UMaine defeats Cortland

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Greg Creek of Chelsea went 3-for-4 and knocked in a run as the University of Maine baseball team defeated Cortland (N.Y.) State 4-3 Thursday.

Ryan Harris faced 21 hitters and gave up five hits and two runs while striking out six in six innings of work for the Black Bears, who improved to 5-6. Greg Norton of South Portland earned the save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Mike Ferriggi, Matt McGraw, and Ross Cantara of Biddeford each went 2-for-3 for the winners.

Husson 11, Wentworth 3

At Clearwater, Fla., Barrett Dionne and Chris Sargent combined on an eight-hitter and two-run singles by Josh Ferguson and George Tripp keyed a five-run third inning that led Husson College past the Wentworth Institute of Technology (Mass.).

Dionne pitched five innings of three-hit, two-run ball, striking out four, walking three and hitting two batters, before Sargent finished up with four innings of five-hit, one-run ball.

Sargent fanned five and didn’t walk anybody.

Ferguson drove in three runs with a pair of singles; Justin Spencer tripled and singled and knocked in a run; Tripp had two singles and two RBIs and Billy Kane had an RBI double in the third.

Scott Wentworth had two base hits for the Leopards.

Wentworth (2-4) 000 110 001 -3 8 3

Husson (2-0) 005 112 20x -11 13 0

Emery, Chagnon (4), Moody (8) and Medeiros; Dionne, Sargent (6) and Folsom

Softball

Monks win one, lose one

At Cape Coral, Fla., the St. Joseph’s Monks beat Emmanual 9-4 in the second game after falling to St. Ambrose 7-6.

In the second game, Kahler Dowling pitched a complete game and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Deborah Bain and Helene Liaci each drove in a pair for the Monks of Standish.

In the opener, Mae Freyermuth knocked in three runs and Emily Cuneo two to power St. Ambrose.

Liaci went 4-for-4 and drove in all six of the Monks’ runs.

(First Game)

St. Joseph’s 101 010 3 – 6 8 2

St. Ambrose 000 430 x – 7 10 2

Regan and Bain; Herring and Dilulio

(Second Game)

St. Joseph’s 400 050 0 – 9 13 2

Emmanuel 202 000 0 – 4 9 1

Dowling and Bain; Lawrence and Woodbury