BU spoils UMaine’s home opener

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ORONO – The University of Maine softball team celebrated the opening of a new field this weekend, but Boston University made the Bears unwelcome in their own home.

Boston University took three-of-four games from Maine in a weekend series at Kessock Field, including a sweep on Saturday, with scores of 4-2 and 7-4. The Black Bears salvaged a split on Sunday, picking up a 1-0 win before falling 4-0 in the second game.

In Saturday’s first game, Robyn King finished with 12 strike outs and hit a home run for the Terriers. Sara Jewett became the first Black Bear to collect a hit at the new park, when she hit a two-run homer to center field in the fourth inning.

In the second game, Amy Parker led the ofensive charge going 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and one run scored for the Terriers. Karyn McMullin and Amanda Stevens each had a double for Maine, while Jewett had a single.

In Sunday’s first game, Carrie Green allowed only three hits in seven innings for Maine, while Aliesha Rautenberg hit a double to pace the offense.

BU’s Mary Colleran allowed only two hits over six innings.

In game two, King struck out 12 again while giving up only three hits to lift BU. King also hit a two-run home run for Boston University. Ashley Yuhas gave up seven hits and four runs to BU, while Karyn McMullin hit a double for the Black Bears.

(Saturday’s First Game) Boston University (11-2) 200 020 0 – 4 11 0 Maine (6-7) 000 200 0 – 2 2 2

King and Linnemeyer; Green, Yuhas (7) and Jewett (Saturday’s Second Game) Boston University (12-2) 210 003 1 – 7 12 1 Maine (6-8) 000 100 3 – 4 5 1

Horrick and Linnemeyer; Yuhas, Green (6) and Bain (Sunday’s First Game) Boston University (12-3) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1 Maine (7-8) 000 100 x – 1 2 0

Colleran and Linnemeyer; Green and Jewett (Sunday’s Second Game) Boston University (13-3) 002 000 2 – 4 9 0 Maine (7-9) 000 000 0 – 0 3 0

King and Linnemeyer; Yuhas, Green (7) and Jewett

Bates sweeps UM-Presque Isle

At Lewiston on Saturday, Bates piled up 24 runs on as many hits while sweeping UMaine-Presque Isle by identical 12-4 scores.

In the opener, Ginger Walsh and Jen Tjepkema combined on a three-hitter and was backed by a double and a single by Laura Lent. Teresa Janish and Krissie Whiting singled twice each.

Kristin Supa homered for the Owls.

In the second game, Jen Crawford scattered three hits for Bates. Whiting stroked three singles and Janisch had two.

Steph Gagnon took the loss for UMPI.

(Saturday’s First Game) UMPI 020 20 – 4 3 4 Bates 030 81 – 12 12 3

Thurlow and Supa; Walsh, Tjepkema (5) and Tardiff (Saturday’s Second Game) UMPI (0-2) 110 20 – 4 3 2 Bates (4-4) 150 06 – 12 12 2

Gagnon, Thibodeau (2), Gibb (3) and Supa; Crawford and Bosse, Ficks (3)

UMF sweeps UM-Augusta

At Farmington, the Beavers capitalized on two high-scoring innings to sweep the University of Maine at Augusta. Farmington won the first game 9-1 and the second game 6-1.

In the first game, the Beavers came up with five runs in the sixth inning to down the Moose. Becky Roak had a home run and a single to pace the offense.

In the second game, UM-Farmington did all its damage in the first inning by scoring six runs. The Beavers registered five hits and two walks to score their runs.

(Saturday’s First Game) UM-Augusta 000 001 – 1 4 1 UM-Farmington 112 005 – 9 11 2

Marshall and Demers; Marden, Leman (3) and Goyette (Saturday’s Second Game) UM-Augusta (6-4) 100 000 0 – 1 3 1 UM-Farmington (0-6) 600 000 x – 6 8 0

Marshall and Demers; Graham, LeClerc (3) and Pritham

Becker sweeps MMA

At Leicester, Mass., Aimee Levesque fired a pair of complete games as Becker College swept Maine Maritime Academy. The Hawks won by scores of 9-0 and 10-1.

In the first game, Levesque spun a no-hitter to lead the Hawks. Becker pounded the Mariners for 10 hits.

In the second game, Levesque tossed a two-hitter as Becker completed the sweep. Jamie Lewis had three singles and two RBIs for the winners. Shawna Scnitzke added a pair of singles.

Stacie Ryan and Caitlin Carr had one single apiece for the Mariners.

(Sunday’s First Game) Maine Maritime 000 00 – 0 0 2 Becker 910 0x – 10 10 0

Cooper and Jones; Levesque and Moulin

(Sunday’s Second Game) Maine Maritime (3-11) 100 00 – 1 2 2 Becker (16-9) 400 5x – 9 10 1

Cooper and Jones; Levesque and Morin

St. Joe’s wins two on Sunday

At Standish, the Monks pounded out 26 hits and scored 20 runs, taking wins over Johnson State and Castleton State on Sunday.

