VESTAL, N.Y. – Jenna Balent pitched a three-hitter, allowing one unearned run while striking out seven and walking two, as the University of Maine capped a weekend sweep of Binghamton on Sunday with a 7-1 America East softball victory.
On Saturday, the Black Bears (5-1 AE) won the opener 12-3 and took the second game 12-3.
On Sunday, Whitney Spangler, Ashley Waters (two RBIs) and Kristen Calvetti (two RBIs) had two hits apiece for Maine. Waters, Terren Hall and Kali Burham each belted a homer.
Megan Quinn doubled and singled for Binghamton.
In Saturday’s first game, Calvetti had three hits and drove in three runs to back Balent’s four-hitter. Waters posted three hits and two RBIs. Kristin Allen had two hits and two RBIs while Spangler singled twice for Maine.
In the second game, Alexis Souhlaris, Jordan McLain and Erin Iandoli each hit a home run for the Bears. Souhlaris pitched five innings, allowing only one hit, to earn the shutout.
Hall tallied three hits and three RBIs to pace Maine while Souhlaris and Calvetti each had two hits.
(Sunday’s Game)
Binghamton (4-19) 000 100 0 – 1 3 1
Maine (5-29) 220 030 x – 7 10 4
Egan, Whitaker (2), Constantatos (5) and Plemon; Balent and Whitney, George (6)
(Saturday’s First Game)
Binghamton 100 11 – 3 4 2
Maine 202 08 – 12 14 1
Egan, Constantatos (5) and Plemon; Balent and Spangler
(Saturday’s Second Game)
Binghamton (4-18) 000 00 – 0 1 1
Maine (4-29) 200 51 – 8 11 1
Whitaker, Constantatos (4), Egan (4) and Plemon; Souhlaris and George
Husson earns four victories
At the Husson College field in Bangor, Husson swept Johnson State 9-0 and 18-0 Saturday before taking a pair from Castleton State 3-1 and 10-5 Sunday.
On Saturday, Tammie Arsenault pitched six innings of shutout ball in game one before the Eagles’ Caitlin LeBorgne and Nicole Sargent combined on a five-inning no-hitter in the second game.
In the nightcap, Shannon Pietras, Cassie Berry and Megan Bradstreet had three hits apiece and drove in nine runs.
Carolyn McAvoy, Megan Richard and LeBorgne had two hits apiece.
On Sunday, Arsenault pitched a six-hitter in the opener and McAvoy hit a two-run homer in the decisive three-run, third-inning rally.
Dorothy Cameron had three hits for the Eagles and Jenika Kelley had two.
Allison Lamay’s two hits paced Castleton State and Tosah Whittemore pitched an eight-hitter.
In the second game, Kelley belted two homers and drove in five runs and Berry knocked in three runs with two doubles and a single. LeBorgne went the distance, allowing 12 hits.
McAvoy and Castleton State’s Laura Rogers, Cassandra Koehne, Lamay, Angie Carpenter and Brandy White all had two hits.
(Saturday’s First Game)
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Husson 003 000 x – 3 8 0
T. Whittemore and McGinness; Arsenault and Bell
(Saturday’s Second Game)
Castleton (3-7) 010 013 0 – 5 12 2
Husson (7-7) 503 002 x – 10 13 1
Rogers and McGinness; LeBorgne and Bell
(Sunday’s Second Game)
Johnson State 000 00 – 0 0 4
Husson College 765 0x – 18 18 2
Gervais, Cunningham (3) and Cunningham, Gervais; LeBorgne, Sargent (5) and Bell
MMA splits weekend twinbills
CASTINE – Freshman Amanda Barker pitched a no-hitter, striking out eight batters, to lead Maine Maritime Academy of Castine to an 8-0 shutout over Johnson State on Sunday in the first game of a softball doubleheader.
The Lady Mariners topped Johnson State 8-3 in the second game.
On Saturday, Castleton State scored nine runs in the last four innings of the first game to outlast the Mariners 10-9. The Spartans won the second game 18-3.
In Sunday’s first game, Mallery Stanley led Maine Maritime with three hits. Brittany Hunt posted two hits while Danielle Richard had a hit and two RBIs.
In Sunday’s second game, Barker allowed no earned runs and struck out a school-record 15 batters.
Stanley tallied three hits and an RBI to pace the Lady Mariners. Nicole Poland and Megan Russell added two hits apiece.
In Saturday’s first game, Laura Rogers led Castleton State with two hits, two runs scored, two stolen bases and two RBIs.
Mallery Stanley paced Maine Maritime with four hits and an RBI. Sam Rheaume posted two hits and an RBI.
In Saturday’s second game, Rogers had three hits with three runs scored and four RBIs to lead Castleton State.
Stanley doubled, tripled and drove in a run to lead the Lady Mariners.
UM-Farmington sweeps Elms
At Chicopee, Mass., Sarah Defilipp pitched a complete game allowing no earned runs on five hits Sunday as the University of Maine-Farmington defeated Elms College 4-3 in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Beavers won the second game 6-4.
In the first game, Lauren Overlock and Megan Goodrow had two hits apiece for UMF. Breanna Conners posted a hit and drove in a run.
In the second game, Caitlyn Flaherty tallied two hits for the Beavers. Kelly McDonough, Katelyn Ross, Overlock and Conners each registered a hit and an RBI.
(First Game)
UMF 000 200 2 – 4 8 2
Elms 000 300 0 – 3 5 4
Defilipp and Barnes; Tremblay and Williams
(Second Game)
UMF (2-0) 002 040 0 – 6 6 1
Elms (7-8) 000 031 0 – 4 6 1
Bergeron, Carman (7) and Conners; Ramsdell and Williams
Thomas 10, Becker 0
At Leicester, Mass., Trista Morin and Jen Higgins each tallied two hits and two RBIs Sunday to lead Thomas by Becker.
