SCHEDULE OF GAMES
Friday, April 11 - Doubleheader, 4 p.m.
Live Stats (Both Games)
Game 1 Live Video (ESPN+)
Game 2 Live Video (ESPN+)
Saturday, April 12 - Single Game, 11 a.m.
Live Stats
Live Video (ESPN+)Â
STORY LINES
- Binghamton (20-11, 6-2 AE) swept a three-game series this past weekend against visiting Bryant, winning by scores of 10-2 (6 innings), 8-6 and 9-0 (5 innings). Junior first baseman
Emma Lawson - the current America East Player of the Week - hit .556 (5-for-9) with a home run and seven RBI. Freshman designated player
Rachel Carey - the reigning conference Rookie of the Week - hit a pair of home runs while junior pitcher
Brianna Roberts was 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA.
- Lawson leads the America East in batting (.387), RBI (31) and OPS (1.078). Carey is top with a .686 slugging percentage and is second with nine home runs. Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen, meanwhile, has hit a conference-best 10 home runs so far this year and is tied for second with 28 RBI.
- Graduate student outfielder Brianna Santos ranks third in the America East with a .364 batting average. She is also first with both 39 hits and 25 runs scored. Fellow graduate student outfielder Lindsey Walter is second with 24 runs scored and currently has a team-high and career-best 10-game hitting streak.
- On the mound, Roberts leads the America East with 10 wins (she is 10-2) and a 2.40 ERA. She is also third with 83 strikeouts. Fellow junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy is fifth with 76 strikeouts.
- As a team, Binghamton leads the America East in batting (.286) and pitching (3.23 ERA). The Bearcats are also second with a .962 fielding percentage.Â
- In the national statistics, Binghamton is No. 29 with 1.26 home runs per game. The Bearcats are also No. 36 with a 2.38 strikeouts to walk ratio.
- Binghamton's RPI ranking is currently 101 out of 303 NCAA Division I softball programs. The Bearcats have also been ranked No. 25 in the March 4 D1Softbal.com Mid-Major Poll.
- All five of Binghmaton's America East Preseason All-Conference selections have lived up to their billing so far this year. Those picks include Lawson, Allen, Roberts, Santos and Walter.
- Maine (7-27, 0-9 AE) split a doubleheader at Stonehill on Tuesday, winning the opener 11-9 before dropping the nightcap 7-6. Gabby Papushka went 5-for-7 during the doubleheader, homered twice and drove in five runs.
- Immy Gie leads the Black Bears and ranks fifth in the America East with a .333 batting average. Papuska is tied for second with 28 RBI and ranks third with 22 runs scored.
- As a team, Maine ranks fourth in the conference with a 4.60 ERA. The Black Bears are also fifth in fielding percentage (.940) and sixth in batting (.215).
- Maine leads the all-time series against Binghamton 37-35. Last season, however, the Bearcats swept a three-game series at home (April 14-15) and took a 3-2 decision in a second-round America East Tournament game. Lawson homered in the playoff game while Walter batted a team-best .556 (5-for-9) during the regular-season series.
- Through their first eight conference games this season, the Bearcats are hitting .384. Binghamton has homered 21 times against America East opponents and has scored 10+ runs four times. In addition, four of the Bearcats' six victories have been decided in less than seven innings.
BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS
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Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen and senior third baseman Sarah Rende each have a pair of two home run games during their careers.
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Redshirt sophomore infielder Akira Kopec ranks second in the America East with a .451 on-base percentage.Â
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Junior first baseman Emma Lawson has been named the America East Player of the Week twice this season (Feb. 11 & April 8).
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Binghamton has faced a pair of nationally-ranked opponents so far this season - then second-ranked Florida and then No. 12 Duke. Both games took place on Feb. 15.
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Freshman designated player Rachel Carey has been named the America East Rookie of the Week three times this season (March 12, March 25 & April 8).Â
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Sophomore second baseman Maddy Dodig has finished with three RBI three times this season.
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Binghamton has hit three grand slams this season - freshman designated player Rachel Carey against Fordham on March 7, sophomore catcher Elisa Allen against Mercer on March 15 and senior third baseman Sarah Rende against Bryant on April 4. All three grand slams came with two outs.
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Senior third baseman Sarah Rende has three career walk-off hits – two of which have been home runs.
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Four Binghamton players have homered twice in a game this season - sophomore catcher Elisa Allen against Butler (March 2), senior third baseman Sarah Rende against Fordham (March 9), junior first baseman Emma Lawson against UAlbany (March 22) and freshman designated player Rachel Carey against Bryant (April 4).Â
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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has posted four complete-game shutouts so far this year.
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Binghamton has posted the America East Pitcher of the Week four times so far this season - sophomore Delaney Glover on Feb. 12 and junior pitcher Brianna Roberts on Feb. 19, March 5 & April 8.
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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has five games during her career with at least 10 strikeouts.
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Against UAlbany on March 22, Binghamton homered five times - its highest total since clubbing a school-record six homers against Hartford in 2011.
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Freshman catcher Rachel Carey has a team-best six game-winning RBI so far this season.
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Against Fordham on March 7, Binghamton came from six runs down (7-1) to win 8-7. It marked the largest comeback during the Bearcats' 24-year Division I era.
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The Bearcats have produced eight come-from-behind wins this season. Three of them have come during their final time at bat.
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Junior outfielder Bella Farina enters the series against Maine with a career-best, nine-game hitting streak.
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Graduate student outfielder Lindsey Walter enters the series against Maine with a team-best, 10-game hitting streak.
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Junior first baseman Emma Lawson has a team-best 10 multiple-RBI performances so far this season. She drove in a season-best four runs against Bryant on April 5.
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Graduate student outfielder Brianna Santos has turned in a team-best 12 multiple-hit games so far this season. She posted a career-best four hits against Providence on Feb. 16.
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Junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy struck out a career-high 12 batters against Radford on March 8.
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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts struck out a career-high 13 batters against Bryant on April 4.
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Senior third baseman Sarah Rende has 19 career home runs - which ranks eighth all time in Binghamton program history. In seventh place, with 20 home runs, is Makayla Alvarez (2018-22).
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With 31 career victories, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts ranks sixth all time in Binghamton program history. In fifth place, with 33 wins, is Rhoda Marsteller (2010-13).
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Since the start of the 2023 season, Binghamton has gone 33-15 (.688) in America East Conference games.Â
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Heading into the series against Maine, Binghamton as a team has homered 39 times so far this season. The program record of 50 home runs was set in 2011 and tied last season.
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Since moving into the Bearcats Sports Complex Softball Facility in 2013, Binghamton has gone 87-47 on its home field. This includes a 63-26 mark in America East games.
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Fourth-year head coach Jess Bump has gone 106-72 at her alma mater. She is one of only three coaches in Binghamton program history to win at least 100 games - a feat she accomplished against Mercer on March 15.
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With 294 career strikeouts, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts is closing in on being the ninth player in program history to reach the 300 strikeout mark. She would also be just the fifth Binghamton player to reach that mark during her junior season.
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