UM’s Hambelton handles Hofstra> Bears manage split with Dutchmen

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Jon Hambelton knocked in four runs with a home run, a double and a single Saturday, leading the University of Maine baseball team to an 11-8 first-game victory over Hofstra and a split of Saturday’s America East doubleheader at University Field.

The Flying Dutchmen snapped the Black Bears’ seven-game winning streak with a 15-8 victory in the second game, but Maine emerged from the four-game series with 14-12 record, including a 3-1 conference mark.

In the opener, Hambelton provided the offensive spark. The sophomore first baseman smacked a two-run home run in the first inning, singled and scored in the second, and rapped a two-run double in the fourth.

Maine took the lead for keeps, 4-3, in the third on Brandon Brewer’s two-out double and an RBI single by Brian Poire. The Bears added three in the fourth when Poire singled, Julian Bracali walked and Mike Ross delivered an RBI single. Hambelton followed with a two-run double down the right-field line.

Kregg Jarvais provided a solo home run and an RBI single, while Brewer rapped a double and two singles. Poire, Bracali and Mike Ross added two singles apiece.

Sophomore righthander Kris Ehmke scattered nine hits and seven runs through six innings to get the win.

Vincent Michello led 6-4 Hofstra with a three-run homer and an RBI single.

Michello was a one-man wrecking crew in the nightcap, slamming three home runs good for 10 RBIs to ignite Hofstra’s 15-hit onslaught. The senior first baseman socked a two-run homer in the first inning, belted a three-run job in the second, and hit a grand slam in the fourth.

Lohman had three singles and three RBIs, James Caroleo drilled a solo homer, a double and a single, and Farley doubled and singled for the Dutchmen behind Matt Kwasman, who spread out 10 hits.

Poire paced the Bears with a solo home run, two run-scoring doubles and a single. Jarvais contributed a solo homer, two singles and a sacrifice fly, while Brandon Brewer had two singles and two RBIs.

Freshman lefthander Rusty Tucker took the loss, lasting only 1 2/3 innings.

Black Bears 11, Dutchmen 8

(Saturday’s First Game)

Maine Hofstra

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Poire, 3b 4 2 2 1 Meittinis, 2b 2 1 1 1

Bracali, 2b 4 1 2 0 Farley, ss 3 1 1 0

Ross, lf 5 2 2 1 Michello, 1b 3 1 2 4

Hambelton, 1b 4 2 3 4 Caroleo, lf 4 0 1 1

Peel, ss 4 0 1 0 Lohman, dh-p 4 1 2 1

Ouellette, cf 3 0 0 0 Reinking, c 3 0 0 0

Jarvais, c 4 2 2 2 Melvin, ph 1 0 0 0

Brewer, rf 4 2 3 0 Ciofrone, rf 3 2 2 0

Genest, dh 1 0 0 0 Soviero, 3b 3 1 1 1

Harvie, ph 2 0 0 0 Rodriguez, cf 3 1 0 0

Totals 35 11 15 8 Totals 29 8 10 8

Maine 211 331 0 – 11

Hofstra 003 103 1 – 8

E – Michello, Caroleno, Ciofrone, Rodriguez 2B – Hambelton, Brewer; Meittinis, Ciofrone, Soviero HR – Hambelton (5), Jarvais (5); Michello (1), Lohman (2) LOB – Maine 7, Hofstra 7 DP – Meittinis to Farley to Michello SB – Jarvais (4), Brewer (2)

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Ehmke (W,3-1) 6 9 7 7 3 9

Morelli 1 1 1 1 1 2

Hofstra

Hansen (L,1-1) 4 1/3 13 10 8 3 6

Lohman 1 2/3 1 1 0 0 3

Stacker 1 1 0 0 0 0

HBP – Michello by Ehmke, Soviero by Ehmke, Meittinis by Ehmke, Ouellette by Lohman WP – Morelli, Hansen TIME – 2:27

Flying Dutchmen 15, Black Bears 8

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine (14-12) Hofstra (6-5)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

