OSCEOLA, Fla. – Sunday was much better than Saturday for the Maine softball team as the Black Bears beat both Colgate (5-2) and Rider (9-2) Sunday afternoon in softball action.

On Saturday, Maine dropped a pair of games: 6-3 to Army in the opener and 6-1 to Bucknell in the nightcap.

The Bears are now 7-4.

On Sunday, Maine jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Jess Brady of Jackman singled to left and then scored on a Brittany Cheney triple. Cheney then scored on the throw home.

Nikki Taylor’s RBI single in the fourth made it 3-0 Maine. Jenna Merchant pitched a five-hitter and struck out eight batters to improve to 4-2. Taylor had three hits and an RBI.

In the second game, Maine scored three runs in the second, third, and fourth innings to take an insurmountable lead.

Dana Grimm went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs. Lindsay Tibbetts of Berwick had two singles and three RBIs. Sarah Bennis (2-1) of Pownal scattered eight hits and notched five strikeouts for the win.

In Saturday’s first game, the Cadets took an early lead with a six-run third inning.

Brittany Cheney went 3-for-3 for the Black Bears and Molly McKinney added a pair of hits.

In Saturday’s second game, the Bison held the Bears to just one run.

McKinney doubled in Jess Brady for Maine’s lone run, Lauren Dulkis hit two singles and Amanda Stevens had a single.

(Sunday’s First Game)

Colgate 000 020 0 – 2 5 5

Maine 200 111 x – 5 10 1

Isaac and Mui; Merchant and Stevens

(Sunday’s Second Game)

Maine (7-4) 033 300 0 – 9 11 0

Rider (0-1) 101 000 0 – 2 8 2

Bennis and Tibbetts; Boulden and Farley

(Saturday’s First Game)

Army (2-0) 006 000 0 – 6 4 0

Maine 000 120 0 – 3 8 0

Stripling, Wilson (5), Christian (6) and Gjurgevich; Merchant and Tibbetts

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine 000 001 0 – 1 4 1

Bucknell 003 111 0 – 6 8 1

Bennis, Jaegge (5), Merchant (6) and Stevens; Williams and Fitch

Baseball

Johns Hopkins sweeps Monks

At Cape Coral, Fla., Friday, the St. Joseph’s Monks were swept by Johns Hopkins, 9-5 in the first game and 4-0 in the second.

In the first game, Jesse LaCasse and Ben Muniz each had a homer for St. Joe’s of Standish. Muniz also drove in four runs.

In the second game, the Monks were held to just one hit, a single by Muniz.

(First Game)

Johns Hopkins 302 030 1 – 9 13 2

St. Joseph’s 400 010 0 – 5 8 3

Thayer, Bail (4), Righter (5) and Eberle; Kimball, Batchelder (7) and McIntosh

(Second Game)

St. Joseph’s 000 000 0 – 0 1 2

Johns Hopkins 000 130 x – 4 6 1

Buker and Rutherford; Flannery and Harris

Warner Southern 14, Husson 8

At Lake Wales, Fla., Edison Denizard and Cesar Yepez each doubled and knocked in three runs as Warner Southern prevailed Saturday.

Tony Schafer whacked a pair of homers and plated three runs for the winners.

Tony LaPrino doubled twice and brought in two runs for the Braves and Craig Harvey notched two singles and three RBIs.

Husson (4-6) 301 000 40 – 8 9 2

Warner Southern (26-3) 000 311 36 – 14 16 3

Klink, Tripp (6), Copperthwaite (7), Stoddard and Kane (6); Lewis, Rodriguez (7), Denizard (8), Diaz and Owens (5)