NEWARK, Del. – Sophomore Kevin Mench belted eight home runs over the weekend as the University of Delaware completed a four-game sweep of the University of Maine 14-4 and 11-8 on Saturday and 9-4 and 9-5 on Sunday.

Maine coach Paul Kostacopoulos said it was evident his team needs work on defense and pitching.

“I think, basically, we played a talented team in Delaware. Really, they did a great job offensivley,” Kostacopoulos said. “We struggled and didn’t quite come up with big defensive plays to get us out of the innings. That kind of told the story for the four games.”

On Saturday’s first game, the Hens jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Mench hit his first homer of the day, followed by an RBI double by Brad Eyman two batters later.

The Black Bears got one run back in the second, but the Hens put up five more in the third to make it 7-1. Dan Trivits hit a leadoff homer and Frank DiMaggio hit a two-run double.

In the fourth, Delaware tacked on three more runs with Mench hitting a solo shot and Jamie McSherry hitting a two-run double, making the score 10-1. In the fifth, Mench jacked No. 3 and Eyman added a two-run blast than ran the score to 14-1.

Maine scored three runs in the seventh, but Delaware’s lead was too much to overcome.

Keith Croteau had two hits and two RBIs to lead Maine. Jim Bailin was racked for 11 hits and 10 runs in three and one-third innings of work while taking his second loss of the season.

In the second game, Delaware scored five unearned runs in the third and jumped ahead 7-1. Mench hit his fourth homer of the day in the first inning and his fifth in the sixth. Eyman went 4-for-4 with three RBIs to help lead the Hens.

Chris Frey struck out 11 in seven innings to pick up his second victory of the year.

Gabe Memmert led Maine with three home runs and six RBIs. Jon Hambelton also homered.

In Sunday’s first game, Maine went ahead 3-2 after the top of the third but Delaware rallied to score runs in the bottom of the inning.

Mench belted two more homers during his 3-for-3 game to lead the Hens. Mike Koplove picked up his second win of the season, hurling his third straight complete game and striking out five. Andre Duffie went 3-for-3 with an RBI.

T.J. Sheedy had two singles for Maine. Ron Coombs and Rex Turner each drove in a run.

Tom Koutrouba (3-2) surrendered 13 hits and nine runs in six innings of work.

“What was really evident was our pitchers did not hit good spots, they left the ball in the strike zone,” Kostacopoulos said.

In the second game, Delaware went ahead 9-0 after two innings highlighted by home runs by Mench and Ken Giles.

The Maine bullpen shut down the Hens and allowed the Bears to get back into the game after homers by Rex Turner in the fourth and Gabe Memmert in the fifth.

Maine scrapped for two more runs in the sixth to make the score 9-5, but that was as close it got.

Dave Mullin completed the game for the Hens, pitching seven innings allowing 10 hits and five runs while striking out four.

Maine’s Jason Hall was pounded for eight runs in 1 2/3 innings of work and remains winless against four losses on the season.

Hens 14, Black Bears 4

(Saturday’s First Game)

Maine men (8-10) Delaware (11-4)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 3b 4 1 1 0 Ardizzone, 2b 5 1 2 0

Sheedy, cf 3 0 1 0 Trivits, dh-ss 5 1 1 1

Memmert, 1b 4 0 2 1 Mench, rf 4 4 4 4

Coombs, rf 3 0 0 1 Lofink, rf 1 0 0 0

Bracali, ss 4 0 0 0 Pulito, 1b 2 4 2 0

Turner, lf 3 0 0 0 Eyman, lf 4 2 3 3

Fernandez, dh 3 1 1 0 McSherry, c 4 0 2 2

Jarvais, c 3 1 2 0 Simpson, c 0 0 0 0

Croteau, 2b 3 1 2 2 Duffie, cf 4 1 1 1

DiMaggio, 3b 4 1 2 2

Koplove, ss-dh 4 0 0 0

Totals 30 4 9 4 Totals 37 14 17 13

Maine 010 000 3 – 4

Delaware 205 340 x – 14

E – Bracali, Memmert; Koplove 2 2B – Jarvais; DiMaggio, Eyman 2, McSherry HR – Eyman, Mench 3, Trivits LOB – Maine 7, Delaware 7 DP – Delaware 1 SB – DiMaggio SF – Coombs

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Bailin (L, 0-2) 3 1/3 11 10 9 1 4

Cochran 2 2/3 6 4 4 1 2

Delaware

Philips (W, 4-0) 7 9 4 4 1 4

WP – Bailin TIME – 1:51 ATTENDANCE – 225

Hens 11, Black Bears 8

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine men (8-11) Delaware (12-4)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 3b 4 2 2 0 Ardizzone, 2b 4 0 2 2

