NEW YORK, N.Y. – The University of Maine baseball team held off a late rally to defeat Columbia University 9-6 on Friday.

Jon Hambelton led the Black Bear offense by blasting two homers, singling, and driving in four runs. Chris Domurat singled and drove in three runs while Quin Peel added a single and an RBI. Mike Ross singled twice and stole two bases.

Rob Worcester earned the win by scattering nine hits over seven innings while walking four and striking out two. Worcester allowed four earned runs.

Andrew Pisano singled twice and tripled to pace the Columbia offense. Peter Aswad added two singles and an RBI while Kevin Holbert and Derek Johnson each singled twice.

Matt Waldman took the loss, giving up four runs, four hits and six walks in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out two.

Black Bears 9, Lions 6

Maine (8-11) Columbia (4-7)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 3b 5 0 3 0 Holbert, 2b 4 2 2 0

Bracali, 2b 6 0 0 0 Lewis, cf 2 0 1 1

Ross, c 5 2 2 0 Wayne, rf 3 0 0 0

Peel, ss 4 1 1 1 Buckmiller, dh 4 0 0 0

Hambelton, 1b 5 3 3 4 Pisano, 3b 4 2 3 0

Ouellette, cf 1 3 0 0 Johnson, c 3 1 2 0

Jarvais, lf 5 0 1 1 O’Reilly, c 0 0 0 1

Genest, rf 2 0 0 0 Aswad, 1b 4 0 2 1

Domurat, dh 5 0 1 3 Ciancinino, lf 2 0 0 0

Berti, lf 2 0 0 0

Maher, ss 3 1 1 0

Totals 38 9 11 9 Totals 31 6 11 3

Maine 013 230 000 – 9

Columbia 120 001 011 – 6

E – Pisano 2B – Jarvais; Maher 3B – Pisano HR – Hambelton 2 LOB – Maine 12; Columbia 2 DP – Maine 6 SB – Ross 2, Hambelton; Pisano, Johnson S – O’Reilly

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Worcester 7 9 4 4 2 4

O’Brien 2 2 2 2 1 1

Columbia

Waldman 2 2/3 4 4 4 6 2

Welsh 6 1/3 7 5 4 2 5

HBP – Poire by Waldman, Ouellette by Welsh WP – Worcester; Waldman 2 PB – Johnson TIME – 2:45 ATTENDANCE – 30

Colby, Plymouth State split two

(First Game) Colby 221 020 1 – 8 9 2 Plymouth St. 100 021 0 – 4 8 0

Keelty and Smith; Morgan, Petz (4), Provencher (6) and Gauthier (Second Game) Plymouth St. 021 005 0 – 8 11 1 Colby 000 511 0 – 7 8 5

Bacon, Albertini (4), Mann (5), Orlosky (7) and Gauthier, Ryan (5); Parrillo, Paquette (6) and Hiltz

Southern Maine wins two

(First Game) Calvin (1-7) 010 000 1 – 2 2 4 Southern Maine (4-7) 050 507 x – 17 18 0

Weirs, Miedema (4) and Van Dommelen; Gilmore, Gunning (6), Andrews (7) and L’Italien, McKenna (6) (Second Game) Southern Maine (5-7) 305 030 0 – 11 12 1 Middlebury (5-5) 000 012 0 – 3 10 2

Liddy, Wiles (5), Sebring (6), Gunning (7) and L’Italien; Hommeyer, Exner (3) and Blake

Softball

Colby splits two games

(First Game) Colby (4-4) 110 000 1 – 3 4 2 Union (6-3) 031 000 x – 4 8 2

Greenleaf and Parks; Crowley and Lawton (Second Game) Colby (5-4) 101 040 0 – 6 6 3 Bowdoin (3-6) 000 002 0 – 2 3 3

Fitzsimmons and Breul; Poulin, Lagelli (5) and Warsep, Marshall (6)

Thomas, West Palm Atlantic split

(First Game) Thomas 901 10 – 11 6 1 West Palm Atlantic 000 00 – 0 6 2

Farrell and Robinson; Swan, Williams (1) and Smith (Second Game) Thomas (1-3) 100 000 0 – 1 2 6 West Palm Atlantic (6-13) 001 130 x – 5 6 2

Farrell and Robinson; Swan, Williams (1) and Smith

Southern Maine loses two

(First Game) Wright State (14-6) 012 013 – 7 6 1 Southern Maine (8-5) 100 001 – 2 9 1

Herbst and Price; Kenney and Fulton (Second Game) Southern Maine (8-6) 010 000 0 – 1 5 2 Hillsdale (2-3-1) 011 000 0 – 2 10 3

Gagnon and Fulton; Bradstock and Grubb