POCATELLO, Idaho – The University of Maine softball team fell in both games on the second day of the Orange and Black Classic, dropping contests to Southern Utah and Idaho State.
 
The Black Bears will wrap up the weekend tomorrow with a 1:30 p.m. ET game against Idaho State.

Game 17
Score: Southern Utah 11, Maine 0
Stadium: Miller Ranch Stadium
How it Happened

• The Thunderbirds took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and then the Black Bears quieted Southern Utah's bats until the third frame.
• Maine got its first baserunner of the day in the bottom of the second when Annika Shearer earned her first career extra-base hit with a double to right center … Shearer would be stranded on second.
• After pushing five runs across in the third inning, the Thunderbirds added three more in the fourth and one more in the fifth to put the game out of reach and pick up the run-rule victory.

Game Notes

• Ava Zettlemoyer started in the circle for Maine, throwing 3.0 innings, before Kyla Borgan entered and threw 2.0 innings in relief.
• Annika Shearer was 1-for-2 with a double while Eviana Robles was 1-for-2.
• Morgan Pool earned two walks for the Black Bears.
• This game marked the first time this season that Maine was shutout, snapping Maine's season-opening streak at 16 games … it was the longest such streak for Maine to open a season since 1999.

 
Game 18
Score: Idaho State 11, Maine 0
Stadium: Miller Ranch Stadium
How it Happened

• Francesca Guerrera led the game off with a single to left field and advanced to second on a wild pitch but a double play ended Maine's initial threat … the Tigers then stormed out to a 9-0 lead in the home half of the fame.
• Annika Shearer and Alli Goetz earned back-to-back walks to start the second inning but were stranded and then the Tigers added two runs in the bottom half of the frame.
• The Black Bears again put runners on in the top of the fourth as Shearer doubled to right and then Goetz singled through the right side … Kennedy Burns had a pinch-hit single to short but Shearer was out at home on the play.
• Guerrera singled again in the top of the fifth but another double play ended the game.

Game Notes

• Alysen Rieth started, throwing 1.0 innings, while Hannah Hipwell tossed 3.0 innings of relief.
• Francesca Guerrera was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles.
• Annika Shearer was 1-for-1 with a double and Alli Goetz was 1-for-1, with both also earning a walk.

 
Up Next

• The Black Bears will close out the weekend tomorrow with a single game against the Tigers at 12:00 p.m. ET.