Sheedy, cf 4 1 0 0 Trivits, dh 4 0 0 0

Memmert, 1b 3 3 3 6 Mench, rf 4 3 3 2

Coombs, rf 3 0 1 0 Pulito, 1b 4 2 2 0

Bracali, ss 4 0 0 1 Giles, 1b 0 0 0 0

Turner, lf 4 0 0 0 Eyman, lf 4 2 4 3

Fernandez, dh 3 0 1 0 McSherry, c 3 1 1 1

Jarvais, c 3 1 0 0 Simpson, c 0 0 0 0

Croteau, 2b 2 0 0 0 Duffie, cf 3 0 0 0

Hamblton, 2b 1 1 1 1 DiMaggio, 3b 3 1 2 3

Koplove, ss 3 2 2 0

Totals 31 8 8 8 Totals 32 11 16 11

Maine 201 030 2 – 8

Delaware 316 001 x – 11

E – Croteau, Memmert; Pulito 2 2B – Fernandez; Ardizzone, Mench HR – Hambelton, Memmert 3; DiMaggio, Eyman, Mench 2 LOB – Maine 4, Delaware 3

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

O’Brien (L, 2-2) 6 16 11 5 0 0

Delaware

Frey (W, 2-1) 7 8 8 4 2 11

PB – McSherry TIME – 1:50 ATTENDANCE – 225

Hens 9, Black Bears 4

(Sunday’s First Game)

Maine men (8-12) Delaware (13-4)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 2b 3 2 1 0 Ardizzone, 2b 4 0 0 0

Sheedy, cf 4 0 2 0 Trivits, ss 4 2 1 0

Memmert, 1b 3 0 1 0 Mench, rf 4 3 3 3

Coombs, rf 2 0 0 1 Eyman, lf 3 0 1 1

Bracali, ss 4 1 1 0 McSherry, c 2 1 1 0

Hamblton, dh 3 0 0 0 Duffie, cf 3 2 3 1

Turner, lf 3 0 1 1 DiMaggio, 3b 3 1 1 0

Fernandez, 3b 3 0 1 0 Giles, 1b 3 0 2 1

Jarvais, c 2 1 0 0 Kolodzey, dh 3 0 1 2

Totals 27 4 7 2 Totals 29 9 13 8

Maine 012 010 0 – 4

Delaware 024 201 x – 9

E – Bracali, Koutrouba, Turner; Trivits 2B – Memmert; Mench HR – Mench 2 LOB – Maine 7; Delaware 4 DP – Maine 1 SB – Bracali S – McSherry SF – Coombs, Eyman

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Koutrouba (L, 2-3) 6 13 9 4 0 4

Delaware

Koplove (W, 2-1) 7 7 4 2 3 5

HBP – Memmert by Koplove TIME – 1:55 ATTENDANCE – 195

Hens 9, Black Bears 5

(Sunday’s Second Game)

Maine men (8-13) Delaware (14-4)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 3b 4 1 2 0 Ardizzone, 2b 4 1 1 0

Sheedy, cf 3 0 1 0 Trivits, ss 5 0 0 0

Memmert, 1b 3 1 1 1 Mench, rf 1 2 1 1

Coombs, rf 4 0 0 1 Eyman, lf 0 2 0 0

Fernandez, dh 4 0 0 0 McSherry, c 3 1 1 1

Bracali, ss 4 1 3 0 Duffie, cf 4 1 1 1

Turner, lf 4 1 1 2 DiMaggio, 3b 2 1 1 0

Jarvais, c 2 0 0 0 Giles, 1b 3 1 2 4

Pantazis, c 2 1 1 0 Lofink, dh 4 0 0 0

Croteau, 2b 1 0 1 0

Hamblton, ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 32 5 10 4 Totals 26 9 7 7

Maine 000 212 0 – 5

Delaware 360 000 x – 9

E – Croteau, Hewey, Jarvais; DiMaggio, Trivits HR – Memmert, Turner; Giles, Mench LOB – Maine 9, Delaware 11 DP – Maine 1, Delaware 1 SB – Ardizzone

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Hall (L, 0-4) 1 2/3 4 8 5 6 2

Hewey 2 1/3 2 1 0 3 2

Worcester 1 0 0 0 2 0

Dickinson 1 1 0 0 1 0

Delaware

Mullin (W, 4-1) 7 10 5 3 2 4

HBP – Memmert by Mullin WP – Hall TIME – 2:06 ATTENDANCE – 195

Husson splits

At Orangeburg, N.Y., the Husson Braves split weekend doubleheaders with Wilmington College Saturday and Dominican College of New York on Sunday.

