Husson splits with USM Eagles still clinch NAC tournament’s No. 2 seeding

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GORHAM – Chris McInnis drove in two runs to help Husson College beat the University of Southern Maine 3-2, but the Huskies came back to take the second game of Sunday’s baseball doubleheader 6-2.

Despite the loss, Husson clinched the second seed in the North Atlantic Conference tournament and will play the winner of the Thomas College/Castleton State game being played on Monday.

In the first game, Sean Brawn doubled and singled for the Eagles and Adam Sheehan hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to break the 1-1 tie.

Max Arsenault doubled and singled and knocked in a run for the Huskies.

In the second game, Eddie Skeffington hit a home run and drove in two runs for the Huskies. Jordan Yanni had two singles and two RBIs and Ryan Bourque singled twice with an RBI.

Sheehan and Justin Spencer each had an RBI for the Eagles.

(First Game)

Husson 010 002 0 – 3 6 0

Southern Maine 000 100 1 – 2 5 2

Nason, Adolphsen (7) and Potvin, McGinley (5); Therrian, Connors (6), Portwine (7) and Black

(Second Game)

Husson (24-14) 100 000 1 – 2 5 1

Southern Maine (23-12) 021 120 x – 6 7 0

Lavway, Tefft (5) and McGinley; Stacy and Yanni

Husson sweeps UM-Farmington

At Bangor, Bucksport native Jason Harvey hit a home run, a triple, and three singles to drive in four runs and score four times to help lead Husson College to the 14-3 win over the University of Maine at Farmington in the opening game. Husson also won the second game 6-4.

In the first game, Justin Spencer of Brewer doubled and singled and scored three runs for the Eagles and Chris McInnis hit a single and a double to knock in two runs.

Ryan DiPompo had two singles and two runs scored for UM-Farmington and Greg Melanson singled with two RBIs.

In the second game, Brian McGinley tripled, doubled, and singled with three RBIs for Husson and McInnis had two singles and two runs scored. Harvey had a double and an RBI.

Chip Burnham doubled and singled with an RBI for UM-Farmington and Cody Stackpole had two singles and a run scored.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 000 010 2 – 3 6 1

Husson 201 614 x – 14 15 1

Wales, Howell (4), Stackpole (6) and Hanson; DeRosa and McGinley, Potvin

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington 000 100 3 – 4 5 2

Husson 110 211 x – 6 11 1

Saviello, Pendleton (6) and Danylik; Gray, Tefft (7) and McGinley

Tufts sweeps Colby

At Medford, Mass., Saturday, Tufts completed East division conference play with 12-4 and 15-3 wins over Colby.

Brian Casey, Brian McDavitt and Jim O’Leary each had five hits in two games for the Jumbos. McDavitt had a home run in both games and finished with eight RBIs. Caset added five RBIs and had three stolen bases for the winners.

Tom Salemy hit a home run in each game for Colby and notched three RBIs. Nick Spillano had three hits for the Mules.

(First Game)

Colby (9-19) 003 010 0 – 4 8 3

Tufts (18-12) 352 101 x – 12 11 1

Telian, Lopez (7) and Decembrele; Clark, Jacobs (3) Henry (4) and Sandak, Helm (6)

(Second Game)

Colby (9-20) 000 011 100 – 3 9 1

Tufts (19-12) 202 108 20x – 15 18 0

Rice, Johanson (7), Protano (9) and Chang; Whelan, Rosenbaum (6), Vacca (6), Starr (8) and Sandak, Helm (8)

USM sweeps Plymouth State

At Plymouth, N.H., Ryan Bourque hit two doubles and single to drive in a run and help the University of Southern Maine past Plymouth State University in the first game on Saturday. The Huskies also won the second game 8-3.

In the first game, Max Aresnault had two doubles and a single for the Huskies and Eddie Skeffington hit three singles and drove in two runs. Ryan Pike hit a triple and two singles.

Josh Labossiere singled twice for Plymouth State.

In the second game, Nick Vardaro had a double and two singles with an RBI for Southern Maine. Stefan Black had a double and two RBIs and Bourque added two RBIs.

C.J. Rousseau and Labossiere both drove in a run for Plymouth State.

(First Game)

Southern Maine 510 101 142 – 15 20 0

Plymouth St. 010 000 000 – 1 9 2

Bergeron, Portwine (9) and Black, Yanni (8); Brayton, Jowders (2), Welch (7), Ketchum (9) and Hodge, McGinnis (9)

(Second Game)

So. Maine (22-11) 400 003 001 – 8 10 4

Plymouth St. (11-22) 100 001 001 – 3 5 2

Rogers, Portwine (6) and Black; Hale, Ketchum (8) and Pogorzolski

Softball

Southern Maine sweeps Keene St.

At Keene, N.H. Saturday, Southern Maine won both games in the seventh inning, edging Keene State 4-3 and 4-2.

In the first game, senior Katie Mainvill won her eighth game of the season scattering seven hits and striking out eight.

With the game tied 3-3, Christen Lachapelle slapped an RBI single to score Sabrina Mills. Lachapelle also hit a double and drove in two runs. Mills finished with two singles.

Owl’s pitcher Ashlee Nicholson hit two singles and Jessica Starkey added a two-run double.

In the second game, Southern Maine scored two runs in the top of the seventh on a Mills RBI sacrifice fly and an RBI squeeze play from Dawn Ross to score Danica Martin and seal the win.

Freshman pitched Bree Loon earned her 10th win of the season, striking out nine. Caterina Riitano added a single, double and an RBI for the Huskies.

Sarah Campbell hit two singles and drove in a run for the Owls.

