ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will play four games this week, hosting Husson and Binghamton at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.
 
The Black Bears and Eagles are set to play a single 6 p.m. game on Wednesday, April 15. Maine will then return to America East play with a three-game series against Binghamton with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 followed by a 12 p.m. single game on Sunday, April 19.
 
Wednesday night's contest against Husson will be streamed on AmericaEast.TV while all three conference contests against Binghamton are slated for viewing on ESPN+.

The Maine-Husson game marks the Rumble Cup night. As part of UMaine Residence Life's Spring Rumble Cup attendance competition, the dorm with the most attendees at the game will receive a giant Jenga set for use at their dormitory! And as you get ready to come over to our only weeknight game of the season, wear Neon!

Saturday will be the annual America East Spread Respect day while Sunday' will be the annual Strike Out Cancer game.
 
Game 37 | Maine vs Husson
Wednesday, April 15 | 6:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | AmericaEast.TV
 
Game 38 | Maine vs Binghamton
Saturday, April 18 | 12:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 39 | Maine vs Binghamton
Saturday, April 18 | 2:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 40 | Maine vs Binghamton
Sunday, April 19 | 12:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+
 
 
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

• The Maine-Husson game will be streamed on AmericaEast.TV.
• All three games of the series between Maine and Binghamton are set to be streamed on ESPN+.
• Live stats for all four contests will be available via GoBlackBears.com

SERIES HISTORY vs HUSSON

• Maine is 15-0 all-time against Husson.
• The Black Bears and Eagles last met on April 17, 2014, with Maine earning a 6-1 win.
• These two teams first met in Maine's inaugural 1979 season, with the Black Bears picking up 16-7 and 16-2 wins.

ABOUT HUSSON

• Husson is 19-3 on the year and ranked 20th overall in the most recent April 7 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III Softball Top 25 Poll.
• The Eagles have won five straight games, last having lost to a No. 19 Colby squad on April 9 … Husson fell 3-2 in an eight-inning game and then started its current win streak with a 4-2 win in the nightcap.

SERIES HISTORY vs BINGHAMTON

• Maine is 39-39-0 all-time against Binghamton, with a mark of 0-5 in the last five games.
• These two teams played a doubleheader back on March 29, with Binghamton picking up 12-11 and 11-3 wins … … the third game in the weekend series was canceled due to weather.
• Last season, Binghamton earned 7-2 and 8-0 wins in Orono … the third game in the weekend series was also 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 10-20 overall including a mark of 8-3 in America East competition.
• The Bearcats have five players batting .300 or above with Rachel Carey's America East leading .490 average leading the way … Carey also has a conference-leading .528 on-base percentage while sitting second with an .837 slugging percentage.
• In the circle, Binghamton has three pitchers that have thrown over 37 innings each.
• The Bearcats were picked to finish first in the preseason coaches poll.

QUICK HITS

• Maine went 1-2 against UMass Lowell this past weekend … the Black Bears split a doubleheader on Saturday, losing 2-1 and winning 2-0, before dropping an 8-4 contest on Sunday.
• Kaelyn Larkin leads with a .328 batting average, good for 15th overall in the conference, while Francesca Guerrera is seventh in the America East with a team-leading 30 hits and is second on the team with her .280 batting average.
• Larkin has one of just two multi-homerun games by an America East player this season, doing it with a pair of homeruns at UMass Lowell on March 20.
• Guerrera leads Maine with seven multi-hit games.
• Keira Inman is tied first in the conference with two triples and is tied for fourth with four home runs.
• Morgan Pool is tied for third in America East with 19 walks.
• Maine has three players tied for the team lead with 15 RBI each in Inman, Pool and Neve Adams.
• In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is third in the conference with 80.1 innings pitched and is fourth with 61 strikeouts … Rieth is sitting on 298 career strikeouts.

UP NEXT

• Maine will hit the road next weekend, traveling to Bryant for a three-game series with the Bulldogs on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, 26.
• The Black Bears will host UAlbany in the final regular season series on Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2.