In the first game, Sarah Webster pitched a three-hitter and knocked in five runs to pace the Monks to a 9-1 win over Johnson State. Sue Picard doubled and singled to drive in a pair of runs.

April Cunniff singled to knock in a run for Johnson State.

In the second game, Becca Neault went 4-for-4 with a double and scored three runs in an 11-2 win over Castleton State. Janice DiNobile and Missy Foster had three hits apiece for the Monks. Four other players had two hits apiece.

Jayme Reed singled twice and scored a run for Castleton State. Leslie Swanson drove in two runs.

(Sunday’s First Game) Johnson State (0-4) 000 10 – 1 4 1 St. Joseph’s (8-15) 005 4x – 9 7 1

Faye and Cunniff; Webster and Picard

(Sunday’s Second Game) Castleton State (5-9) 002 00 – 2 5 0 St. Joseph’s (9-15) 422 12 – 11 19 2

Higgins, Reed (1) and Julius; Gaudette and Picard

UM-Farmington wins two

At Windham, Vt., UM-Farmington won two games Sunday beating Johnson State 15-4 and Castleton 5-2.

In game one, UM-Farmington tallied 11 runs in the second to take Johnson State in five innings. Rachel Smallidge led the Beavers with three hits.

In game two, Melissa Leman pitched a three-hitter in the win.

(Game One) Johnson 300 01 – 4 7 2 UM-Farmington 4(11)0 00 – 15 9 0

Clark and Conniff; Marden and Goyette (Game Two) Castleton 000 100 1 – 2 3 2 UM-Farmington 210 200 0 – 5 9 1

Higgins, Reed (3) and Swanson; Leman and Goyette

USM sweeps UMass Dartmouth

At Dartmouth, Mass., Julie Plant had five hits and drove in five runs as the Huskies swept a doubleheader 6-1 and 9-0.

In game one, Becky Manson had a pair of hits and Stacy Dube had two RBI for USM. Bridget Donahue and Allison Collins each had three singles for UMass Dartmouth.

In game two, Plant had a two-run triple while Sarah McLean went 4-for-4 with three runs scored, a pair of triples, and a pair of RBI for Southern Maine.

(Game One) Southern Maine (2-3) 202 020 0 – 6 11 1 UMass Dartmouth (2-3) 000 010 0 – 1 9 3

Gagnon and Fulton, Kimball (7); Perruzzi and Johnson (Game Two) Southern Maine (3-3) 404 10 – 9 12 0 UMass Dartmouth (2-4) 000 00 – 0 1 4

Becher and Fulton, Kimball (4); Rodriques and Blaisdell

Thomas wins twice

(Saturday’s First Game) Thomas 100 035 – 9 7 0 Johnson State 001 000 – 1 4 1 (Saturday’s Second Game) Thomas (5-10) 001 001 0 – 2 6 2 Castleton State (5-6) 010 000 0 – 1 1 2

Baseball

Middlebury sweeps Colby

At Middlebury, Vt., Tyler Conrad struck out nine in the first game for the complete game win en route to two victories, 5-1 and 6-1.

In game one, Devon O’Neil hit a two-run homer in the first. O’Neil and Jon Cormier tallied two hits apiece for Middlebury. Jon Moro and Jonathan Lord led Colby with two hits apiece.

In game two, John Dickie and Brian Hamm each had a pair of hits to lead Middlebury. Andrew Tripp was 2-for-2 for the White Mules.

(Saturday’s First Game) Colby 000 001 0 – 1 6 3 Middlebury 200 030 0 – 5 8 0

Baranoff, Cunnane (5) and Smith; Conrad and Blake (Saturday’s Second Game) Colby (6-10) 100 000 0 – 1 5 6 Middlebury (7-10-1) 000 330 0 – 6 7 0

Deacon and Smith; O’Neil and Blake

Huskies, Corsairs split

At Dartmouth, Mass., Pat Toomey broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI double and later scored the winning run in the seventh to give the USM Huskies the win of the first game 4-3. UMass-Dartmouth won the second 3-1.

In game one, Toomey, Jody Curcuru and Tyler Delorme each tallied RBI for Southern Maine. Eric Taylor, Jason Orlando and Jeff Davenport hit doubles for Dartmouth, while Mike Rahme added a homerun and tallied three RBI.

In game two, Taylor hit an RBI double and Orlando had two RBI. Delorme scored Southern Maine’s only run.

