Great Danes nip Black Bears in conference action

Friday, May 1

Orono, Maine

3:00PM

University of Maine

12-32, 6-12

UAlbany

22-18, 11-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UAlbany	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	8	10	2
Maine	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	6	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UAlbany	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
Maine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Madison Hand gets ready to run on third base.

Great Danes nip Black Bears in conference action

5/1/2026 8:40:00 PM | Softball

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Maine dropped two contests on Friday to UAlbany.

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine softball team dropped two America East contests to UAlbany on Friday at the Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex.

Game 44
Score: UAlbany 8, Maine 4
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex
How it Happened

After the Great Danes took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, the Black Bears responded with two of their own in the bottom of the first when Eviana Robles singled home a pair of runs.
UAlbany plated four runs in the top of the second to take a 6-2 and then pushed it out to 8-2 in the top of the fourth.
The Black Bears pulled one run back in the bottom of the first on a Kaelyn Larkin solo home run … in the bottom of the seventh, Robles doubled in a run and then scored two batters later but UAlbany held off the comeback for the 8-5 final.

Game Notes

Maine is now 13-50 in the all-time series with UAlbany.
Eviana Robles was 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run scored.
Francesca Guerrera, Kaelyn Larkin, Keira Inman and Maggie Helms each tallied a hit … Inman scored two runs.

Game 45
Score: UAlbany 1, Maine 0
Stadium: Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex
How it Happened

The teams played scoreless through the first three frames, with Maine's Ava Zettlemoyer sprinkling two hits over the innings.
The Great Danes took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth on an infield single.
The Black Bears left runners on base in the final four innings, including two each in the sixth and seventh.

Game Notes

Maine is now 13-51 in the all-time series with UAlbany.
Ava Zettlemoyer started in the circle, throwing all 7.0 innings while giving up five hits and one run.
Kaelyn Larkin, Neve Adams and Eviana Robles each tallied hits.
Larkin extended her reaching base safely streak to 10 games, marking her second such streak this season of at least 10 games.