Bears salvage Sunday game> Delaware takes three of four from UMaine in league opener

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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Maine baseball team pounded out 16 hits in Sunday’s second game as the Black Bears notched a 15-11 victory over Delaware after dropping three straight to the Blue Hens in Maine’s America East season-opening baseball series.

Delaware won Sunday’s opener 5-2. On Saturday, the Hens won the first game 2-1 and rolled 18-9 in the second game.

In Sunday’s nightcap, Jon Hambelton belted two homers and two singles and drove in six runs in the Maine win. Jamie Barrett hit a home run and two singles and Joe Drapeau singled three times and tallied three RBIs.

Jim Bailin allowed eight hits in 4 1/3 innings for the win.

Delaware’s Reid Gorecki hit two home runs and Chris Kolodzey knocked in four runs.

In Sunday’s opener, Kolodzey hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Peter Maestrales followed with a solo shot off Bears lefthander Rusty Tucker to power Delaware.

Maine’s Mike Ross notched a solo home run in the fourth inning. Freshman Aaron Young of Augusta singled twice.

In Saturday’s first game, Delaware’s Rich McGuire pitched a three-hitter, allowing one run and striking out 11. Delaware’s John Schneider hit a solo homer and Peter Maestrales drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh with a bases-loaded single.

Barrett hit two doubles for Maine and Julian Bracali grounded out in the fifth inning to drive in Drapeau for the Bears’ only run.

In Saturday’s second game, Delaware scored six runs in the first inning and 12 in the third to pull away for the win. Vince Vukovich led the Hens with a double, two singles and three RBIs.

Hambelton paced Maine with three singles, while Drapeau, Barrett and Bracali each singled twice.

Blue Hens 5, Black Bears 2

(Sunday’s First Game)

Maine (8-15) Delaware (14-8)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Livulpi, cf 4 0 1 0 Fahy, cf 4 1 2 0

Ross, lf 3 1 3 1 Gorekci, lf 2 1 1 0

Hambelton, 1b 3 0 0 0 Salvo, 2b 2 1 0 0

Drapeau, 3b 3 0 0 0 Kolodzey, rf 3 1 2 4

Barrett, dh 3 1 1 0 Maestrales, 3b 3 1 1 1

Bracali, 2b 3 0 0 0 Harden, 1b 3 0 1 0

Young, rf 3 0 2 0 Vukovich, dh 3 0 1 0

Picard, c 3 0 1 0 Fry, ss 2 0 0 0

Peel, ss 2 0 0 0 Schneider, c 3 0 0 0

Ouellette, ph 0 0 0 1

Totals 27 2 8 2 Totals 25 5 8 5

Maine 000 100 1 – 2

Delaware 104 000 x – 5

HR – Ross; Maestrales, Kolodzey LOB – Maine 5, Delaware 5 DP – Delaware SB – Fahy, Gorecki, Salvo S – Fry

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Tucker (L, 0-2) 6 8 5 9 2 5

Delaware

Vincent (W, 2-1) 7 8 2 2 1 3

WP – Tucker TIME – 1:45

Black Bears 15, Blue Hens 11

(Sunday’s Second Game)

Maine (9-15) Delaware (14-9)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Livulpi, cf 5 1 1 0 Fahy, lf 3 0 2 0

Bracali, 2b 5 1 1 0 Gorecki, cf 5 2 2 2

Barrett, dh 4 3 3 1 Salvo, 2b 4 2 1 0

Ross, lf 3 3 1 2 Kolodzey, rf 3 2 2 4

Drapeau, 3b 5 2 3 3 Maestrales, 3b 4 2 2 0

Hambelton, 1b 4 2 4 6 Harden, 1b 3 1 1 2

Young, rf 4 1 1 1 Eitelman, ph 1 1 1 0

Peel, ss 2 1 1 0 Vukovich, dh 3 0 0 0

Picard, c 4 1 1 2 Prozioni, dh 1 1 0 0

Fry, ss 3 0 0 0

Dufner, ph 1 0 0 1

Schneider, c 3 0 0 1

Totals 36 15 16 15 Totals 34 11 11 10

Maine 270 204 0 – 15

Delaware 300 050 3 – 11

E – Pivulpi, Drapeau, Peel; Gorecki, Maestrales, Fry 2B – Livulpi, Barrett HR – Barrett, Ross, Hambelton, Young, Picard; Gorecki 2, Kolodzey 2, Harden

