UMaine rallies, completes sweep of Vermont

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BURLINGTON, Vt. – The University of Maine scored twice in the top of the seventh inning Sunday to rally for a 3-2 America East softball victory over the University of Vermont and a sweep of their three-game weekend series at Archie Paul Field.

Maine (21-22 overall, 6-7 in AE play) defeated the Catamounts 6-1 and 11-3 on Saturday. Vermont falls to 9-25 overall, 2-12 in conference play.

In Sunday’s game, Tara Vilardo was hit by a pitch to open the Maine seventh, and with one out Ashley Waters doubled down the right field line to put runners on second and third. Kristen Calvetti then laid down a nicely placed bunt that scored Vilardo from third with the tying run.

Freshman Alexis Souhlaris, who had homered in the first inning for Maine’s other run, followed with a grounder to second base, but the fielder Calvetti got tangled up with Maine pinch-runner Alexis Pullen, and Waters scored from third base on the play.

Jessica Ghazali scattered eight hits in a complete-game pitching effort for Maine, walking just one batter.

Souhlaris finished with a home run and two singles to go with two RBIs for Maine, while Kate Joseph doubled and singled and Kristie Hawkins singled twice for the Black Bears. Vermont pitcher Aimee Kern had four singles.

In Saturday’s first game, Souhlaris had two doubles, a single and two RBIs to lead Maine to victory, while Whitney Spangler hit a solo home run and a double and Joseph singled twice.

Christine McGivney earned the pitching win for the Black Bears, allowing one run over five innings while striking out five batters.

In Saturday’s second game, Maine erupted for seven runs in the fourth inning to rally from a 3-0 deficit. Waters hit a grand slam to highlight that rally.

Souhlaris and Joseph each tripled and singled for the Black Bear, while Hawkins doubled and singled and Spangler singled twice.

Ghazali relieved Maine starter Jenna Balent in the second inning and allowed two hits and no runs over 4 1/3 innings to earn the pitching win.

Kern took the pitching loss, but did strike out nine to set a Vermont record for career strikeouts with 414.

(Sunday’s Game)

Maine (21-22) 010 000 2 – 3 12 1

Vermont (9-25) 000 020 0 – 2 8 2

Ghazali and Foltz; Kern and Borisenok

(Saturday’s First Game)

Maine 102 201 0 – 6 9 0

Vermont 000 010 0 – 1 5 3

McGivney, Ghazali (6) and Soule; Kern and Borisenok

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Maine 000 722 – 11 12 2

Vermont 120 000 – 3 9 1

Balent, Ghazali (2) and Foltz; Kern and Borisenok

Colby sweeps Maine Maritime

At Waterville, Brittany Tasi and Alyssa Crowell combined for a two-hit shutout and Randi Arsenault followed up with a one-hitter shutout as Colby downed Maine Maritime 2-0 and 4-0 on Sunday.

In the first game, Mollie Puskar scored both runs for Colby on a solo homer in the fourth and on a sacrifice fly by Sarah Whitfield in the second. Tasi struck out five with no walks.

In the second game, Essie Widlanski hit two RBI singles for the Mules and Arsenault struck out eight with no walks.

Meghan McKay tallied the Mariners’ only hit.

(First Game)

Maine Maritime 000 000 0 – 0 2 0

Colby 010 100 x – 2 5 2

Whittaker and Poland; Tasi, Crowell (6) and Widlanski

(Second Game)

Maine Maritime 000 000 0 – 0 1 3

Colby 200 011 x – 4 7 1

Cloutier and Poland; Arsenault and Widlanski

UMF sweeps Wheelock

At Chestnut Hill, Mass., Sunday, University of Maine-Farmington pitchers allowed only four hits in two games as the Beavers swept Wheelock 8-0 and 11-1.

In the first game, Liz Bergeron struck out nine, while Sarah Defilipp went 3-for-3 with two runs scored to lead UM-Farmington.

Lauren Overlock and Holly Tripp added two hits each for the winners.

