LYNDON, Vermont -- The University of Maine at Farmington softball team came up just short of its goal of qualifying for the conference tournament when it was swept in a North Atlantic Conference doubleheader at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, 3-2 and 10-8, on Sunday afternoon at the Skip Pound Complex.

UMaine-Farmington finished its 2022 regular season with a 7-21 overall record, 5-5 in the NAC's East Division.

In the first game, the Beavers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth, after Taylor Veilleux crossed on a passed ball and Emma Campbell's sacrificed home Katie Hammer from third.

UMaine-Farmington was three outs away from the victory when NVU-Lyndon rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh on four hits and a UMF error. RBI singles from Claudia Knapp and Victoria Valentine provided the game-tying and game-winning runs with two outs. All three NVU-Lyndon runs in the frame were unearned.

Veilleux led the Beavers with two hits, while starter Carleigh Schievink took the loss in a complete-game effort.

In game two, UMaine-Farmington struck for four runs in the top of the first, most of those crossing on Hammer's three-run single to right field. NVU-Lyndon pulled to within one with three runs in the home half of the first, then added a single run in the second and two more in the third, including a solo home run by Knapp, to hold a 6-4 lead after three complete.

The Hornets extended their advantage to 9-4 with a three-run uprising in the fifth, with two runs scoring on Jordan Adams' double to right field.

The Beavers narrowed the margin to 9-7 in the top of the sixth, when Campbell belted a three-run home run - her first collegiate round-tripper - to also score Chelsea Davis and Hammer.

However, UMaine-Farmington would not be able to close the two-run gap. NVU-Lyndon scored its 10th run in the bottom of the sixth to extend its lead to 10-7, and UMF answered with a single run in the top of the seventh on Makayla Wilson's sac fly to left allowing Olivia Paradis to score.

Hammer and Davis each had two hits in game two with Hammer charting three runs batted in for the Beavers. Wilson had two RBIs to go with a hit and one run scored. Starter Maddie Souza took the loss for UMF, despite recording a season-high four strikeouts over her two innings in the circle.