LOB – Maine 5, Delaware 6

DP – Maine, Delaware 2

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Bailin (W, 2-3) 4 1/3 8 8 7 3 0

Cochran 2 2/3 2 3 1 1 0

Delaware

Lorito (L, 1-2) 1 2/3 8 8 3 1 2

Spiewak 3 1/3 4 3 3 0 3

Romond 1/3 3 4 4 1 0

Sage 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3

HBP – Peel by Spiewack, Peel by Romond WP – Lorito PB – Picard 2 TIME – 2:20 ATTENDANCE – 325

Blue Hens 2, Black Bears 1

(Saturday’s First Game)

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

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Livulpi, cf 3 0 0 0 Fahy, cf 1 0 0 0

Ross, lf 2 0 0 0 Vukovich, lf 4 0 1 0

Hambelton, 1b 3 0 0 0 Salvo, 2b 2 0 0 0

Drapeau, 3b 3 1 1 0 Kolodzey, rf 3 0 1 0

Barrett, rf 3 0 2 0 Maestrales, 3b 4 0 2 1

Goirigolzarri, dh 3 0 0 0 Fry, dh-ss 3 0 0 0

Bracali, 2b 3 0 0 1 Harden, 1b 2 0 0 0

Picard, c 1 0 0 0 Dufner, ss 2 0 0 0

Ouellette, ph 1 0 0 0 Gorecki, ph 1 0 0 0

Harris, c 0 0 0 0 Schneider, c 1 2 1 1

Peel, ss 2 0 0 0

Totals 24 1 3 1 Totals 23 2 5 2

Maine 000 010 0 – 1

Delaware 001 000 1 – 2

E – Bracali, Picard 2B – Barrett 2; Kolodzey HR – Schneider LOB – Maine 3, Delaware 10 DP – Maine SB – Fahy, Salvo, Maestrales S – Fahy

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Ehmke (L, 1-3) 6 2/3 5 2 2 8 5

Delaware

McGuire (W, 5-1) 7 3 1 1 1 11

WP – Ehmke TIME – 1:58

Blue Hens 19, Black Bears 8

(Saturday’s Second Game)

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

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Livulpi, cf 4 0 1 0 Fahy, cf 3 2 2 1

Young, cf 1 0 0 0 Shipton, lf 1 0 0 0

Ross, lf 4 0 0 1 Corecki, lf-cf 5 1 3 1

Hambelton, 1b 4 0 3 1 Salvo, 2b 2 2 2 1

Drapeau, 3b 5 2 2 0 Kolodzey, rf 4 2 2 3

Barrett, rf 3 2 2 0 Maestrales, 3b 3 3 2 3

Bracali, 2b 4 1 2 1 Dufner, ph-3b 1 0 0 0

Genest, dh 2 0 0 1 Fry, ss 4 2 2 0

Ouellette, dh 1 1 0 0 Vukovich, dh 3 3 3 3

Harris, c 1 0 1 1 Preziosi, dh 2 0 1 0

Nunez, ph 1 0 0 0 Harden, 1b 2 2 1 2

Picard, c 1 1 1 1 Eitelman, 1b 2 0 0 0

Carlton, c 1 0 0 0 Schneider, c 3 2 1 3

Peel, ss 1 1 0 1 Nimer, c 1 0 0 0

Totals 33 8 12 7 Totals 36 19 19 17

Maine 020 150 0 – 8

Delaware 60(12) 100 0 – 19

E – Bracali; Fahy, Fry 2B – Kolodkey, Maestrales, Vukovich HR – Maestrales, Harden, Schneider LOB – Maine 11, Delware 8 DP – Delaware SB – Salvo 2, Kolodzey

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Laganiere (L, 1-1) 2 1/3 8 12 11 7 0

Labelle 3 2/3 11 7 2 2 5

Delaware

Mullin (W, 4-4) 5 11 8 7 5 1

Zeigler 2 1 0 0 1 2

HBP – Peel by Mullin WP – Laganiere 2, Labelle PB – Harris, Carlton TIME – 3:30 ATTENDANCE – 400

Huskies split doubleheader

At Providence, Andy Lang hit a three-run homer to start a four-run rally in the eighth as the USM Huskies came from behind to beat Rhode Island College 10-8 in the first game.

