Softball: Warriors-Huskies Resume Long-Standing Rivalry in Little East Openers

3/27/2026 4:33:00 PM

Team Records
Eastern Connecticut: 7-5 (0-0 LEC)
Southern Maine: 8-3 (0-0 LEC)

Series History:

75th and 76th meetings all time, dating back to 1987
Warriors own a 40-34 all-time series lead
Last year, the teams met on April 4 at USM Softball Stadium. The Huskies won both games 2-1 and did not trail in either game

Game notes:

The Warriors are coming off a home doubleheader on Thursday against Trinity College in their first home games of their season. They shut out the Bantams in the first game thanks to a complete game shutout from Elizabeth Mitchell that was her second shutout in a week and 20^th career win. In the second game, Trinity took an early 3-0 lead in the first inning and won 9-2
The Huskies are coming off a home doubleheader Thursday against Saint Joseph's College of Maine in the first two home games of their season. Like the Warriors, Southern Maine split their doubleheader but lost the first game and won the second. Saint Joseph's scored five in the top of the fourth inning to win the first game 5-3. In the second game, a high-scoring sixth inning that featured five runs from Saint Joseph's (ME) and four from Southern Maine was enough to allow the Huskies to regain the lead and win 8-7
Springfield College has been the only common opponent of Eastern and Southern Maine so far this year. Southern Maine played them on March 15, losing on a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh inning in Kissimmee, FL, 3-2
The Warriors played a doubleheader against Springfield and lost the first game 5-3. All runs in that game were scored in the sixth inning. In the second game, the Warriors lost 13-12 in a game that only lasted six innings. Springfield scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth once again, digging themselves out of a 12-4 hole after 4 1/2 innings to claim another win

Key Players:

Emily Wheeler of Southern Maine is tied for second in the Little East Conference with five doubles and Brianna Grenier has two home runs, tied for second
Southern Maine's Camdyn Johnson is 3-1 with a 0.58 ERA in 24 1/3 innings. She has faced 85 batters and has allowed two earned runs and only three extra-base hits (all doubles)
Elizabeth Mitchell of Eastern leads the conference in complete games, with five. She has pitched an LEC-leading 41 2/3 innings and is third in the LEC with a 2.35 ERA, striking out 30 batters
Grace Jenkins is fourth in the conference with seven stolen bases and Sam Healy leads the conference in walks with ten, collecting nearly 25 percent of the team's total
Eastern opponents are 17-for-17 in stolen bases