In Sunday’s early game, Bryan Dillon held Husson to eight hits and one run over seven innings of work while earning the win for Dominican College.

Dominican scored a run in each of the first three innings and exploded for four runs in the fourth highlighted by Chris Lothian homer in the third and Mario DeLuca’s two-run triple in the fourth.

Takeo Nakmura had two hits for Husson and Kim Zukowski allowed seven runs on eight hits in four innings to take the loss.

In Sunday’s second game, Husson jumped ahead by scoring five runs in the first four innings.

Husson’s Ron Perry had three hits and six RBIs on a grand slam in the seventh and two RBI doubles. Dan Curtis and Aaron Largay each had two hits for Husson.

Mario DeLuca led Dominican with a two-run home run in the fifth inning as they cut the score to 7-4.

(Saturday’s First Game) Husson 030 000 0 – 3 9 5 Wilmington 000 110 2 – 4 6 1

Nelson and Williams; Viel and Friel (Saturday’s Second Game) Husson 404 020 0 – 10 13 1 Wilmington 100 003 3 – 7 9 2

Roy, Doble (6), Soper (7) and Williams; Hirschman, Williams (4) and Friel

(Sunday’s First Game) Husson 010 000 0 – 1 8 2 Dominican 111 400 x – 7 8 2

Zukowski, Rocheford (5) and Williams; Dillon and Brundage (Sunday’s Second Game) Husson 210 220 5 – 12 14 1 Dominican 010 030 0 – 4 8 3

Brown, Perry (5) and Corey; Ross, Ricca (4), Miele (5), Paul (7) and Brundage

Softball

Maine drops two

At Marietta, Ga., the University of Maine softball team lost two games Saturday, a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Butler and a 6-3 loss to Georgia Southern.

In game one, Butler scored all five runs in the first two innings and Stephanie Burlein held the Black Bears to three hits.

Melissa Garvey homered for the winners and drove in three runs.

Jill Cassie, Michelle Puls and Nicole Gamblin each singled for Maine.

In game two, Maine jumped ahead with three quick runs in a first inning highlighted by Sara Jewett’s two-run double.

That was all the offense the Black Bears could muster.

Lorey Kammerer regained her composure and held Maine scoreless the next six innings to pick up the win.

(First Game) Maine 000 000 0 – 0 3 1 Butler 320 000 x – 5 7 0 (Second Game) Maine 300 000 0 3 4 1 Georgia Southern 203 001 x – 6 8 0

Husson drops three of four

The Husson Braves lost three of four games over the weekend, losing to Wilmington 8-7 and 10-2 on Saturday and splitting with St. Thomas Aquinas 11-1 and 9-0 on Sunday.

In Saturday’s first game, Husson scored in each of the first four innings to build a 6-0 lead, but Wilmington stormed back with six runs in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the seventh.

The Braves got one back in the seventh, but it wasn’t enough.

Sami Hibbard, Dawn Doucette and Emily Walker each had three hits and an RBI for the Braves.

Beth Salony collected three hits for Wilmington and Jen Flohart added two singles.

In Saturday’s second game, Husson was simply overmatched as Beth Salony pitched six innings of four-hit, two-run ball in the mercy rule-shortened game.

Angie Brawn provided the lone highlight for Husson with an RBI single in the second inning.

Rachael Veveros and Lisa Scholl each hit two-run home runs for Wilmington.

In Sunday’s first game, the Braves whipped St. Thomas Aquinas of New York behind the strong pitching of Kelly Dowm, who pitched allowed five hits and one run in six innings.

Emily Walker and Amy Coppola provided key hits during the five-run third inning for the Braves. Walker blasted a three-run triple and Coppola added an RBI double.

Laura Vota had two singles for St. Thomas Aquinas.

In the second game, St. Thomas Aquinas scored early and often to down Husson 9-0 in a shortened game.

Jen Russ had two singles to lead Husson.

Cather Quinn had three hits and four RBIs while Vota and Jackie Dinuzzo each had two singles for St. Thomas Aquinas.

(Saturday’s first game) Husson 211 200 1 -7 9 3 Wilmington 000 620 x – 8 11 4

Dow and Coppola; Wright, Scholl (4) and Veveros (Saturday’s second game) Husson 020 000 – 2 4 3 Wilmington 202 042 – 10 14 2

Hibbard and Brawn; Salony and Veveros (Sunday’s first game) Husson 005 303 – 11 11 1 St. Thomas Aquinas 001 000 – 1 5 2

Dow and Coppola; Chappas and Magaletta (Sunday’s second game) Husson 000 00 – 0 4 2 St. Thomas Aquinas 331 2x – 9 13 0

Hibbard and Brawn; Seminara and Magaletta