In the second game, Erin Porter and Kelly McDonough each had two hits and two RBIs. Renee Trafton and Bergeron added an RBI single each for the Beavers.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 212 30 – 8 12 0

Wheelock 000 00 – 0 2 5

Bergeron and Tripp; Seidner and Ordile

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington (8-0) 311 000 6 – 11 15 0

Wheelock (3-18) 010 000 0 – 1 2 1

Defilipp, Bergeron (4) and Connors, Kowalczyk (4); Wear and Ordile

UM-Farmington blanks Thomas

At Waterville Saturday, Sarah Defilipp threw a three-hitter with four strikeouts and Megan Carman followed up with a six-hitter to lead UMaine-Farmington past Thomas 2-0 and 5-1.

In the first game, Lauren Overlock led the Beavers with a double and a single and Kelly McDonough had an RBI single.

Thomas’ Kristy Clement singled twice.

In the second game, Megan Goodrow had a double and two RBIs.

Jana Fetterhoff doubled for the Terriers.

(First Game)

UM-Farmington 100 100 00 – 2 7 3

Thomas 000 000 0x – 0 3 4

Defillipp and Tripp; Smith and Clement

(Second Game)

UM-Farmington (6-0) 000 001 40 – 5 5 2

Thomas (5-15) 000 000 1x – 1 6 2

Carman and Conners; Fetterhoff and Clement

Colby sweeps Saint Joseph’s

At Waterville Saturday, Lindsey Toomey pitched a three-hit shutout and Amanda Roehn followed up with a four-hit shutout as Colby took 2-0 and 2-0 wins over Saint Joseph’s of Standish.

In the first game, Carlie Minichino scored both runs and had the Mules’ lone hit when she doubled to lead off the sixth inning.

Gabrielle Burrola gave up one hit in six innings for the Monks.

In the second game, Miki Starr singled in Amy Palmer and Mollie Puskar smacked an RBI double to bring in Essie Widlanski.

Delahanty gave up one earned run and Alyson Ludwig had two singles for Saint Joseph’s.

(First Game)

Saint Joseph’s 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Colby 000 101 x – 2 1 4

Burrola and Daugherty; Toomey and Widlanski

(Second Game)

Saint Joseph’s (9-14) 000 000 0 – 0 4 1

Colby (12-6) 000 002 x – 2 5 0

Delahanty and Grindle; Roehn and Widlanski

USM splits with Western Conn.

At Gorham, Kristina Grondin scattered five hits and allowed just one run to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 2-1 win over Western Connecticut State in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday at Towers Field. Western Connecticut won the first game 9-0.

In the first game, WCSU took control early with a 7-0 lead and never looked back for the 9-0 shortened-game victory.

In the second game, USM tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, then scored the game-winner in the seventh.

(First Game)

W. Connecticut 340 11 x – 9 8 1

So. Maine 000 00 x – 0 0 4

Slie and Finkeldey; Coonradt and Dixon

(Second Game)

W. Conn. (14-10) 000 100 0 – 1 5 2

So. Maine (14-16) 000 010 1 – 2 6 1

Slie, Romyns (7) and Finkeldey; Grondin and Sevigny

USM, Eastern Connecticut split

At Willimantic, Conn., Saturday, Kristina Grondin drove in six runs including a three-run home run, and picked up her 10th win of the season on the mound as Southern Maine downed Eastern Connecticut 12-2. ECSU won the opener 6-2.

In the first game, Ashley Sullivan belted a three-run homer to give Eastern Connecticut the lead for good.

Magan Blais had an RBI double and Sabrina Sevigny notched an RBI single for Southern Maine.

In the second game, Grondin also had two doubles while yielding two runs on seven hits for the Huskies.

Sevigny tallied a two-run double and Blais added two hits.

