Husson victory over Ripon gives Winkin 950th career victory

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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Kyle Mathieu hit a single up the middle in the bottom of the ninth inning to drive in Adam Sheehan to give Husson College a 5-4 baseball victory Friday night over Ripon College in the Clearwater Invitational.

Justin Spencer hit a bases-clearing triple to tie the game for the Braves of Bangor in the fifth inning.

The win was Husson coach John Winkin’s 950th career victory.

Kyle McFarlane had three singles and scored a run for Ripon of Wisconsin.

Ripon (5-5) 030 100 000 – 4 9 1

Husson (7-3) 100 030 001 – 5 10 2

Kempen, Musial (5), Haddock (6) and Hartz, Schwendiman (5); Tripp, Weber (8) and Kane

Salem State 9, Husson 6 (10 inn.)

At Gulfport, Fla., Mike Morgan hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift Salem State past Husson in a morning contest.

Steve Estes hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning for Husson, Jason Folsom rapped a trio of singles, and Josh Ferguson hit two singles.

Husson (6-3) 020 003 001 0 – 6 14 2

Salem State (6-1) 010 030 020 3 – 9 12 1

Sargent, Gray (7), Klink (9) and Folsom, Kane (10); Midroom, Girard, DeVine and Morgan

Southern Maine 7, Wheaton 7

At Tampa, Fla., Joe McGhee belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning to help the University of Southern Maine gain the tie against Wheaton College. The game was called after the ninth inning because of darkness.

Freshman Ryan Bourque hit an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning for the Huskies, and Nick Vadaro had three singles.

Joe Ambrosini sparked a five-run eighth for Wheaton with a two-run double.

Wheaton (1-6-1) 000 000 250 – 7 11 1

USM (0-1-1) 101 111 200 – 7 12 3

Martin, DeMasse (6) and Ambrosini; Fairchild, Handy (8), Marshall (8), Thibodeau (8) and St. Onge

Softball

Southern Maine wins two

At Fort Myers, Fla., Kristen Tong had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs in the University of Southern Maine’s 9-0 win over Trinity College. The Huskies took the second game 6-1 over SUNY-Oneonta.

In the first game, Natasha Jackson added an RBI single for the Huskies.

Stacy Hills hit a pair of singles for Trinity.

In the second game, Jessie Becher hit a two-run single in the second inning and also doubled for Southern Maine. Kari Vance and Katie Mainville combined to allowed only two hits and no earned runs.

(First Game)

Southern Maine 200 16 – 9 8 2

Trinity (5-3) 000 00 – 0 3 2

Henderson, Brooker (5) and Tong; Dougherty and Freeman

(Second Game)

SUNY-Oneonta 000 010 0 – 1 2 2

Southern Maine (3-1) 031 020 X – 6 8 2

Herba and Norwich; Vance, Mainville (5) and Tong

UMaine softball games canceled

The University of Maine softball team’s weekend doubleheaders have been canceled because of bad weather.

The Black Bears were to play Hofstra and Rhode Island twice each in the Hofstra Invitational Softball Tournament in Hempstead, N.Y.

The UMaine softball team will return to action April 1 with a doubleheader against the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Mass.