In the second game, Dave Walsh hit a three-run homer to snap the 4-4 tie in the seventh for Southern Maine, before the Anchormen came back to take the game 7-4.

(First Game) Southern Maine (8-6) 120 003 040 – 10 13 1 Rhode Island (3-11) 200 311 010 – 8 14 1

Webber, Pelletier (6) and L’Italien; Fields, Vickers (7) and McKinnon (Second Game) Southern Maine (8-7) 000 040 000 – 4 8 4 Rhode Island (4-11) 100 102 30x – 7 10 3

Russell and McKenna, L’Italien (7); Hardiman and Morgan

Husson splits with St. Joseph’s

At Standish, Husson of Bangor and St. Joseph’s split a doubleheader 6-3 and 14-1 on Saturday.

In the first game, Aaron Largay went 4-for-4, hitting two doubles and driving in two for Husson. John Montgomery added a home run.

Jesse Lacasse hit a homer for St. Joe’s, while Nick Mirabello added two singles.

In the second game, Joe Holland homered for St. Joe’s, while Lacasse went 3-for-3, hitting a triple, double and single.

Largay doubled, while Chris Morris singled for Husson.

(First Game) Husson (6-11) 000 030 3 – 6 9 0 Saint Joseph’s (5-8) 011 100 0 – 3 5 1

Nelson, Montgomery (7) and McGlinn; Holt, Gilbert (5), Dugan (6), Pyne (7) and Dumais, Holland (Second Game) Husson (6-12) 000 10 – 1 6 3 Saint Joseph’s (6-8) 014 9x – 14 9 2

Zukowski, Lomax (4), Kimball (5) and Worcester; Lessard and Holland

Bowdoin sweeps UM-Farmington

At Brunswick, John Perry picked up the victory in the first game, 4-3, while Jamie Russo earned the second 12-11.

In the first game, Seth Paradis hit a single for Bowdoin. Four more singles plated two more runs for the edge. Nick Potts and Jeff Bird hit RBI singles to post UMF’s first runs.

In the second game, UM-Farmington scored six runs in two innings when Greg Lovely sparked a three-run inning for the Polar Bears.

(First Game) Farmington (1-2) 000 012 0 – 3 6 0 Bowdoin (4-6) 121 000 x – 4 8 2

Conway and Potts; Perry, Russo (6), Jamieson (7) and Davidson (Second Game) Farmington (1-3) 422 111 0 – 11 11 4 Bowdoin (5-6) 133 212 x – 12 8 4

Walton, Regan (4), Meader (6) and Potts; Bersaglier, Porter (5), Russo (7) and Leigh, Davidson (6)

Husson sweeps Bowdoin

At Brunswick, Dave Dostie fired a two-hitter in the opener and Keith Simmons pitched a three-hitter in the second game Sunday as Husson College of Bangor swept a doubleheader from Bowdoin.

The Braves won the first game 6-2 and took the nightcap 3-2.

Dostie (5-2) struck out six of the last nine batters he faced while leading Husson to victory. He finished with a two-hitter, striking out 11.

Mike Worcester had three hits for the winners, including a two-run single in the seventh. Chris Pickering provided an RBI single in the sixth as Husson broke a 2-2 tie.

In the second game, Simmons (2-2) scattered three hits while going the distance. The Braves scored the eventual game-winner in the fifth when Mike King drew a one-out walk, took third on Jared Foster’s single and scored on an Aaron Largay sacrifice fly.

Bowdoin’s Seth Kolodziejski pitched a four-hitter.

