Lindgren pitches Danes past Bears

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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Andrea Lindgren tossed a three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks to lead No. 2 Albany past No. 3 Maine in the first round of the America East softball tournament.

The Black Bears, now 25-21, will face No. 4 Stony Brook in an elimination game at 1:30 p.m. today.

Defending champion Boston University topped the Seawolves 2-0 in a first-round game Thursday afternoon. BU and Albany (33-8) will play in the winner’s bracket game Friday morning.

The Great Danes scored in the bottom of the second inning when junior Liz Wieboldt tripled down the right field line, and came home on a Maine throwing error. Lindgren, the America East Pitcher of the Year, goes to 19-4.

Jess Brady of Jackman, Jenna Merchant and Berwick’s Lindsay Tibbetts each singled for the Black Bears. None of Maine’s four baserunners (Brittany Cheney was hit by a Lindgren pitch in the first inning) advanced beyond first.

Merchant (14-9) gave up five hits, struck out four and walked one.

Maine swept Stony Brook in a pair of doubleheaders April 12-13.

GREAT DANES 1, BLACK BEARS 0

Maine (25-21) Albany (33-8)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Brady, cf 3 0 1 0 Nolette, lf 3 0 0

Dulkis, 3b 3 0 0 0 Dunning, 2b 2 0 0

Cheney, ss 2 0 0 0 Lindgren, p 2 0 0

a-Belmonte 0 0 0 0 c-Burnham 0 0 0

Kuhl, dh 3 0 0 0 Rios, dh 3 0 0

Asadoorian, 2b 0 0 0 0 Busch, cf 0 0

McKinney, rf 3 0 0 0 Gannon, 1b 2 0 0

Merchant, p 2 0 1 0 Wieboldt, rf 2 1 0

b-Stevens 0 0 0 0 d-Isaacs 0 0 0

Tibbetts, c 2 0 1 0 Larsen, ss 3 0 0

Taylor, 1b 2 0 0 0 Craft, 3b 3 0 0

Provost, lf 2 0 0 0 Kowal, c 2 0 0

Totals 22 0 3 0 Totals 22 1 5 0

a-ran for Cheney in 1st; b-ran for Merchant in 5th; c-ran for Lindgren in 5th; d-ran for Wieboldt in 6th

Maine 000 000 0 ? 0

Albany 010 000 x ? 1

E?Dulkis, Cheney, Asadoorian 2; LOB?Maine 2, Albany 7; 3B?Wieboldt; DP?Asadoorian-Cheney-Taylor, Dulkis-Asadoorian; S?Dunning

Maine IP H R ER BB SO

Merchant (L, 14-9) 6 5 1 1 1 4

Albany IP H R ER BB SO

Lindgren (W, 19-4) 7 3 0 0 0 8

HBP?Cheney by Lindgren; Lindgren, Wieboldt by Merchant; T?1:35

UMF wins 1, Thomas drops 2

At Waterville, UMaine-Farmington picked up a win in the NAIA Region X tourney, while Thomas was bounced with a pair of losses, including a 6-3 decision to the Beavers.

In the third game, Jessica Wenckus fired a complete game to help the Beavers eliminate the Terriers of Waterville.

In the first game, Thomas was down 3-1 in the seventh, but RBI singles by Jasmine Carey and Courtney Corbett tied the game. Wilmington responded with two runs of their own in the eighth.

In the second game, Holy Family Tigers’ Jaqueline Sinni’s one-hit shutout and Holy Family’s five-run third inning did the Beavers in.

(First Game)

Wimington 003 000 02 -5 8 2

Thomas 100 000 20 -3 11 0

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington 000 000 0 -0 1 2

Holy Family 025 100 0 -8 11 0

(Third Game)

UM-Farmington 021 102 0 -6 13 1

Thomas 001 100 1 -3 8 2

Baseball

Southern Maine 6, Keene State 3

At Mansfield, Conn., junior catcher Pat McDonough had three hits and drove in four runs as the Huskies beat the Owls in the second round of the Little East Conference baseball tournament.

Junior shortstop Brian Marshall had three hits in the game for Southern Maine. The Huskies will play the winner of the elimination round game between Eastern Connecticut and Keene State tonight at 7.

Travis Muckle had three hits and Nick Bujeaud had two for Keene State.

So. Maine (28-14) 023 000 100 – 6 11 1

Keene State (12-22) 000 100 011 – 3 9 2

Slack, Austin (3) and Kendrick; Liddy, Adams (9) and McDonough