UMaine splits with Vermont

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BURLINGTON, Vt. – Three University of Maine pitchers combined to allow only three hits here Saturday, but it was only good enough for a split of the Black Bears’ North Atlantic Conference baseball doubleheader against Vermont at Centennial Field.

The Catamounts won the opener 2-1 despite being two-hit by Maine’s Pete Fisher, but the Bears bounced back for a 2-0 victory in the second game on the strength of a combined two-hitter by Josh Harriman and Garrett Quinn.

Sunday’s doubleheader was rained out and has not been rescheduled. Each team must play a minimum of 20 NAC games, and these were the first contests lost by either ballclub.

Maine, which has played 38 straight games on the road this season, returned to Orono with a 8-30 record, including a 4-6 NAC mark. Vermont is 7-13-1, 5-5 in league action.

In the nightcap, Harriman allowed only a fourth-inning single by Matt Bryant while hurling five innings of shutout ball. He walked four and hit three batters, but Quinn blanked Vermont over the final two frames to notch his fifth save.

Maine scored both of its runs in the fourth inning off loser Craig McFadzean. Ron Coombs singled to center and T.J. Sheedy walked. Both moved up on Tony Bianchi’s sacrifice bunt.

John Ellis plated the first run with a single off the glove of second baseman Matt Bryant, then Jeff Longo delivered a sacrifice fly for the second run.

In the opener, Jerry Lynde scattered three hits while lowering his earned run average to 0.90 in three NAC starts. He fanned five and walked none.

Maine took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Ellis singled and took second on Quinn’s sacrifice. One out later, Rex Turner stroked an RBI single up the middle.

Vermont countered in the fourth. Ethan Barlow singled with one out, raced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on suicide squeeze bunt by Keith Carter.

The Cats scored the game-winner in the sixth. Barlow laced a leadoff double, moved up on a fielder’s choice, and rode home on Carter’s sacrifice fly.

Fisher, who struck out four and walked four, suffered the third loss in his last four starts. In those games, Maine has scored only six runs on his behalf.

Catamounts 2, Bears 1

(Saturday’s First Game)

Maine (6-30) Vermont (7-13-1)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Harvie, ss 3 0 0 0 Emery, dh 3 0 0 0

Sheedy, 3b 3 0 0 0 Barlow, cf 3 2 2 0

Longo, rf 3 0 0 0 Burke, c 2 0 0 0

Ellis, c 3 1 1 0 Carter, 1b 1 0 0 2

Caiazzo, 1b 2 0 0 0 v’der Bogert,rf 3 0 0 0

Turner, lf 2 0 1 1 Bergan, 3b 2 0 0 0

Croteau, 2b 2 0 0 0 Bryant, 2b 2 0 0 0

Huff, cf 1 0 0 0 Berliner, ss 2 0 0 0

Bianchi 1 0 1 0

R. Coombs, cf 0 0 0 0

Totals 22 1 3 1 Totals 20 2 2 2

a-singled for Huff in the sixth

Maine 010 000 0 – 1

Vermont 000 101 x – 2

E – Sheedy 2B – Barlow LOB – Maine 1, Vermont 6 DP – Sheedy to Croteau to Caiazzo S – Quinn; Carter SF – Carter

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Fisher (L,2-8) 6 2 2 2 4 4

Vermont

Lynde (W,3-1) 7 3 1 1 0 5

WP – Fisher

Black Bears 2, Catamounts 0

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine Vermont

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

R.Coombs,rf 3 1 1 0 Emery, dh 2 0 0 0

Sheedy, 3b 2 1 1 0 Henry, dh 1 0 0 0

Bianchi, dh 2 0 0 0 Barlow, cf 2 0 0 0

Ellis, c 3 0 2 0 Burke, c 1 0 0 0

Longo, rf 2 0 0 1 Carter, 1b 3 0 0 0

Huff, cf 0 0 0 0 Forsberg, lf 3 0 0 0

Turner, lf 3 0 1 0 v’der Bogert,rf 2 0 0 0

Caiazzo, 1b 3 0 1 0 Bergan, 3b 3 0 0 0

Croteau, 2b 3 0 1 0 Bryant, 2b 2 0 1 0

Harvie, ss 3 0 0 0 Berliner, ss 1 0 0 0

a-Heid 1 0 0 0

Totals 24 2 7 1 Totals 21 0 1 0

a-flied out for Berliner in the seventh

Maine 000 200 0 – 2

Vermont 000 000 0 – 0

E – Harriman; Berliner 2 LOB – Maine 4; Vermont 8 DP – Harvie to Croteau to Caiazzo; van der Bogert to Carter SB – Sheedy; Bryant S – Bianchi SF – Longo