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

Bracali, 2b 4 1 1 0 Farley, ss 4 3 2 0

Ross, lf 4 0 0 0 Michello, 1b 4 4 3 10

Hambelton, 1b 4 1 1 1 Caroleo, lf 4 2 3 1

Peel, ss 4 1 0 0 Lohman, dh 4 0 3 3

Ouellette, cf 2 1 0 0 Melvin, c 2 0 0 0

Jarvais, c 2 1 1 2 Gaudio, c 1 0 0 0

Brewer, rf 3 1 2 2 Boffalo, rf 2 0 0 0

Harvie, dh 3 1 1 0 Ciofrone, rf 1 1 1 0

Soviero, 3b 4 1 1 1

McMahon, cf 2 2 1 0

Totals 30 8 10 8 Totals 32 15 15 15

Maine 222 002 0 – 8

Hofstra 344 400 x – 15

E – Poire; Soviero 2B – Poire 2, Harvie; Farley, Caroleo HR – Poire, Jarvais; Michello, Caroleo, Soviero LOB – Maine 4, Hofstra 5 DP – Cochran to Bracali to Hambelton, Poire to Bracali to Hambelton, Peel to Bracali to Hambelton; Kwasman to Farley to Michello SF – Jarvais

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Tucker (L,3-3) 1 2/3 6 7 7 3 3

Cochran 2 6 7 6 2 0

Hewey 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 0

Dickinson 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0

Hofstra

Kwasman (W,1-0) 7 10 8 6 1 4

HBP – Ouellette by Kwasman PB – Jarvais, Melvin 2 TIME – 2:20 ATTENDANCE – 89

Colby sweeps doubleheader

At Wellesley, Mass. – Kris Keelty and Brian DiBello pitched four- and three-hit games, respectively, to lead Colby College of Waterville to a doubleheader sweep – 4-1 and 10-1 – over Babson College Saturday.

In the first game, Keelty (2-1) struck out eight and issued no walks. Bill Goldman paced the offense with two singles, two runs, and an RBI.

Justin Lappen (0-4) took the loss for the 4-11 Beavers.

In the second game, DiBello improved to 3-1 while striking out three and walking two. Colby freshman Jon Lord went 3-for-4 with a double and six RBIs and Matt Simard hit his second home run of the season.

For Babson, Greg Conant (0-3) took the loss.

(First Game) Colby 202 000 0 – 4 6 1 Babson 001 000 0 – 1 4 1

Lappen and Sorrells; Keelty and Smith (Second Game) Colby (9-4) 000 250 3 – 10 13 1 Babson (4-11) 000 100 0 – 1 3 0

Conant, McCabe (5), Connor (7) and Palleria; DiBello and Hiltz

UMF, Bowdoin split pair

At Brunswick, Waterville High School product Daren Meader scattered eight hits over seven innings to lead the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers to an 8-2 victory in the first game, while Scott Jamieson of Bowdoin College returned the favor in the second with a seven-hitter in Bowdoin’s 11-3 win Saturday.

In the first game, Mike Fullerton hit a solo homer in the seventh and singled. Meader became UMF’s all-time leader in wins with ??.

Ryan Buckley led Bowdoin with a double and single. Dave DeCew had an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.

In the second game, Buckley went 3-for-3 with three runs and DeCew was 2-for-4 with two RBIs to pace the Polar Bears.

Fullerton hit his fourth home run of the season, a two-run homer in the seventh, and a double to lead the Beavers.

(First Game) UM-Farmington (2-3) 130 030 1 – 8 8 2 Bowdoin (2-9) 001 010 0 – 2 8 3

Meader and Cushman; Kolodziejski, Hess (6) and Leigh (Second Game) UM-Farmington 000 000 3 – 3 7 3 Bowdoin 302 420 x – 11 11 1

Conway, Berthiaume (8) and Cushman; Jamieson and Marcantonio

Tufts 13-7, Bates 5-0

(Saturday’s First Game) Tufts 041 303 2 – 13 17 1 Bates 000 020 3 – 5 6 5

Marengi and Suprenant; Gallagher, Walsh (4) and Donaldson

(Saturday’s Second Game) Tufts (7-7) 400 000 3 – 7 11 2 Bates (0-10) 000 000 0 – 0 2 3

