DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman’s John Gragg struck out 13 to lead the Panthers to a 5-1 victory over the Maine Black Bears at Jackie Robinson Field Tuesday night

It was Maine’s second straight loss after winning its first three.

Gragg allowed only five hits and walked two. Maine’s run was unearned.

Junior Mike Collar (Scarborough) took the loss for the Black Bears, striking out eight and giving up three earned runs in seven innings.

Bethune Cookman scored two in the first inning as leadoff batter Brad Frick doubled down the left-field line and scored off a one-out double by Gragg. Gragg scored off a single by third baseman Carlos Garcia.

The Wildcats added another run in the fifth off a wild pitch for a 3-0 lead.

The Black Bears did not score until eighth inning when they loaded the bases and capitalized on a Bethune-Cookman error that scored senior Jesse Carlton. Junior Simon Williams (Portland) came across the plate when a throw to first went wild, but a call of runner interference away from the plate negated the run.

Carlton and classmate Mike Livulpi singled twice for the Bears.

WILDCATS 5, BLACK BEARS 1

Maine (3-2) Bethune-Cookman (5-12)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Young, rf 3 0 0 0 Frick, 2b 4 1 0

a-Ferriggi 1 0 0 0 Boucher, lf 2 1 0

Williams, lf 3 0 0 0 Gragg, p 4 1 1

Picard, dh 4 0 0 1 Garcia, 3b 4 0 1

Drapeau, 3b 4 0 0 0 Figueroa, 1b 2 0 0

Ouellette, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez, rf 4 0 0

Izaryk, c 3 0 1 0 Lee, c 3 0 0 0

Livulpi, cf 4 0 2 0 Turmero, ss 3 0 0

Carlton, 1b 4 1 2 0 Moreno, cf 2 2 0

Gambale, ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 28 5 6 2

a-struck out for Young in the eighth

Maine 000 000 010 ? 1

Bethune-Cookman 200 010 11x ? 5

E?Collar; Frick; LOB?Maine 8; Bethune-Cookman 4; 2B?Frick, Gragg; S?Boucher; SB?Boucher 2, Garcia

Maine IP H R ER BB SO

Collar (L,0-1) 7 6 4 3 2 8

Martin 1 0 1 1 2 2

Bethune-Cookman IP H R ER BB SO

Gragg (W) 9 5 1 0 2 13

HBP?Ouellette, Williams by Gragg; WP?Collar; BK?Martin; T?2:05

Defiance 10, Husson 5

At Tampa, Fla., Defiance College (Ohio) took the lead with five runs in the fifth inning in beating Husson College of Bangor.

Jason Smolenski allowed one run in four innings of relief to earn the win and provided a double and an RBI squeeze bunt for Defiance.

Craig Harvey paced the Braves, who committed six errors, with two singles and an RBI. Tyler Mathieu singled twice.

Defiance (1-2) 001 050 202 – 10 6 1

Husson (3-3) 002 200 100 – 5 7 6

Runion, Roberson (4), Smolenski (6) and Rommel; Cowperthwaite, Tripp (5) and Folsom

Saint Joseph’s 9, Carroll 5

At Cape Coral, Fla., Jesse LaCasse cranked a solo home run, doubled and singled to power Saint Joseph’s past Carroll College.

Howard Rutherford rapped a pair of singles and Andy Exley doubled for the Monks of Standish. Nick Mirabello stole two bases.

Ryan Babcock doubled twice and Mike Remm added a double for the Pioneers of Waukesha, Wis. Nick Wittuhn and Jared Stengel each had two singles.

Carroll (0-5) 002 102 000 – 5 10 1

St. Joseph’s (1-4) 000 160 11x – 9 10 4

Geiger, Dombrowski (4), Teske (8); Chapman, Peck (4), Lambert (6), Beckwith (9)

Softball

Maine wins two

At Osceola, Fla., Candace Jaegge and Sarah Bennis each earned a win in the circle as the Black Bears scored a 3-1 win against Quinnipiac and a 9-0 victory over Austin Peay.

In the first game, Dana Grimm hit a home run and singled for 3-0 Maine, while Brittany Cheney singled twice. Molly McKinney doubled and drove in a run. Bennis scattered seven hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Sarah Collins led the Bobcats with a double and two singles.

In the second game, Jaegge gave up one hit, struck out two and walked none in the win. Jess Brady hit three singles and drove in a run, and Grimm singled twice and had two RBIs.

(First game)

Maine 010 002 0 – 3 9 3

Quinnipiac 000 010 0 – 1 7 1

Bennis and Stevens; Zabel and Abbott

(Second game)

Austin Peay 000 000 – 0 1 1

Maine 021 105 – 9 12 1

Money, Gore (5) and Garza; Jaegge, Merchant (4) and Tibbetts

Softball

St. Joseph’s drops two

At Cape Coral, Fla., Saint Francis College of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., and Drew University of Madison, N.J., each recorded victories over Saint Joseph’s College of Standish.

Saint Francis won the first game 5-1 and Drew took the second 8-1.

Courtney Sirois tripled and Helene Liaci added a double for the Monks in the second game while Deborah Bain tripled in the first game.

(First Game)

St. Francis (2-1) 001 031 0 – 5 7 0

St. Joseph’s 000 010 0 – 1 3 5

Richardson; Regan, Gaudette (4)

(Second Game)

Drew (4-3) 310 130 0 – 8 9 0

St. Joseph’s (1-5) 000 100 0 – 1 4 3

Orleshi; Dowling, Dennis (4)