BROOKLINE, Mass. – Miguel Paquette’s two-run home run in the fourth inning provided the margin of victory Saturday as Northeastern University edged UMaine 3-2 at Friedman Diamond.

The contest between America East foes does not count in the league standings, but the two teams meet again Friday and Saturday in a three-game conference series.

The Black Bears slipped to 12-11 with their second straight loss, while the Huskies improved to 9-6.

UMaine posted only six hits and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position while stranding 10 baserunners. Simon Williams of Portland stroked a two-run single to lead the Bears.

Brad Czarnowski and Brian Nutting each singled twice for Northeastern.

The Huskies broke a scoreless tie in the second inning against Greg Norton of South Portland (2-4). Tim Bush and Paquette drew back-to-back walks, then advanced on a passed ball. Arman Sidhu followed with a sacrifice fly, but Norton got the next two batters.

Northeastern added two in the fourth when Bush singled with one out and rode home on Paquette’s homer to right.

Norton allowed six hits and two earned runs in five innings, striking out two and walking three. Troy Martin pushed his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 14 1/3 by scattering two hits and three walks over two innings of relief.

UMaine finally reached NU starter Devin Monds (1-2) for two runs in the seventh. Aaron Izaryk walked and Mark Reichley reached on catcher’s interference. One out later, Williams hit a two-run single to center.

Reliever Jordan Thomson came on to walk Matt McGraw, but he induced a fielder’s choice grounder and a flyout to end the threat.

UMaine plays a 1 p.m. Tuesday doubleheader at Central Connecticut.

HUSKIES 3, BLACK BEARS 2

(Saturday Afternoon)

Maine (12-11) Northeastern (9-6)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Williams, cf 4 0 1 2 Steinberg, lf 4 0 0

McGraw, dh 4 0 1 0 Czarnowski, rf 3 0 0

Creek, 1b 5 0 1 0 Koslowski, 1b 4 0 0

Hough, rf 3 0 1 0 Heriot, cf 4 0 0

Quintal, lf 4 0 0 0 Bush, 3b 3 2 0

Ferriggi, 2b 4 0 1 0 Paquette, dh 2 1 2

Izaryk, c 2 1 0 0 a-Emanuele 0 0 0

Reichley, 3b 3 1 0 0 Sidhu, ss 3 0 1

Harvey, ss 2 0 0 0 Morizio, c 3 0 0

b-Barrett 1 0 1 0 Nutting, 2b 4 0 0

Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 30 8 3 3

a-ran for Paquette in 8th; b-doubled for Harvey in 9th

Maine 000 000 200 ? 2

Northeastern 010 200 000 ? 3

E?Heriot, Maurizio; LOB?Maine 10; NU 10; 2B?Ferriggi, Barrett; HR?Paquette (3); DP?Creek (una.); Nutting-Sidhu-Koslowski; SF?Sidhu

Maine IP H R ER BB SO

Norton (L,2-4) 5 6 3 2 3 2

Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO

Monds (W,1-2) 6 1/3 5 2 1 5 1

Thomson (S,1) 2 2/3 1 0 0 2 2

PB?Izaryk; T?2:43; ATT?150

Husson sweeps UM-Farmington

At Bangor Sunday, Jason Folsom smacked a three-run homer to lift the Braves to a 12-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader against UMaine-Farmington, and tripled in an 8-1 victory in the second game.

In the first game, Husson’s Kyle Mathieu hit a three-run triple and finished with three RBIs. Josh Ferguson singled twice and knocked in two runs.

In the second game, Mathieu and Ferguson each had three singles and a triple. Folsom tallied three RBIs on a single and a triple. Dan Cummings and John Rutkiewicz both had two singles for the Beavers.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 000 010 0 – 1 6 4

Husson 411 600 x – 12 14 0

Doubleday, Willard (6) and Danylik; Cowperthwaite and Folsom, Potvin

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington 000 100 0 – 1 6 3

Husson 201 050 x – 8 14 1

Ray and McLaughlin; Tripp, Brideau (7) and Cane

Southern Maine 16, Wheaton 7

At Gorham Sunday, Tip Fairchild drove in six runs on a homer and two singles to lead the Huskies to victory.

Greg Stacy and Joe McGhee each hit a solo home run in the third inning for the Huskies. Brandon Brewer had four hits and an RBI double.

Wheaton’s Brian Duplissie hit a grand slam in the fifth.

