December 29, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

McAvoy helps Husson earn split

BANGOR – Husson College split a college softball doubleheader with visiting Thomas College on Wednesday, winning the opener 5-4 but dropping the second game 12-7.

In the first game, Jen Webster pitched a complete game and Carolyn McAvoy went 4-for-4 for the Braves. Sara Agouab drove in two runs.

Joy Ireland and Heather Johnson each had an RBI single for the Terriers of Waterville.

In the second game, Mistie Bickford had three hits while Courtney Corbett, Brandi Riley and Jasmine Carey had two hits apiece for Thomas.

McAvoy went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Husson.

(First Game)

Thomas 003 000 1 – 4 8 1

Husson 201 010 1 – 5 8 3

Ireland and Beaudoin; Webster and Wing

(Second Game)

Thomas (15-10) 532 011 0 – 12 9 3

Husson (12-16) 203 101 0 – 7 10 7

Lane and Ireland; LaGrange, Porter (3) and Wing

Beavers sweep MMA

At Castine, UM-Farmington pounded out 23 hits in winning two games Wednesday against Maine Maritime Academy, 7-5 and 13-0.

In the opener, Liz Seubart had two singles and an RBI for the winners. Stephanie Moriarty pitched a perfect game.

Abbi Darling doubled, singled and knocked in two runs for the Mariners.

In the second game, Seubart tripled and singled twice, knocking in two runs as the Beavers rolled.

Sara Martin had three singles and three RBIs while Holly Tripp singled twice and knocked in two runs.

Jess Clifford and Natasha Scott singled for Maine Maritime’s only hits.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 200 410 00 – 7 7 1

Maine Maritime 000 002 30 – 5 9 6

Moriarty and Tripp; Spear and Darling

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington (8-11) 127 03 – 13 16 1

Maine Maritime (1-25) 000 00 – 0 2 0

Stacey and Seubart; Arris and Darling

USM tops Babson twice

At Wellesley, Mass., the University of Southern Maine swept Babson, 4-2 and 7-0.

In the opener, Renee Heath knocked a pair of RBI singles to propel USM. Jessie Belcher had three singles and scored three runs.

In the second game, Melissa Henderson earned her third pitching shutout of the year.

Angela Cote hit an RBI triple and Ashley Woodcock and Heath hit RBI singles.

(First Game)

Southern Maine 210 000 1 – 4 10 2

Babson 020 000 0 – 2 4 2

Mainville and Tong; Howe and Barry

(Second Game)

So. Maine (26-5-1) 001 403 – 7 13 0

Babson (21-16) 000 000 – 0 5 3

Henderson and Tomg; Schlicht, Kelly (5) and Berry, Paine (6)

St. Joseph’s sweeps Salem State

At Standish, Dee Regan and Kayler Dowling each threw a five-hitter to lead the St. Joseph’s Monks to a 2-1, 5-1 doubleheader sweep of visiting Salem State.

In the first game, Dowling allowed one walk while notching four strikeouts. She also led her team offensively with two singles.

In the second game, Regan struck out four batters and walked none while Deborah Bain, Allyson Ferguson, and Leanne Morton each had two hits and one RBI.

(First Game)

Salem State (3-22) 000 010 000 – 1 5 0

Saint Joseph’s (9-22) 000 010 001 – 2 7 2

Giammalvo and Gill; Dowling and Bain

(Second Game)

Salem State 100 000 0 – 1 5 5

Saint Joseph’s 020 030 x – 5 10 2

Bruno, Diewink (6) and Gill; Regan and Bain, Grindle (6)

UNE takes two from Regis

At Biddeford, the University of New England Nor’easters swept Regis, 7-2 and 2-1.

In the opener, Andrea Pepin, Amber Taylor and Karcha Turner each had RBI singles in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

In the nightcap, Pepin’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh gave UNE the sweep.

Baseball

Thomas tips UMF twice

At Waterville, the Thomas College Terriers edged UM-Farmington twice, 6-4 in the opener and 11-10 in the second game.

In the first game, Scott Brawn hit a two-run homer to key the offense for the hosts.

Matt Pawlis doubled and singled while Jim Pierce added two singles and an RBI.

Tyler Jellison, Kris Garrow and Tom Danylik each singled twice for the Beavers.

In the second game, Brawn and Brandon Connors each hit a three-run homer and knocked in four runs for Thomas.

Oliver Pettingill had three singles and four RBIs for UMF while Peter McLaughlin hit a two-run single.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 000 000 4 – 4 6 3

Thomas 000 013 2 – 6 12 2

Rutkewicz and Danylik; Stebbins and Brawn

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington (3-18) 090 010 0 – 10 9 1

Thomas (10-16) 303 410 x – 11 12 1

Doubleday and McLaughlin; Stowell, Cloutier (2) and Hayner

Southern Maine 13, Colby 2

At Waterville, Brandon Brewer homered, scored twice and drove in three runs for the victorious Huskies of Gorham.

Brian Marshall added two hits and three runs scored while Adam Lemieux went 3-for-4.

Eric Roy doubled and Tyler Hales had two singles for the White Mules.

So. Maine (15-8) 423 003 100 – 13 10 1

Colby (3-21) 000 100 100 – 2 4 5

Armandi, Handy (7), McDonough (8), Kent (9) and McGhee, Arsenault (5)

Bates splits with St. Joe’s

At Standish, St. Joseph’s earned a 7-0 win in the opener while Bates won the second game 5-4.

In the first game, John Lister and Nick Arno each hit homers to power the Monks.

Charlie Engasser, Nate Maxwell, Rob Maguire and Owen Miehe singled for Bates.

In the second game, Engasser knocked a home run and a single, knocking in four runs as the Bobcats earned the split.

Maxwell and Adam Worral doubled for the winners.

Ben Muniz and Aaron Cieslak each singled in a run for the Monks.

(First Game)

Bates 000 000 0 – 0 4 4

St. Joseph’s 011 131 x – 7 8 2

Bousquet, Charmella (6) and Peterson; Kimball and Prunier

(Second Game)

St. Joseph’s (11-18) 010 030 0 – 4 6 0

Bates (10-11) 002 003 x – 5 7 3

Mileski, Beckwith (6) and Cislek; Magrian, Gwozdz (5), Kingman (6) and Kayce

Correction: A shorter version of this article ran in the State edition.

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