(First Game)

Southern Maine (18-15) 002 010 1 – 4 10 1

Keene State (24-9) 100 020 0 – 3 7 3

Mainville and Martin; Nicholson, Fuoroli (7) and Crompton

(Second Game)

Southern Maine (19-15) 010 001 2 – 4 6 0

Keene State (24-10) 000 002 0 – 2 6 1

Loon and Mills; Fuoroli, Gardner (4), Nicholson (7) and Scata

Colby, Tufts split

At Waterville, Colby senior Lauren Olmsted pitched all nine innings as the Mules picked up the 3-2 win, but Tufts bounced back in the second game, 13-5.

In the first game, Olmsted, who leads the NESCAC in earned run average at 1.13, allowed no earned runs and struck out two.

Olmsted and Essie Widlanski each got RBI singles in the top of the ninth to pull out the victory.

Erica Bailey hit a double and two singles for Tufts.

In the second game, the Jumbos put the game away in the top of the sixth, scoring nine runs. Maya Ripecky had a double and two singles with three RBIs, and Heather Kleinberger had a home run and a single scoring three runs for the winners.

Carlie Minichino had a double and a single, and Tory Starr had two singles for the Mules.

(First Game)

Tufts (23-12) 000 000 011 – 2 6 1

Colby (11-19) 000 000 012 – 3 5 3

Ebstein, Bailey, and Cusick; Olmsted and Fagan

(Second Game)

Tufts (24-12) 020 209 – 13 15 2

Colby (11-20) 300 002 – 5 6 3

Bailey, Gelmetti (3) and Cusick; Toomey, Crowell (3) and Fagan

Thomas, UMF in postseason

The Thomas College and the University of Maine-Farmington softball teams have advanced to the first round of the North Atlantic Conference’s East division tournament, which starts Tuesday.

The No. 3 Terriers of Waterville (18-19, 6-4) will face the No. 2 Beavers (21-10, 7-3) at 4 p.m. in Farmington. UMF is the defending NAC champion.

Lasell College (22-14, 7-3) earned the No. 1 seed in the East, while Lesley (15-15, 5-5) is the fourth seed. Those two teams will also play Tuesday.

In the West division, Elms earned the top seed and will host No. 4 Becker, while No. 3 Mount Ida will face No. 2 Castleton State.

The winners advance to the conference semifinals Friday, which will be hosted by the top remaining seed. The teams will be re-seeded for a double-elimination format. The championship game will be held Saturday with an if-necessary game Sunday.

Saint Joseph’s wins title

At Standish, Saint Joseph’s College cruised by the Mitchell Pequots 11-1 to win the Division III Independents Northeast Championship on Sunday.

Mitchell advanced to the championship game earlier Sunday with a 14-3 win over Green Mountain.

In the championship game, the Monks used a nine-run first inning, led by Gabrielle Burrola’s two doubles and four RBIs, and ran away with the title.

The Monks added a run in the first and a final run in the fourth as Audra Cushman singled and went on to score.

Tournament MVP Colleen Delahanty improved to 13-7 and struck out two in the win. Delahanty was joined by Burrola and Kristi Albert on the All-Tournament team.

Mitchell scored their lone run in the third on an RBI single by Jennifer Cassara.

In the first game Saturday, Delahanty struck out four and allowed one hit as Saint Joe’s blanked UMaine-Presque Isle.

Samantha Grier had the lone hit, a double, for the Owls.

In the third game, Mitchell College eliminated UMPI in game three, 11-5.

Erin Pelletier had two singles and drove in two runs, and Anna Lenentine hit a triple and a single for UMPI. Grier added three singles.

Grier and Lenentine were named to the All-Tournament team.

In the fourth game, Burrola struck out seven and tossed a one-hitter as Saint Joe’s blanked Green Mountain.

Erin Ackley and Cushman added a double and single, respectively.

(Championship Game)

Mitchell (16-15-1) 001 00 – 1 3 4

St. Joe’s (24-15) 901 1x – 11 9 0

Arendt and Bartolucci; Delahanty and Grindle

(Sunday’s Semifinal)

Green Mountain (5-17) 003 00 – 3 6 0

Mitchell (16-14-1) 301 9x – 14 151

Deangelis and Petros; Arendt and Bartolucci

Saturday’s Results

(Game One)

UM-Presque Isle (1-12) 000 00 – 0 1 1

St. Joe’s (22-15) 424 2x – 12 15 0

Michaud and Roy; Delahanty and Grindle

(Game Three)

UM-Presque Isle (1-13) 023 000 0 – 5 9 1

Mitchell (15-14-1) 304 220 x – 11 13 3

Michaud and Roy; Arendt and Bartolucci

(Game Four)

Green Mountain (5-17) 000 00 – 0 1 7

St. Joe’s (23-15) 602 7x – 15 12 0

Deangelis and Petros; Burrola and Daugherty

Western Conn. sweeps USM

At Danbury Conn., on Sunday, Meg Cirigliano pounded eight hits over two games and knocked in the game-wining run in the ninth inning of the first game to lead Western Connecticut to a pair of wins over the University of Southern Maine 2-1 and 3-2.

In the first game, Cirigliano went 5-for-5 with five singles and Shelby Slie struck out 12 Huskies.

Sabrina Mills and Danica Martin each hit doubles for USM.

In the second game, Stacy DiMaggio hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Colonials.

Katie Martell hit an RBI single, and Caterina Riitano hit a double and a single for the Huskies.

(First Game)

USM (19-16) 100 000 000 – 1 5 2

Western Conn. (25-14) 000 001 001 – 2 11 2

Mainville and Martin; Slie and Finkeldey

(Second Game)

USM (19-17) 200 000 0 – 2 6 4

Western Conn. (26-14) 002 000 1 – 3 9 0

Loon and Mills; Scordato, Romyns (3) and Finkeldey