Brown and Scola; Merriman, Stanton (7) and Donaldson

USM sweeps Western Connecticut

(Saturday’s First Game) Southern Maine 301 000 (10)23 – 19 18 5 W. Connecticut 000 050 300 – 8 10 8

Gilmore, Szklarz (5), Wilses (7), Southwick (8), Gunning (9) and Melanson; Nelson, Reyes (7), Fletcher (9) and Nardi

(Saturday’s Second Game) So. Maine (7-9) (10)13 003 212 – 22 27 3 W. Connecticut (0-4) 300 000 010 – 4 6 3

Liddy, Sebring (7), Silveria (9) and L’Italien; Mastropietro, Downing (4) and Cucurullo

Softball

Husson drops pair on Saturday

At Orangeburg, N.Y., St. Thomas-Aquinas of Sparkill, N.Y. rallied late in both games of a Saturday doubleheader to sweep Husson College. The Spartans edged the Braves 6-5 in game one and came back with a 13-8 win in game two.

In the first game, Christy Dowling’s single with one out in the bottom of the seventh brought in the winning run for the Spartans.

Jamie Davidson, Kristen Giordano and Jackie Dinuzzo ripped two singles each for St. Thomas-Aquinas.

Junior Kelly Dow slammed a two-run homer for the Braves and Dawn Doucette added a two-run triple.

In game two, the Spartans scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, rallying from an 8-6 defecit to down Husson.

Mary Bullock singled three times and drove in a run for St. Thomas-Aquinas. Dowling also had three singles.

Nicole Mitchell singled three times and knocked in a run for Husson. Sami Hibbard tripled and singled with one RBI. Junior Kelly Dow doubled and singled and freshman Kelly Dow added a triple and single.

(Saturday’s First Game) Husson 000 041 0 – 5 6 3 St. Thomas-Aquinas 050 000 1 – 6 13 3

Deyone and Brawn; Seminara, Chappas (6) and Dinuzzo

(Saturday’s Second Game) Husson (3-9) 016 001 0 – 8 15 6 St. Thomas-Aquinas (3-7) 015 007 x – 13 14 2

Dow (Jr.) and Brawn; Chappas, Morales (3) and Dinuzzo

Bowdoin sweeps Bates

At Lewiston, Bowdoin College of Brunswick swept host Bates College in the CBB opener for both schools. The Polar Bears pounded the Bobcats in the first game 11-1 and held off Bates 7-6 in the second.

In the first game, Erin McDonough went 2-for-4 with two singles, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Jessie Poulin allowed three hits in five innings to earn the win for the Polar Bears.

In the second game, Emily Rizza’s single in the top of the seventh inning delivered Megan Wardrop with the winning run.

Rizza finished with three singles and an RBI for the Polar Bears. Kristie Miller doubled twice, singled and drove in two runs. Megan Wardrop added a double and two singles.

Anna Wulffleff singled twice (2 RBIs) for Bates.

(Saturday’s First Game) Bowdoin 004 61 – 11 6 4 Bates 000 01 – 1 3 4

Poulin and Marshall; Gasior and Ficks

(Saturday’s Second Game) Bowdoin (9-5) 023 100 1 – 7 11 1 Bates (0-3) 000 213 0 – 6 8 3

Laugelli and Wardrop; Crawford and Bosse

USM, Rhode Island College split

(Saturday’s First Game) Southern Maine 100 001 0 – 2 7 0 Rhode Island College 000 000 0 – 0 3 2

Kenney and Fulton; Wiggins and Sabatelli

(Saturday’s Second Game) Southern Maine (9-9) 100 02 – 3 11 3 Rhode Island College (8-10) 303 41 – 11 14 3

Gagnon, McCaffrey (4) and Fulton; Peruzzi, Wiggins (4) and Sabatelli

Lacrosse

UMass-Dartmouth 18, MMA 9

At Castine, UMass-Dartmouth outscored Maine Maritime Academy 10-3 in the second and third periods to take the win.

The Mariners took a 4-3 lead after one quarter, but the Corsairs responded by outscoring MMA 5-1 in the second and 5-2 in the third.