Wheaton (7-11-1) 101 041 000 -7 10 2

USM (8-6-1) 503 200 60x -16 17 2

White, Banda (3), Baker (4), DeMasse (6), Parlato (6), Maria (7) and Ambrosini; Armandi, Handy (5), McDonough (7), Foley (9) and McGhee

Apprentice shuts down UMPI

At Hampton, Va., Sunday, Brooks Elks was 2-for-3 as The Apprentice School beat the UMaine-Presque Isle Owls 23-0 in the first game of a doubleheader, and drove in two runs in the second game, an 11-0 victory for Apprentice.

In the first game, Ben Jones went 2-for-2 and plated two runs. Chris Saucier singled for UM-Presque Isle.

In the second game, Matt Marshall drove in four runs for the Builders. David Jenkins and Tomerris Dickson had two RBIs each.

(First Game)

UM-Presque Isle 000 00 – 0 3 1

Apprentice School 037 1x -11 11 0

Roop, Carlton (4) and Holabird; T. Cpbb and Taylor

(Second Game)

UM-Presque Isle (0-3) 000 00 – 0 4 8

Apprentice (18-7) 31(12) 7x -23 23 2

Rideout, Andrews (2) and Holabird, Tracy (4); Scott, Johnson (4), Chambers (5), Peebles (5) and Taylor, Jenkins (4)

Saint Joseph’s sweeps

At Standish Sunday, Ben Muniz had two doubles as the Monks earned a 7-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader. Saint Joseph’s won the second 12-0.

In the first game, Mark Clapp added a double. Derek Guimond doubled for Plymouth State.

In the second game, Sean Gillespie, Keil Martin, Muniz and Nick Arno each had two RBIs for the Monks. Nick Jaskolka, Mike Dockx and Dylan Mullin each had singled for Plymouth State.

(First Game)

Plymouth State 000 100 0 -1 4 2

Saint Joseph’s 050 200 x -7 8 1

Kangas, Bradbury (3) and Morgan; Kimball and Prunier

(Second Game)

Plymouth State (1-13) 000 000 0 -0 3 3

Saint Joseph’s (5-13) 030 801 x -12 11 1

Southern Maine sweeps RIC

At Gorham Saturday, Marc Cahill pitched a four-hit shutout in the opener and Brandon Brewer belted two home runs in the nightcap as the Huskies earned 1-0 and 6-0 wins, respectively, over the Anchormen.

In the first game, Brewer plated the only run of the game when his groundout to short drove in Nick Vadaro. Jim Milano allowed five hits for Rhode Island College.

In the second game, Brewer hit a two-run homer and Brian Marshall added an RBI double to spark USM in the first inning. Jason Thibodeau scattered five hits in the win. RIC’s Jeremy Edwards threw four innings of three-hit shutout relief.

(First Game)

USM 000 001 000 – 1 5 0

RIC 000 000 000 – 0 4 1

Cahill and McGhee; Milano, White (8) and Henault

(Second Game)

USM (7-6-1) 303 000 000 – 6 9 0

RIC 000 000 000 – 0 5 1

Thibodeau, Fairchild (9) and St. Onge; Brannon, Edwards (6) and Kelly

Saint Joseph’s, UMF split

At Standish Saturday, Kris Garrow drove in three runs on a double and a single as the Beavers topped the Monks 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader, while Saint Joseph’s shut down UM-Farmington 4-0 in the nightcap.

In the first game, Jeff Casavant gave up one run on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks to earn the win for the Beavers. Aaron Cieslak hit a two-run double for the Monks.

In the second game, Pat Mileski gave up two hits while striking out five and walking three in the shutout. Shane Corcoran hit a two-run homer and Ben Muniz was 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs. Joe Simpson and Zach Reed each singled for the Beavers.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 000 002 5 – 7 7 1

Saint Joseph’s 000 010 1 – 2 5 1

Casavant, Willard (6), Reed (7) and Danylik; Lambert, Beckwith (7, Boles (7, Enman (7) and Cieslak

(Second Game)

UMF (1-5) 000 000 0 – 0 2 1

Saint Joseph’s (3-13) 000 310 x – 4 7 1

Rutkiewicz and McLaughlin; Mileski and Prunier

Bowdoin takes three from Colby

At Brunswick Sunday, Kevin Goodhue and John Clifford each hit an RBI single in the seventh inning as the Polar Bears rallied past the White Mules 3-2. Bowdoin also swept a Saturday doubleheader, winning the first game 4-2 and the second game 4-3.

