ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will play a pair of non-conference games against Fairfield on Friday afternoon at Alumni Softball Field. The doubleheader, which was originally slated for Thursday, will begin with a 12 p.m. first pitch.

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Game 32 | Maine at Fairfield
Friday, April 3 | 12:00 p.m.
Fairfield, Conn. | Alumni Softball Field
 
Game 33 | Maine at Fairfield
Friday, April 3 | 2:30 p.m.
Fairfield, Conn. | Alumni Softball Field
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• Both games of the series will be available on Stags Sports Network on FairfieldStags.com
• Live stats will be available via FairfieldStags.com

SERIES HISTORY vs FAIRFIELD

• Maine is 7-1 in the all-time series with Fairfield.
• Fairfield and Maine last met on March 13, 2011 in Raleigh, N.C., with Maine picking up a 7-6 win.
• The first-ever meeting in the series came in 1988 … the two teams split a two-game set, with Maine falling 4-1 in the first game and winning 5-1 in the second.

ABOUT FAIRFIELD

• Fairfield, who plays a single game against New Haven on Wednesday, is 10-17 overall after splitting a pair of MAAC conference games at Canisius on Sunday.
• The Stags have three batters hitting over .300, led by Delaney Whieldon's .336/.466/.475 slash line … Anna Paravati has a team-leading 19 RBI …
• Ava Armuth is 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts and is tied with Paravati for the team lead in hits with 23.
• In the circle, Fairfield has used six different pitchers but the majority of innings have gone to Alysse Weinberg (72.2) and Peyton Shields (59.1) … Weinberg is 6-7 with a 3.85 earned run average while striking out 70 … Shields is 3-7 with a 4.84 earned run average while striking out 29.

QUICK HITS

• Maine is coming off of an 0-2 weekend at Binghamton, falling 12-11 and 11-3 … the Black Bears also played a doubleheader at Stonehill on Wednesday, earning a split after falling game one, 7-3, and bouncing back for a 7-5 win in game two.
• Kaelyn Larkin leads Maine and is fourth in the conference with a .383 batting average while Francesca Guerrera is fourth in the conference with a team-leading 27 hits … Larkin has reached base safely in 12 consecutive contests.
• Keira Inman is tied first in the conference with two triples and is tied for third with four home runs … her .288 average is second on Maine.
• Morgan Pool is tied for first in America East with 16 walks while her team-leading 15 RBI ranks seventh among conference players.
• In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is second in the conference with 69.1 innings pitched and is second with 58 strikeouts … Rieth is sitting on 295 career 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.