Preview: Black Bears host UAlbany to close out regular season

Maine will host the Great Danes for a three-game series.

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team will host UAlbany for a three-game America East series on Friday and Saturday at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.

All three games are set to be streamed on ESPN+. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday and a single game starting at 12 p.m. on Saturday.

For the most up-to-date game times, stat links and watch links, visit GoBlackBears.com/softballschedule.

Game 44 | Maine vs UAlbany
Friday, May 1 | 3:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+

Game 45 | Maine vs UAlbany
Friday, May 1 | 5:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+

Game 46 | Maine vs UAlbany
Saturday, May 2 | 12:00 p.m.
Orono, Maine | ESPN+

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW

All three games of the series between Maine and UAlbany are set to be streamed on ESPN+.
Live stats for all three contests will be available via GoBlackBears.com

SERIES HISTORY vs UALBANY

Maine is 13-49 all-time against UAlbany.
Last year, the Black Bears went 0-4 against the Great Danes … UAlbany swept the three-game regular season series and then topped Maine in the first game of the America East Tournament.
These two teams first met during the 2002 season … Maine went 2-3 against UAlbany in five games that year.

ABOUT UALBANY

The Great Danes enter the weekend series at 21-18 overall with a 10-7 record in America East play … last weekend, UAlbany took two of three games on the road at UMass Lowell
UAlbany has six players batting over .300 … Katie Parisi has a .370/.414/.685 slash line while also owning a team-leading 47 hits and 34 RBI.
The Great Danes have three pitchers who have thrown over 60 innings each, with Hayley Wieczerzak and Hailey Errichiello each getting 90.0 innings of work … Wieczerzak is 7-5 with a 3.19 ERA while Errichiello is 5-9 with a 4.51 ERA.

CAREER-HIGHS & COUNTING…

Several Black Bears have already recorded career-highs as Maine enters the final weekend of the regular season.
Keira Inman has bests in hits (30), doubles (4), home runs (6) and RBI (26).
Madison Hand has career-highs in hits (16), home runs (3) and RBI (17).
In addition to hitting her first career home run, Maggie Helms also has single-season bests in hits (19), doubles (4) and RBI (8).
Eviana Robles has career-bests in hits (31), doubles (9), RBI (13) and knocked her first career home run.
Morgan Pool's hits (17), doubles (4) and RBI (16) mark single-season bests for the sophomore.

QUICK HITS

Maine is second in America East play in home runs (12) and doubles (20) … Maine's 12 home runs in conference play are the most for the Black Bears since hitting 13 in 2019.
Kaelyn Larkin leads Maine with a .375 batting average, good for fourth overall in the conference, while her 1.105 on-base plus slugging is the fifth-best mark in America East.
Francesca Guerrera's 70 hits in her first two years mark the highest total by a player in their first two years since Alyssa Derrick (86; 46-40) and Meghan Royle (79; 43-36) in 2016 & 2017.
Keira Inman leads the conference with three triples and is tied ninth with 21 runs scored … Inman leads Maine with 26 RBI, good for a tie for fourth among America East players.
In the circle, Alysen Rieth leads Maine and is second in the conference with 103.0 innings pitched … she is third with 81 strikeouts and tied fifth with six wins.

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