(First Game) Husson 011 002 1 – 6 9 1 Bowdoin 011 000 0 – 2 2 5

Dostie and Worcester; Jamieson and Davidson (Second Game) Husson (8-12) 200 010 0 – 3 4 3 Bowdoin (5-8) 200 000 0 – 2 3 3

Simmons and McGlinn; Kolodziejski and Davidson

UM-Presque Isle, Bates split

At Lewiston, Tony Garreans rapped a three-run triple to spark a four-run fourth inning as the Owls won the second game and salvaged a split of Sunday’s twinbill against the Bobcats.

Bates won the opener 3-2 and UMaine-Presque Isle took the second game 9-6.

In the nightcap, UMPI broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth when an error and two walks set the stage for Garreans’ triple. He eventually scored and the Owls added two insurance runs in the seventh.

In the first game, James Hanley and Shane Delaney combined on a four-hitter for the Bobcats. Matt Pound’s two-run double in the sixth provided the margin of victory.

(Sunday’s First Game) UM-Presque Isle 000 002 0 – 2 4 2 Bates 001 002 x – 3 5 4

Libbey and Ventura; Hanley, Delaney (5) and Donaldson (Sunday’s Second Game) UM-Presque Isle (1-3) 201 400 2 – 9 10 0 Bates (1-7) 003 201 0 – 6 10 2

Michaud, Cox (4), Santiago (6) and Ventura; Walsh, Delaney (4), Weaver (7) and Hubbard

USM 16, UMass-Boston 10

At Boston, Darrin Daniels and Andy Lang combined for 10 hits, including four doubles and seven RBI to lead Southern Maine Sunday.

Southern Maine (9-7) 112 155 100 – 16 19 4 UMass-Boston (10-12) 231 020 110 – 10 16 2

Sebring, Carlson (5), Gunning (9) and L’Italien; Bedard, McDonough (5), Forbes (6) and Tapley

Softball

Colby sweeps doubleheader

At Waltham, Mass., Colby junior Steph Greenleaf held Brandeis to one run in the opener in a sweep of Brandeis, recording a 6-1 win in the opener and a 13-9 victory in the nightcap.

In the first game, Colby’s Stacy Thurston gave up seven runs in 5 1/3 innings, while two players had two hits each.

In the second game, five different Mules scored two runs each. Marcy Wagner led the way with a solo homer in the fifth and a two-run shot in the sixth.

(First Game) Colby (8-3) 300 010 2 – 6 8 2 Brandeis (6-11) 000 100 0 – 1 4 1

Greenleaf and Goodman; Powers and Boyce (Second Game) Colby (9-3) 132 114 1 – 13 19 2 Brandeis (6-12) 200 303 1 – 9 15 0

Thurston, Grant (6) and Goodman; Bronnenkant and Boyce

Colonials 10, USM 3

At Danbury, Conn., Western Connecticut hit three home runs in the first game to beat Southern Maine 10-3, and rallied for seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 7-2 decision in the second game.

(First Game) Southern Maine (4-5-1) 000 201 0 – 3 9 5 Western Conn. (7-4) 012 322 x – 10 10 2

Gagnon and Fulton; Manning and Ki. Lynch (Second Game) Southern Maine (4-6-1) 101 000 0 – 2 7 6 Western Conn. (8-4) 000 043 x – 7 8 0

Becher and Fulton; Miehe and Ki. Lynch

Maine wins three of four

At West Hartford, Conn., Carrie Green and Ashley Yuhas each picked up a win on Saturday as UMaine swept Hartford 4-0 and 2-1. The Bears split with Hartford on Sunday, winning 2-0 and losing 4-1.

In Saturday’s first game, Green pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball, walking none and striking out three in the shutout. Sophomore Erica Sobel fueled the Bears’ nine-hit attack with two singles, a double, an RBI and a run scored.

Jodiann Palmeirei paced Hartford with two singles.

In Saturday’s second game, Yuhas improved to 6-5 in the circle, pitching six innings of five-hit ball while giving up one earned run, two walks and striking out three. Sobel again paced the Bears with a double and a run scored.

On Sunday, Green, who improved to 8-4, held Hartford to just two hits.