In Sunday’s game, Ricky Leclerc scattered four hits and struck out eight in eight innings for the win. Colby’s Eric Roy had an RBI single.

In Saturday’s opener, Clifford and Jared Lemieux each had an RBI on a sacrifice fly and Goodhue hit an RBI single to give Bowdoin the lead for good. Roy had an RBI single.

In Saturday’s second game, Clifford’s two-run single sparked the Bears in the sixth. Tom McMahon added an RBI single in the inning. Rodney Ames hit a solo homer for the Mules.

(Sunday’s Game)

Bowdoin (14-4) 000 001 200 – 3 5 2

Colby (3-13) 100 001 000 – 2 4 2

Leclerc, Dube (9) and Lora; Henry, Bradey (7), Peet (7) and Roy

(Saturday’s First Game)

Colby 101 000 0 – 2 10 0

Bowdoin 103 000 x – 4 10 1

Jenkins, Rosenbaum (4) and Roy; Powers and Lora

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Colby 000 101 100 – 3 6 3

Bowdoin 001 003 00x – 4 6 4

Geiger and Roy; Bulger, Nichols (7), Dube (8) and Lora

Softball

Thomas wins two

At Longmeadow, Mass., Saturday, Joy Ireland struck out 10 and scattered six hits as the Terriers topped Bay Path 10-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. Thomas took the second game 9-1.

In the first game, Bay Path’s Jamie Shcetti had three hits.

In the second game, Courtney Corbett fired a three-hitter for Thomas of Waterville, striking out eight. Jackie Sousa had a double for Bay Path.

(First Game)

Bay Path 200 00 – 2 6 3

Thomas 310 24 – 10 8 0

Scytkowski and Duffy; Ireland and Beaudoin

(Second Game)

Thomas (2-8) 001 26 – 9 7 0

Bay Path (2-5-1) 000 10 – 1 3 2

Corbett and Beaudoin; Malinowski and Duffy

Sea Wolves take two from Bears

At Stony Brook, N.Y., Sunday, Lauren Dulkis belted a three-run single in the second to lift the University of Maine softball team to a 7-4 victory, ending Stony Brook’s 10-game winning streak.

The Sea Wolves swept the Black Bears in a doubleheader Saturday, winning the first game 4-3 and the second 2-0.

In Sunday’s game, Brittany Cheney and Jessica Brady each had an RBI single in the fifth inning for Maine. Laura Bradford and Kristen Brust each hit a home runs for 13-18 Stony Brook.

In Saturday’s first game, Brust hit a bases-loaded RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to plate Jamie Neuner for the winning run. Brust also homered in the second inning. Maine’s Cheney hit a two-run homer in the sixth.

In Saturday’s second game, Stony Brook scored two runs in the sixth when Laura Cheney stole home and Jane Stein singled to drive in Rachael Vogl. Brittany Cheney singled twice for the Bears.

Sunday’s Game

Maine (13-13) 130 120 0 -7 14 0

Stony Brook (13-18) 210 001 0 -4 7 1

Jaegge, Bennis (6) and Tibbetts; Andrews, Voth (6) and Vogl

(Saturday’s First Game)

Maine 100 000 2 -3 8 1

Stony Brook 010 001 2 -4 8 2

Jaegge, Merchant (7) and Tibbets; Andrews and Vogl

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine 000 000 0 -0 4 1

Stony Brook 000 002 x -2 3 0

Bennis and Tibbetts; Hoffman and Blair

Elms sweeps Thomas

At Chicopee, Mass., Sunday, Kristi Guzzo allowed five runs in two games to pick up two wins for Elms. The Blazers took the first game 4-3 and won the second game 7-2.

In the first game, Amy King hit three singles for Elms, while Jamie Parslow drove in two runs. Courtney Corbett went 4-for-4, including two triples, for the Terriers of Waterville.

In the second game, King singled and racked up three RBIs. Kristin Duarte drove in three runs and hit a single for Elms. Corbett led Thomas with two RBIs on a double and two singles.

(First Game)

Thomas 101 010 0 – 3 10 0

Elms 022 000 x – 4 8 2

Ireland and Beaudoin; Guzzo and King

(Second Game)

Thomas (2-10) 100 000 1 – 2 8 2

Elms (8-5) 300 301 x – 7 8 0

Corbett and Beaudoin; Guzzo and King