(Game One) Southern Maine (4-1) 101 000 200 – 4 11 2 UMass-Dartmouth (5-1) 000 200 010 – 3 8 3

Webber, Adams (9) and L’Italien; Hinchliffe, Taylor (8) and Rahme (Game Two) Southern Maine (4-2) 000 100 – 1 7 0 UMass Dartmouth (6-1) 003 000 – 3 7 0

Adams, Gilmore (6) and McKenna, L’Italien (5); Davenport, Devincent (5) and Rahme.

Husson takes 4 from UMPI

At Husson, Aaron Largay, Chris Pickering and Chris Morris drove in two runs each as the Braves thumped the Owls 11-3 Sunday afternoon to close out a four-game sweep.

Noel Santiago had an RBI and a stolen base for UMPI.

The Braves began the day with a 13-0 win over the Owls. Largay and Mike Worcester had three RBI each and Keith Simmons chipped in with a two-run double in the game while John Montgomery allowed just three hits and struck out eight in the game.

Largay also led the Braves in game one of the series on Saturday with a double and two RBI in Husson’s 9-4 win over the Owls.

The Braves’ Jeremy Nelson improved his record to 4-0 with the win.

In Saturday’s second game, Largay and Derik Prescott drove in two runs each and Keith Simmons held UMPI to just two hits as the Braves romped 11-0.

Ryan Romena and Nole Santiago had the Owls’ hits.

UMPI (1-11) 002 010 0 – 3 2 2 Husson (14-14) 320 060 X 11 11 2

Feeney and Ventura; Greenleaf, Rochford (7) and McGlinn

UMPI 000 00 – 0 3 2 Husson 038 2X – 13 14 0

Libby and Ventura; Montgomery and Worcester (Saturday’s games)

UMPI 300 010 0 – 4 8 3 Husson 001 008 X – 9 8 2

Michaud, Santiago (6) and Ventura; Nelson and Worcester

UMPI 000 00 – 0 2 1 Husson 320 6X – 11 7 2

Cox and Ventura; Simmons and McGlinn

Colby 6, Bowdoin 5

At Brunswick, Chris Davidson stole a pair of bases in the second to give him 20 on the season to break the single-season school record, but Colby took the game 6-5.

Jonathon Lord tallied three RBI singles for Colby. Pat Conly, 2-0, picked up the victory Sunday.

Greg Lovely tallied four hits for Bowdoin, while Joe Nicastro added a hit. Jamie Suzor recorded a single.

Colby (7-10) 000 001 320 – 6 11 6 Bowdoin (9-12) 110 100 020 – 5 12 2

Conley, Lord (8) and Owen, Smith (7); Bersaglieri, Perry (7), Boruchow (8), Russo (9) and Davidson

UM-Farmington sweeps Lyndon

At Lyndonville, Vt., Pat Conway pitched a three-hitter in the opener and Mark Badger fashioned a two-hit shutout in the second game Sunday as UMaine-Farmington swept Lyndon State 5-3 and 8-0.

In the first game, Mike Fullerton’s two-run single plated the tying and eventual winning runs in the Beavers’ three-run fifth inning. Fullerton, Daren Meader and Marc O’Clair had two hits apiece for UMF.

Lee Clough had two hits for the hosts.

In the second game, Lyndon couldn’t solve Badger. Meader tripled and singled for the Beavers, while O’Clair and Nick Ayotte had two singles each.

(Sunday’s First Game) UM-Farmington 101 030 0 – 5 7 2 Lyndon State 000 300 0 – 3 3 2

Conway and Cushman; Clough and Sweet (Sunday’s Second Game) UM-Farmington 010 003 4 – 8 9 2 Lyndon State 000 000 0 – 0 2 0

Badger and Potts; Carlson and Sweet

Women’s lacrosse

Tufts 11, Colby 10

At Waterville, Katie Richardson scored three goals in the first half as the Jumbos held off a late rally.

Liz Holtzman scored two goals and added two assists for Tufts, now 5-3. Ari Kristan made eight saves.

Angela Pappas netted three goals for the Mules, who dropped to 5-3. Mary Zito and and Anna Schierberl Scherr combined to make 12 saves.

Men’s lacrosse

Maine Maritime 19, Salem State 4

At Salem, Mass., junior Tom Zysk paced the Mariners with five goals and two assists in the victory Saturday.

MMA also received four goals from Obi Spear and two from Derek Wilding. Eric Gould, Doug Frongillo, Bryan Bacewicz, David Buehne, John Macisso, Keith Turcotte, Brad McDermott and Ray Halsted added a goal each. Spear added a pair of assists while goalie Grant Robinson made 15 saves for the (2-7) Mariners.

Salem scored a pair of goals from Keith Santos. Tim Finn stopped 17 for (3-8) Salem State.

Tufts 7, Colby 6

At Waterville, Jack Palmer scored the overtime goal in sudden-death to earn the victory for Tufts over Colby.

Ryan Kane and Ian Nurse scored two each for Colby. Jeff Boyer tallied one assist.