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Amy Sadowl won her 38th career game, tying for first all-time in UMBC softball history.

Baltimore, Md. – UMBC (25-26-1, 7-9 AE) split the opening two games of a three-game America East Conference series with Maine (14-23, 8-7 AE) on Friday afternoon at the UMBC Softball Stadium.  UMBC won game one 6-3 while the Black Bears came back to take the night cap, 6-2. 

In game one Amy Sadowl settled in after allowing two runs in the first inning, striking out five in the game and allowing three runs on 10 hits in 7.0 innings.  Sadowl (10-5) picked up her 10^th win of the season and 38^th for her career, tying teammate Lauren Nicholson and former Retriever Crystal Ray with the most career wins by a UMBC pitcher in Retriever softball history. 

UMBC, who trailed 3-1 going into the bottom of the third inning took over the lead with four runs on four hits as Jessica Griffith led off the inning with a walk.  Kali Shirk and Amanda McGhee recorded singles loading the bases for Dana Shepherd with no outs.  Shepherd singled in Griffith and Shirk to tie the game 3-3.  Kristie Pickeral doubled down the left field line, bringing in McGhee and Shepherd to put UMBC up for good. 

Candace Jaegge fell to 2-6 on the year with the loss, going 6.0 innings allowing six runs on seven hits.  Brittany Cheney went 2-for-3 in the game with a solo homerun in the third inning.  Amy Kuhl went 2-for-3 doubling in two batters in the first. 

Shepherd went 3-for-3 in the game to lead UMBC, scoring two runs and driving in three. 

In game two Maine took advantage of three errors and five unearned runs to get the 6-2 win.  Four of the unearned runs came in the first inning as Erin Provost, with two outs and two UMBC errors in the inning, launched a three-run homerun over the centerfield wall putting the Black Bears ahead 4-0. 

Maine added runs in the second and fourth inning of the game and Sarah Bennis controlled the mound, holding UMBC to two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts.  UMBC only had two hits going into the bottom of the sixth when the Retrievers got to Bennis with two runs. 

Reilly Ward with two runners aboard almost hit her 11^th homerun of the season as she doubled off the left centerfield wall, bringing in Kali Shirk and Dana Shepherd. 

Bennis moved to 7-7 on the year with the win while Jessica Taylor took the loss to fall to 5-6.  Taylor lasted 1.0 innings allowing five runs on five hits with only one of those runs earned.  Katie Jo Passerro pitched 6.0 innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on two hits and striking out four. 

UMBC hosts Senior Day in the series finale on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.