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Box Score 2 FARMINGTON, Maine -- The University of Maine at Farmington softball team wrapped up its 2022 regular season home slate with a split against the University of Maine at Presque Isle, in a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Prescott Field.
The Beavers posted a 6-4 win over the Owls in game one of the twinbill on a two-run walk-off home run by first year Christa Allen, extending UMaine-Farmington's winning streak to four games.
The streak came to an end in game two, however, as UMPI notched a 9-4 win over UMaine-Farmington.
In the day's first game, UMaine-Farmington (5-19) jumped out to a 4-0 lead after four innings, after posting two runs in the first inning and tacking on single runs in the second and the fourth. Olivia Paradis doubled home Leah Stevens for the Beavers' first run of the game, with the remaining three runs crossing on UMPI miscues.
UMaine-Presque Isle's (4-24) Dalaney Anfinson singled home two runs in the fifth, cutting the Beavers' lead to 4-2, and then doubled home two more runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 4-4.
Paradis reached on a single to center field to open the UMaine-Farmington seventh, and Allen sent a shot way over the left field fence to lift the Beavers to the win.
Paradis and Allen each went 3-for-4 at the plate, with Paradis scoring twice. Emma Campbell had a pair of hits for the Beavers. Maddie Souza earned the win for UMF in a three-inning relief appearance.
Anfinson and Savannah Rodriguez each had three hits to lead the Owls at the plate.
In game two, UMPI jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and held the lead the rest of the way. The Owls extended their advantage to 5-0 in the top of the third on Rodriguez's two-run double to right field, but the Beavers got those runs back in the home half of the frame leaving UMPI with a 5-2 lead.
The Owls surged into an 8-2 lead with a three-run fourth inning, keyed by Karis Dankert's two-run double to left field.
Paradis, Allen, Megan Wilson, and Abby Hanson each finished with two hits, with Wilson also recording two runs batted in.
UMaine-Farmington softball is slated to return to the diamond on Saturday, April 30, when it faces Northern Vermont-Johnson in a North Atlantic Conference road doubleheader. First pitch of game one is slated for 2:00 p.m.