ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -Jeremy Nelson pitched 4 ? innings of two-hit ball to lead the Husson College Braves to a 5-2 baseball win over Skidmore Tuesday.

The game was called after five innings because of rain as Husson evened its record to 4-4.

Nelson struck out five in his first outing of the season for Husson College of Bangor. Tony Laprino paced the Braves with an RBI triple and a single, while Donnie Sawyer rapped two singles with an RBI.

Bryan Marchinkoski and Nick Litano singled for Skidmore of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Husson (4-4) 000 32 – 5 5 1

Skidmore (2-2) 001 01 – 2 2 0

Nelson, Montgomery (5) and M. Worcester; Perry and Duber

St. Joseph’s 8, Monmouth 7

At Fort Myers, Fla., Steve Osborne had three hits, scored two runs and knocked in five runs for Saint Joseph’s while Jesse LaCasse also had three hits and two runs.

Joe Holland and Lucas Hannington each had RBIs for St. Joe’s of Standish while Matt VanDerburgh had two hits and a run.

Casey Boydstun scored two runs and had an RBI for Monmouth of Illinois while Joe Larkis scored a run and hit two RBIs.

Monmouth (1-2) 200 014 0 – 7 12 0

St. Joseph’s (3-0) 301 012 1 – 8 17 4

Schweitzer, Hellman (7) and Thiel; Gates, Pyne (6) and Holland

St. Joseph’s 15, Monmouth 3

At Fort Myers, Fla., Steve Osborne led Saint Joseph’s with four hits, two runs and seven RBIs, while Dave Wellington had three hits, two runs and one RBI.

Justin Lambert and Nick Mirabello each had two runs and an RBI.

For Monmouth, Jeremy Pryzbylo scored a run and had an RBI while Tom Malvestuto and Deon Dinsmore both scored. Robert Denniston had an RBI.

St. Joseph’s (4-0) 328 001 1 – 15 9 1

Monmouth (1-3) 000 300 0 – 3 5 3

Shaffer, Dalton (5) and Goulet; Lanholm, Flaar (3) and Thiel

Softball

UMaine wins two games

At Osceola, Fla., the University of Maine earned two victories, beating Fordham 5-3 and downing La Salle 5-1.

In the first game, Katherine Churchill stroked a double and a single to help the Black Bears beat the Rams.

Amanda Stevens singled twice with an RBI to back the complete-game effort of Candace Jaegge, who scattered 10 hits and struck out six.

Sarah Jones doubled and singled while Amanda Smith and Kate Kealer each singled twice for Fordham, which committed five errors.

In the second game, Katherine Churchill’s two-run double sparked a four-run rally in the fourth that snapped a 1-1 tie.

Leigh Ann Hlywak singled twice and Karen Sherwood had an RBI single for the Bears, who received a five-hitter from Carrie Green.

Missy Rorke provided a single and an RBI for La Salle.

(First Game)

Maine (3-6) 001 030 1 – 5 7 0

Fordham (2-10) 001 011 0 – 3 10 5

Jaegge and Stevens; Collins and Bilzerian

(Second Game)

La Salle () 000 100 2 – 1 5 2

Maine (4-6) 100 400 x – 5 7 1

Higgs, Wood (2), Rorke (2) and Stombock; Green and Bain

St. Joseph’s splits two contests

At Fort Myers, Fla., Courtney Sirois went 2-for-2 and scored four runs to help St. Joseph’s College of Standish beat Daniel Webster 13-2 Tuesday.

Later, Saint Mary’s of Indiana edged the Monks 3-1.

In the first game, Becca Neault and Breanna Norsworthy had three RBIs apiece for St. Joseph’s. Sue Picard chipped in with two RBIs and Deirdre Regan scored three runs.

For Daniel Webster, Amanda Fish had both RBIs.

Deirdre Regan scored the run for St. Joseph’s and Sue Picard had the RBI.

(First Game)

St. Joseph’s (1-2) 114 25 – 13 10 0

Daniel Webster (0-4) 000 20 – 2 2 6

Webster and Picard; Webster and Jones

(Second Game)

St. Mary’s (3-4) 100 101 0 – 3 6 1

St. Joseph’s (1-3) 000 001 0 – 1 6 4

Senger and Kutz; Gaudette and Picard

Husson splits with St. Thomas

In the first game, Nicole Mitchell led Husson with three singles in a 14-12 win over St. Thomas Aquinas.

Abby Henderson, Kelly Dow and Erin Weston each had two singles while Kelly Dow pitched the entire game for the Braves of Bangor.

For St. Thomas Aquinas, Christine Giordane had two singles and two doubles while Allison Vickers hit two singles and a home run.

In the second game, Sam Hibbard had three singles and a triple for St. Thomas Aquinas in their 8-7 win over Husson.

Abby Henderson and Dawn Doucette each had two singles and two stolen bases while Allison Vickers pitched.

For Husson, Chrisy Dowling had a single and a triple while Christine Dieredetto and Allison Vickers had two singles apiece. Kelly Dow was the pitcher for Husson.

Men’s basketball

Knight at Texas Tech Thursday

Texas Tech officials could offer Bob Knight their head coaching job on the spot when he visits Thursday.

But a school spokeswoman said Tuesday they have no plans to bend a university policy requiring that the job remain open for 10 working days, a period that ends March 23 at 5 p.m.

“There are provisions where you could get around it, but we are not going to get around it,” spokeswoman Cindy Rugeley said. “There’s no good reason to get around it. We’ve never done it and we’re not going to do it in this instance.”

Also Tuesday, athletic director Gerald Myers said he developed a list of about 10 potential candidates, though Knight is the only one who has been invited to the campus.

Contrary to previous news reports, Texas state law merely requires universities to notify the Texas Workforce Commission of a vacancy, and that the commission post it on a circulated list for 10 working days unless the opening is filled sooner, said Gerry Hill, general counsel for the workforce commission.

But under Texas Tech University System rules, all positions must be posted for 10 business days before a job can be offered, Rugeley said.

Knight, who is being wooed to succeed fired men’s basketball coach James Dickey, plans to visit Tech for three days this week.

The 60-year-old longtime Indiana coach, who led the Hoosiers to three national championships, was fired last fall after he grabbed a student by the arm and was said to have violated a zero-tolerance behavior policy.

Knight has said little about his interest in the Tech job, except that he finds the situation “very appealing” and that he has great admiration Myers, a friend of 30 years.

Myers and Tech president David Schmidly began talking to Knight about the job four days before firing Dickey last week.

At least one member of Texas Tech’s Board of Regents has asked Myers to come up with three or four candidates in addition to Knight. The nine regents must approve a hiring recommendation from the athletic director.

Myers said Tuesday he couldn’t give out the names of the other possible candidates because they are employed elsewhere and haven’t given their permission.