FORT MYERS, Fla. – The University of Southern Maine improved its record to 8-4 by splitting a baseball doubleheader with Wisconsin-Whitewater.

The Huskies took the opener 6-3 and fell 9-1 in the nightcap.

In the first game, Jason Thibodeau surrendered just five hits, retiring the last nine hitters he faced, improving his record to 1-1. Andy Lang led USM with a two-run triple and two singles, while Pete L’Italien provided a double and two singles.

In the second game, Dan Gnatzig keyed a five-run seventh inning with a two-run triple as the 17th-ranked Warhawks salvaged a split.

Travis Van Zile added a two-run homer for the winners. Rob Misora laced an RBI triple.

Tyler Delorme picked up an RBI on a fielder’s choice for the Huskies.

(First Game)

Southern Maine (8-3) 020 120 1 – 6 12 1

Wis.-Whitewater (7-2) 001 200 0 – 3 5 1

Thibodeau and L’Italien; Endi, Keller (7) and Ondricka

(Second Game)

Wis.-Whitewater (8-2) 000 040 5 – 6 12 1

Southern Maine (8-4) 001 000 0 – 1 5 0

Haried and Guilbault; Kent, Carlson (5), Ferrante (7), Bolieau (7), Drapeau (7) and L’Italien

Softball

Bates 6, U-New England 2

At Biddeford, Sarah Huffman knocked an RBI single to give the Bobcats of Lewiston the lead for good in the fifth inning.

Sarah Levine knocked a two-run single for the winners.

Michelle Clark knocked in a run for the Nor’Easters.

Bates (1-8) 100 022 1 -6 6 2

U-New England (0-6) 200 000 0 – 2 6 6

Whiting and Dyson; Brown, LaBelle (7) and Monteith

Thomas drops two

(First Game)

Thomas (0-1) 000 100 – 1 4

Bethel (3-4) 005 103 – 9 10

Burnell and Pelow; Guam and Foskett

(Second Game)

Thomas (0-2) 000 020 0 – 2 5

Middlebury (2-5) 300 001x – 4 6

Corbett and Lovely; McCarthy and Slack