Binghamton sweeping a three-game series in New York in April and then edging the black Bears, 3-2, in the America East Tournament in Orono.

ABOUT BINGHAMTON

• Binghamton is 5-16 overall … this will mark the first weekend of America East competition for the preseason-favorite Bearcats.
• The Bearcats have five players batting .310 or above with Rachel Carey's America East leading .478 average leading the way … Carey also has a conference-leading .500 on-base percentage while sitting second with a .783 slugging percentage.
• In the circle, Binghamton has five pitchers that have thrown over 20 innings each.

QUICK HITS

• The Black Bears played a doubleheader at Stonehill on Wednesday, earning a split … Maine fell in game one, 7-3, but bounced back for a 7-5 win in game two.
• Maine opened up America East last 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 .287 batting average while also sitting first on the team in hits (27) and runs scored (17) … her 27 hits are tied for the second-most in the conference.
• Keira Inman is tied first in the conference with two triples and is tied for third with four home runs … her .284 average is second on Maine.
• In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is second in the conference with 66.2 innings pitched and is second with 57 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 doubleheader at Fairfield on Thursday, April 2 before continuing America East play at UMBC over the weekend with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 4 and a single game on Sunday, April 5.