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- Binghamton (6-6, 2-6 AE) split a four-game series at UMBC last weekend. Senior pitcher Rayn Gibson won a 2-1, 8-inning decision on Saturday while senior infielder Hannah Lyons belted the game-winning home run. On Sunday, freshman outfielder Shelby Carvalho drove in a pair of runs in the Bearcats' 4-2 victory.

- Gibson is 3-2 with a 2.63 ERA. She has won her past two decisions and has struck out 19 batters in 21.1 innings of work. Freshman pitcher Hannah Mearns is 1-1 with a 1.83 ERA in 23.0 innings. Junior infielder Marissa Braito leads the Bearcats with a .323 batting average.

- Maine (7-13, 4-2 AE) took two out of three games against Hartford last weekend before splitting a midweek non-conference doubleheader against UMass. Keely Clark leads the Black Bears in batting (.313) while Kyleigh O'Donnell leads the pitching staff with a 2.73 ERA over 59.0 innings of work.

- Maine leads the all-time series against Binghamton 34-23. Most recently, however, the Bearcats took two out of three games against the Black Bears at home during the 2019 season.

- Binghamton enters the weekend having won four of its past six games. The pitching staff has allowed a total of just 11 runs during that stretch.

- Gibson enters the weekend series with 298 career strikeouts. She needs two more strikeouts to become just the eighth player in program history to reach the 300-mark for her career. In seventh place all time with 310 strikeouts is Rhoda Marsteller.

- Braito has a team-best, four-game hitting streak heading into the series against Maine. She is also tied with senior shortstop Makayla Alvarez for the team lead with a pair of multiple hit games.

- Sophomore pitcher/designated player Sophia Pappas has a team-best seven RBI so far this season. She also ranks first on the team with three multiple-RBI games.

- On Sunday, Binghamton and Maine will be lacing up in gold shoelaces to support the Go4theGoal Foundation to help kids that are batting cancer. Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer began in the fall of 2011.  Since then, professional, college and youth teams have participated in raising funds and awareness for the #1 disease killer of children.  To date, over a half million athletes have supported our cause.  $4 from every $5 pair of laces and 100% of all donations directly benefit kids and families in the state where the funds are raised.