Just three weekends of conference play in softball remain and teams are looking to make their push for America East Championship bids.
Here’s a look at the three weekend series:
UMass Lowell (8-26, 1-7 AE) at UMBC (24-16, 2-6 AE)
Fri., April 18, 1:45 p.m./3 p.m.; Sat., April 19, 11 a.m. – Live Stats
- Both teams are coming off their first conference wins of the season as UMBC took two of three games from Maine last weekend while UMass Lowell beat Binghamton 6-4, in the opener of its series this week.
- UMBC leads the conference averaging 5.2 runs per game and is second in team ERA (3.01).
- This will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
- UMBC's Taylor Hall ranks second among league leaders in hitting (.395) and leads in home runs (10) and RBI (38).
- Brianna Martin is UMass Lowell's top hitter (.302), ranking in the league's top 20.
Maine (15-13, 6-5 AE) at Stony Brook (22-14, 10-1 AE)
Sat., April 19, 1 p.m. /3 p.m. – Live Stats/Live Stats
Sun., April 20, 11 a.m. – Live Stats
- After a 4-10 start, Stony Brook is 18-4 over its last 16 games and sits atop the America East standings at 10-1.
- The Seawolves are riding a seven-game win streak and are winners in 10 of their last 11 games.
- Maine started out 4-1 in conference play, but is just 2-4 in its last seven games.
- SBU is hitting .322 as a team and sports a 2.04 ERA in league games.
- SBU right-hander Allison Cukrov has won 12 straight decisions and is 7-0 with a 1.80 ERA in league play.
- Maine's Jessica Burk leads the league hitting .424.
Hartford (7-22, 1-8 AE) at Binghamton (15-10, 5-3 AE)
Sat., April 19, 12 p.m. /2 p.m. – Live Stats
Sun., April 20, 12 p.m. – Live Video/Live Stats
- Binghamton, winner of three of its last four games, sits in third place in the league standings.
- Hartford tries to get back on the right track after dropping eight of its first nine league games.
- The Bearcats lead the league hitting .329 as a team in conference games while the Hawks are last, batting just .156.
- Binghamton's lineup features four of the league's top 10 hitters: Lisa Cadogan (6th - .330), Taylor Chaffee (8th - .326), Gabby Brachi (9th - .323) and Sydney Harbaugh (10th - .323).
- Hartford's Chelsea Mooney ranks in the league's top 10 in RBI (17) and extra base hits (11).