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Harriman (W,2-5) 5 1 0 0 4 1

Quinn (S,5) 2 0 0 0 1 1

Vermont

McFadzean (L,0-5) 4 4 2 2 1 0

Spaulding 2 2 0 0 0 0

Somerset 1 1 0 0 0 1

HBP – Burke, van der Bogert, Berliner (all by Harriman) PB – Burke

Braves split

At Bowdoin, the Husson Braves pounded out 15 hits in a 15-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, only to have the Polar Bears rebound with a 10-5 victory in the second game.

In the first game, Roy Peary ripped a three-run triple in the seventh and had two singles to pace the Braves attack. Andy Bure had a double and two singles while Sandy McCuaig and Jeff Fogg both singled and doubled.

Mark Hreben picked up his fourth win of the year for the Braves.

Mike O’Sullivan had two singles and Jeff MacDonald doubled for the Polar Bears.

In the second game, MacDonald’s two-run home run in the sixth put the game away for Bowdoin. O’Sullivan singled twice and Joe Meehan singled and tripled for the winners.

Peary led Husson with a triple and a home run and three RBIs while McCuaig singled and tripled.

(First game) Husson 200 214 6 – 15 15 1 Bowdoin 000 001 3 – 4 7 3

Hreben, Littlefield (7) and Fogg, Shaw (7); D’Entrehnoni, Stollar (6), Nireholemi (7), Allen (7) and Kelley

(Second game) Husson (8-9) 300 200 0 – 5 8 1 Bowdoin 700 012 X – 10 9 1

Sibley, Brown (6) and Shaw; Ryan and Kelley

Softball

Terriers sweep Black Bears

BOSTON – The Boston University Terriers took two games from the visiting Black Bears 3-0 and 2-1 Saturday.

In game one, Dawn MacMillan hit a two-run home run to give Terrier pitcher Audrey West the win.

West went the distance for the shutout, giving up three hits and striking out 14 Maine batters.

For Maine, Shelly Lefevre, Kathryn Murphy, and Michelle Puls had a single apiece. Mary Persson allowed five hits, walked five, and struck out one Terrier batter tok take the loss.

In game two, the Terriers rallied for two runs in the fifth inning on a Bridgett Callaghan single off Maine pitcher Jennifer Burton to earn the 2-1 victory.

Niglana Telmasoff allowed only one run, one walk, and struck out two batters to pick up the win. West finished up the last two innings to earn the save.

Kelly Dow doubled in the lone Black Bear run. Jennifer Burton allowed two runs, walked two in the loss.

(First game) Maine 000 000 0 – 0 3 0 Boston University 200 001 0 – 3 6 1

Persson and Dow; Turczynski and West

(Second game) Maine 001 000 0 – 1 5 0 Boston University 000 020 0 – 2 3 2

Buton and Harrington; Telmasoff, West (4), and Gamashe

UMPI and UNE split

At Biddeford, pitcher Lorie Smith led the UMPI attack in game one allowing four runs on six hits and stranding 10 runners for the 12-4 win.

Smith helped her own cause driving in four runs on two singles. Michelle Young, Kris Bradstreet, and Debbie Nakamura also ripped two singles apiece for the winners.

Jen Boudreau hit a two-run home run for the Knights.

In game two, UNE rebounded well as Mary Wintle allowed just one hit and struck out three to shutout the Owls 8-0.

Jen Boudreau accounted for six of the eight Knight runs as she belted her second grand slam in four games.

Lorie Smith had the lone hit for UMPI.

(First game) UM-Presque Isle (3-6) 001 042 0 – 12 10 1 UNE (3-3) 100 210 0x – 4 6 7

Young and Smith; Hendrickson and Atwood

(Second game) UM-Presque Isle (3-7) 000 000 0 – 0 1 1 UNE (4-3) 000 044 x – 8 1 1

Nakamura and Chatman; Wintle and Atwood