The Bears were held scoreless for six innings by Liz Nadeau, but back-to-back singles from Sobel and Sara Jewett were followed by a two-run double to right by Karyn McMullin in the seventh to lift UMaine to the 2-0 win.

In the second game, Andi Miller took a no-hitter into the seventh inning as Hartford defeated UMaine, 4-1, and prevented the sweep.

Jenn Vuolo, who homered, scored on a ground ball by Kelly Belmont in the third, and the Hawks added a run in the fifth off an RBI double by junior Marci Simoneau to pull away.

McMullin roped an RBI single that scored Sobel, who singled and advanced on a wild pitch, to ruin Miller’s shutout bid.

(Saturday’s First Game) UMaine 011 020 0 – 4 9 0 Hartford 000 000 0 – 0 5 5

Green, Sawyer (6) and Jewett; Nadeau and Chiavone (Saturday’s Second Game) UMaine (14-11) 000 200 0 – 2 3 0 Hartford (5-9) 000 002 0 – 1 5 3

Yuhas, Sawyer (7) and Jewett; Miller and Chiavone (Sunday’s First Game) UMaine 000 000 2 – 2 4 1 Hartford 000 000 0 – 0 2 1

Green and Jewett; Nadeau and Chiavone (Sunday’s Second Game) UMaine (15-12) 000 000 1 – 1 2 2 Hartford (6-10) 001 012 x – 4 7 0

Yuhas and Bain; Miller and Chiavone

Bowdoin sweeps Bates

At Brunswick, Katie Sheridan hit a two-run double in the 10th inning of the first game to give the Polar Bears the 6-5 win. Kristie Miller knocked in six runs for an 8-5 win to complete the sweep.

In the first game, Erin McDonough hit a two-run, two-out double while Gina Laugelli allowed one unearned run in the first six innings for Bowdoin. Teresa Janisch and Laura Lent added RBI singles for Bates.

In the second game, Miller hit a grand slam in a five-run first and then talled a two-RBI single for Bowdoin, while Jessie Poulin scattered five runs and 10 hits over seven innings. Janisch led Bates with three hits and two RBI.

(First Game) Bates (0-1) 010 000 100 3 – 5 9 2 Bowdoin (5-7) 020 000 000 4 – 6 11 2

Walsh and Tardiff; Laugelli and Marshall (Second Game) Bates (0-2) 100 130 0 – 5 10 2 Bowdoin (6-7) 530 000 x – 8 7 2

Whiting and Ficks; Poulin and Wardrop

RIC and Colby split

At Providence, Colby held off Rhode Island College 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. The Anchorwomen took game two 1-0.

In the first game, Kim Chadwick and Marcy Wagner each doubled for Colby, while Chadwick and Kate Dalton added an RBI apiece. Jen Cook tallied a double for RIC while Jen Siciliano and Meaghan Davis each drove in a run.

In the second game, Jen Savatelli drove in Margeaux Lanoie for Rhode Island College’s lone run.

(First Game) Colby (10-3) 120 000 0 – 3 5 1 Rhode Island College (9-9) 000 000 2 – 2 5 1

Greenleaf and Goodman; Covill and Sabatelli (Second Game) Colby (10-4) 000 000 0 – 0 4 3 Rhode Island College (10-9) 000 000 1 – 1 6 0

Grant, Thurston (4) and Goodman; Wiggins and Sabatelli

Women’s lacrosse

UMass-Boston 15, MMA 4

At Boston, Chris Greely scored five goals and notched two assists for the University of Massachusetts-Boston on Saturday.

Maine Maritime’s Tom Zysk notched two goals and an assist in the game, while John Macisso and Keith Turcotte each chipped in with a goal a piece for the Mariners. Grant Robinson stopped 16 of 29 shots for MMA.

UMass-Dartmouth 10, MMA 7

At Dartmouth, Mass., Jim Ruggeri paced the Corsairs with five goals and one assist in the victory for UMass-Dartmouth on Sunday.

Tom Zysk led Maine Maritime with four goals. Obie Spear scored two for the Mariners and Ray Halsted chipped in a goal. Goalie Grant Robinson saved 15 of 43 shots for the 1-7 Mariners.