College softball
MAINE vs. UMBC
Time, site: Friday, 3 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. (2), Kessock Field, Orono
Records: Maine 23-18 (10-4 America East); UMBC 23-27 (4-9)
Last meeting: Maine 3-2, April 29, 2015
Key players: Maine — C Janelle Bouchard (.386-3 homers-30 runs batted in), 11 doubles, 30 runs), LF-C Rachel Harvey (.371-4-21), DP Maddie Decker (.342-2-18), CF Rachel Carlson (.328-0-15), 2B-3B Meghan Royle (.321-3-14), RF Erika Leonard (.310-2-14, 34 runs, 17 stolen bases), OF-3B Alyssa Derrick (.303-8-36); UMBC — LF Morgan Peyou (.386-0-17, 11 SBs), SS Bridget O’Malley (.379-3-28), CF Tori Alexander (.295-0-14, 10 doubles, 38 runs), 3B Kaelin Jackson (.285-8-37, 12 doubles), C Jordan Sganga (.269-0-9), 1b Carly Lesko (.262-10-37), RF Kelly Lane (.239-3-13)
Pitching matchups: Maine — LH Erin Bogdanovich (7-4, 3.34 earned run average), RH Molly Flowers (9-10, 2.79, 126 strikeouts in 95 ⅔ innings), RH Annie Kennedy (6-4, 2.90); UMBC — RH Kim Puccio (7-4, 3.25), LH Jessica Holte (12-11, 3.75, 17 complete games), LH Nicole Casagrand (1-6, 5.53)
Game notes: It will be Senior Weekend at Maine but Bouchard is the Black Bears’ only senior. Maine could finish anywhere from first to fourth based on the weekend’s results in their regular-season finale. UMBC is 5-2 in its last seven games and freshman Peyou has a seven-game hitting streak for the Retrievers. She has a team-high 56 hits. UMBC is hitting just .200 in league play. Maine has won three in a row and four of five. The Bears posted a season-high 17 hits in the 11-3 win over Hartford on Sunday. Maine has the league’s reigning Player of the Week (Harvey), Pitcher of the Week (Bogdanovich) and Rookie of the Week (Derrick). Maine SS Felicia Lennon is hitting a team-high .405 in league play, .304 overall. She has reached base in 19 straight games. Carlson has a seven-game hitting streak.