(First game)

Southern Maine 000 200 0 – 2 8 0

Eastern Conn. 000 402 x – 6 8 0

Grondin and Sevigny; Cody, Pensiero (6) and Denny

(Second game)

Southern Maine (13-15) 310 053 – 12 14 1

Eastern Conn. (15-12) 100 010 – 2 7 4

Grondin and Dixon; Pensiero, Cody (4) and Denny

Wesleyan sweeps Bowdoin

At Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Meaghan Dendy scored on a Molly O’Connell single in the bottom of the ninth to give Wesleyan a 4-3 second-game win. Wesleyan also won the first game 4-3.

In the first game, Dendy went 3-for-3 with a two-run single.

Shavonne Lord had an RBI double for the Polar Bears.

In the second game, Molly Gaebe hit an RBI single and Dayna York added a sacrifice fly. Dendy added a triple.

Jayme Woogerd went 4-for-5 with an RBI double.

(First Game)

Bowdoin 000 001 2 – 3 5 1

Wesleyan 120 001 x – 4 6 2

Reni and Stern; Gaebe, Hargrave (7) and Katz

(Second Game)

Bowdoin (18-13) 000 002 001 – 3 9 1

Wesleyan (19-11) 000 110 002 – 4 9 0

Jacobs and Coleman; Yorks, Hargrave (7) and Brownson

Bowdoin, Brandeis split

At Waltham, Mass. Saturday, Bowdoin won the first game 8-4 thanks to a five-run second inning, but fell 4-1 in the second game as Brandeis’ Kaitlin Streilein allowed one run on four hits.

In the first game, Jayme Woogerd and Clare Ronan each collected three hits for the Polar Bears. Ronan belted a home run and a double and drove in three runs, and Sarah Stern tallied two RBIs.

Streilein smacked a solo homer and Amelie Schimmel notched three RBIs.

In the second game, Samantha Worth had two hits as the Judges scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Woogerd led the Polar Bears with a triple and a single.

(First Game)

Bowdoin 050 100 2 – 8 15 0

Brandeis 030 000 1 – 4 9 0

Reni and Stern; Volpe and Ross

(Second Game)

Bowdoin 000 001 0 – 1 4 1

Brandeis 000 004 x – 4 7 3

Jacobs and Coleman; Streilein and Ross

UNE, Salve Regina split

At Biddeford, Lauren Webb singled to score the game’s only run giving the University of New England a 1-0 win over Salve Regina on Sunday. The Nor’easters dropped the second game 6-3.

In the first game, Kelly Bedard scored on Webb’s single. Sarah Hamel gave up seven hits, no walks and struck out two for the shutout.

In the second game, Sarah Jakiela belted a solo home run and Caitlin Poplawski added a two-run double. Kristi Jagiello notched an RBI single.

Hamel and Michaela O’Rourke each notched an RBI single for UNE.

(First Game)

Salve Regina 000 000 0 – 0 7 2

U-New England 000 000 1 – 1 6 0

Jakiela and Ferri; Hamel and Engwer

(Second Game)

Salve Regina (15-13) 041 100 0 – 6 8 2

U-New England (16-10) 201 001 1 – 5 13 2

Sousa, Jakiela (2) and Ferri; Silvio, Hamel (3) and Engwer

UNE sweeps Anna Maria

At Paxton, Mass. Saturday, the University of New England scored 34 runs in two games to earn the weekend sweep of Anna Maria College.

In the first game, every starter for UNE had at least one hit. Chelsea Cummings went 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Kelly Bedard had two hits and four RBIs and Jessica Silvio allowed two hits for her sixth win.

Christina Dagle and Lauren Hachey singled for the Amcats.

In the second game, Sarah Hamel gave up two hits and struck out 11 to lead the Nor’easters.

Katie Morin finished with a triple, two singles and an RBI. Lauren Webb notched two RBIs on a single and a double for UNE.

(First Game)

U-New England 2116 02 – 21 14 0

Anna Maria 000 00 – 0 2 0

Silvio and Gaedje; Hachey, Roach (2) and Dagle

(Second Game)

U-New England (15-9) 124 33 – 13 11 1

Anna Maria (0-15) 000 10 – 1 2 3

Hamel and Gaedje; Roach and Dagle