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USM vs. UNE 3.27.22
Riley Peterson
3
U. of New England U. OF NE 5-10
4
Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN 4-8
U. of New England U. OF NE
5-10
3
Final
4
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
4-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
U. of New England U. OF NE 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 1
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4 7 0

W: Merrill, Lauren (2-3) L: J. Strum (3-4)

8
Winner U. of New England U. OF NE 6-10
3
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 4-9
Winner
U. of New England U. OF NE
6-10
8
Final
3
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
4-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
U. of New England U. OF NE 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 8 10 1
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 0

W: K. Wilmot (2-3) L: Snyder, Belle (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Southern Maine Splits With UNE: 4-3, 3-8

GORHAM, Maine  - Junior Lauren Leidemann-Smith (South Berwick, Maine/Marshwood) was 3-for-6 with three RBI and senior Lauren Miller (St. George, Maine/Camden Hills Regional) was 4-for-6 with four run scored to pace the University of Southern Maine Huskies offensively as they split a non-conference doubleheader with the University of New England Noreasters Sunday afternoon at the USM Softball Stadium.
 
USM won game one 4-3, and dropped game two 8-3.  Husky sophomore Lauren Merill (Bethel, Maine/Oxford Hills) earned the game one win. 
 
THE BASICS:
Records:
UNE (6-10)
Southern Maine (4-9) 
 
Pitching Game 1 – Southern Maine 4, UNE 3
Winning Pitcher:  SM, Lauren Merrill (2-3), 7.0 IP, 3 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher:  UNE, Jordan Strum (3-4), 6.0 IP, 4 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts
 
Pitching Game 2 – UNE 8, Southern Maine 3
Winning Pitcher:  UNE, Kate Wilmot (2-3), 4.0 IP, 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks, 0 strikeouts,
Losing Pitcher:  SM, Belle Snyder (1-2), 3.1 IP, 6 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts
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HOW IT HAPPENED GAME ONE: USM 4, UNE 3
  • Junior Lauren Leidemann-Smith (South Berwick, Maine/Marshwood) hit a three-run home run to left-center field in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 1-1 tie, and the Husky defense held on for a 4-3 win.
  • Sophomore Lauren Merrill (Bethel, Maine/Oxford Hills) turned in a solid performance in the circle going seven full and spacing out seven hits and three walks to pick up her second win of the season.
  • Both teams scored a run in the opening inning. UNE sophomore Sami Groves (Tampa, Fla./Jefferson) led off the game with a double and moved to third on a Noreaster ground out.  Groves scored on an RBI ground out from junior Grace Tutt for an early 1-0 lead.
  • USM responded in the bottom of the first when senior Kaitlyn Nelson (Guildhall, Vermont/White Mountains Regional) laced an RBI single scoring senior Lauren Miller (St. George, Maine/Camden Hills).  Miller led off with a walk and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.
  • The score remained 1-1 through 3 ½ innings before Leidemann-Smith's first home run of the 2022 season. Husky sophomore Makena Mulcahy (Auburn, Mass.) and Miller had back-to-back one-out singles to start the inning, before Leidemann-Smith notched three RBI with the second home run of her USM career.
  • Tutt had an RBI double in the fifth and freshman Abby Walsh (Epping, N.H.) added an RBI single through the left side in the sixth to bring UNE to within a single run, 4-3, headed to the top of the seventh.
  • USM's Merrill picked up the first out of the seventh fielding a ground out herself.  Tutt connected on her second hit of the game in the next at bat, but USM's defense caught a pinch-run attempted stolen base with a solid throw down from sophomore Jordan Cummings (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) to shortstop sophomore Maddie Day (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills). Before Merrill retired the side with another infield ground out.
  • Tutt and Walsh were UNE's two repeat hitters.  Tutt had two RBI for the Noreasters, while Walsh had one.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME TWO: UNE 8, USM 3
  • Freshman Abby Miner (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) hit a pinch-hit grand slam as part of a decisive six-run fourth inning for UNE. Up 1-0 to start the inning, senior Kate Wilmot (Walpole, Mass.) kick started the offensive outburst with a solo shot to center to make it 2-0 with one out.  
  •  Back-to-back singles from junior tina LeBlanc (Albany, N.H./Fryeburg Academy) and senior Liz Scheurich (Merrimack, N.H.) followed by back-to-back walks to senior Nicole Cacciola (Concord, N.H.) and Groves made it 3-0, setting the table for Miner's team-leading third home run of the season.
  • USM cut its deficit to 7-1 in the fifth on an pinch-hit sacrifice fly from junior Brynn Hink (Porter, Maine). Hink drove in Miller who reach on a bunt single and moved into scoring position on a single from Nelson.
  • UNE returned to a seven-run lead in the seventh as Tutt collected her third hit and fourth RBI of the doubleheader, making it 8-1.
  • USM scored two runs in the home half of the inning on an RBI ground out from junior Hannah Shields Buckfield, Maine) and an RBI walk from Day. Day's RBI walk, kept the bases loaded for USM with two outs but UNE winning pitcher Wilmot got the final out with a grounder to preserve the win.
  • Wilmot entered the game in relief of UNE starter Alie Martell (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester).  Moving from first, Wilmot pitched the final four innings allowing three runs on five hits and three walks to earn the win. Martell pitched a solid 3.0 innings as the UNE starter, holding the Huskies scoreless and to just one hit and four walks.
  • USM starter Belle Snyder (Epping, N.H.) took the loss allowing six runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out five.
 
UP NEXT:
Southern Maine travels to nearby St. Joseph's College (Maine) for a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday (3:00 pm).  The Huskies remain on the road on Saturday (1:00 pm) for their Little East Conference opener against No. 9 Eastern Connecticut State.
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