Julia Lorenz pitched four shutout innings, allowing two hits, with five strikeouts for the Terriers.
Mallorie Blakney had two hits while Kristy Clements drove in three runs for Thomas.
Becker (3-4) 000 00 – 0 3 2
Thomas (2-0) 523 0x – 10 12 0
Kiertianis, Hanna (4) and Gleason; Lorenz, Libby (5) and Clements
Baseball
Husson, Castleton State split
At Winkin Complex in Bangor on Saturday, Ryan Arsenault’s 10th-inning triple delivered Ethan Guerette with the game-winning run as Husson took a 3-2 victory.
Guerette had singled and stolen second.
Castleton State won the nightcap 1-0.
In the opener, Sam Adolphsen pitched three innings of one-hit shutout relief to pick up the win.
Guerette had three hits and Ryan Arsenault had two for Husson.
Billy Bruneau had two hits for Castleton State.
In the second game, Kyle Brooks doubled home Brad Polcare, who had singled, with a first-inning run and Ken Cook made it stand up with a three-hitter.
Cook struck out four and walked one while Husson’s Arsenault was the hard-luck loser as he tossed six innings of four-hit, one-run ball.
(First Game)
Husson 000 200 000 1 – 3 8 2
Castleton State 000 100 100 0 – 2 4 0
Nason, Adolphsen (8) and McGinley; Turner, Larose (9) and Brooks
(Second Game)
Husson (6-11) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Castleton State (4-11) 100 000 x – 1 4 0
Arsenault and Arthers; Cook and McPeek
Elms sweeps UM-Farmington
At Holyoke, Mass., Sunday, R.J. Vassallie fired a three-hitter in the opener and Mike Andrews hit a two-run double and Andrews had a game-tying two-run single in the seventh inning of the nightcap before Scott Netkovick drove home the game-winner to cap the four-run rally.
In the second game, Andrews had three hits and three RBIs and Joe Sawa and Justin Jacobs had two hits each.
Josh Garneau’s three hits and two by Kyle Shea led UMF.
There were no repeat hitters in the opener.
(First Game)
UM-Farmington 010 000 0 – 1 3 1
Elms 201 000 x – 3 3 1
Morrison and Hanson; Vassallie and Sawa
(Second Game)
UM-Farmington 000 001 4 – 5 9 1
Elms 000 101 4 – 6 12 3
Howell, Ridge (6), Hemdal (7) and Hanson; Bieber, Roback (6), Moreau (7) and Sawa
Southern Maine, R.I. College split
At Providence, R.I., Adam Ross of Spruce Head threw a seven-hitter, striking out six and walking one, and Collin Henry belted a two-run double in a decisive three-run third inning Saturday that enabled the University of Southern Maine of Gorham to salvage a doubleheader split.
Eric Thibault and Eric Fama combined on a four-hitter in the opener for Rhode Island College.
In the nightcap, Henry, Josh Stowell and Andrew Stacy had two hits apiece. Chris O’Connor doubled and singled for the Anchormen.
In the opener, Jordan Amorin’s two-run single and Peter Olson’s RBI double backed the pitching of Thibault and Fama.
Henry pitched a five-hitter.
(First Game)
Southern Maine 000 000 010 – 1 4 2
RIC 001 000 20x – 3 5 0
Henry and Berthiaume; Thibault, Fama (8) and Amorin
(Second Game)
Southern Maine 003 010 300 – 7 8 0
RIC 000 000 100 – 1 7 1
Ross and Berthiaume; Levesque, Vatter (6), Gelsomino (8) and Amorin
Wheaton 6, Southern Maine 5
At Norton, Mass., Sunday, Scott Guillerault hit a two-run double to cap a three-run eighth-inning rally that enabled Wheaton to extend its winning streak to 15 games and snap the Southern Maine’s at seven.
The Lyons, ranked 18th nationally in Division III, have won their last eight meetings with the Huskies.
Paul Malaguti and Ken Depasse had two hits each for Wheaton and Josh Simmons registered his fifth save, striking out the side in the ninth.
Chris Burleson had two doubles and three RBIs for USM. Penobscot’s Collin Henry and Andrew Stacy also had two hits each for USM.
Southern Maine (11-5) 000 130 010 – 5 8 3
Wheaton (17-4) 100 002 03x – 6 7 0
Therrian, Holmes (6), Curran (7), deBethune (8), Stacy (8) and Berthiaume; Shepard, Kasik (5), Simmons (9) and Rossi
Trinity takes three from Bates
At Hartford, Conn., Trinity College improved to a best-ever 19-0 by sweeping three games from visiting Bates College of Lewiston.
Trinity won Saturday’s game 6-0 before the Bantams swept a Sunday doubleheader by identical 10-3 scores.
On Saturday, Tim Kiely fired a seven-hit shutout and Ryan Piacentini and Matt Sullivan had two hits apiece to power the Bantams.
Erik Hood had two hits for Bates.
In Sunday’s first game, Chandler Barnard and Derek Anderson combined on a six-hitter and Barnard drove in three runs with two hits. Sean Killeen had three hits for the winners.
Denis Hogan had two hits for Bates.
In Sunday’s second game, Kent Graham and James Wood had two hits and two RBIs apiece.
Casey McCormack had three hits for Bates with Brian Buckley, Hood and Jake Simon collecting two each.
(Saturday’s Game)
Bates 000 000 000 – 0 7 0
Trinity 000 004 02x – 6 8 0
Schwartz, Gallant (6), Thayer (8) and Egelson; Kiely and Killeen
(Sunday’s First Game)
Bates 000 100 2 – 3 6 2
Trinity 311 104 x – 10 10 0
VanderVliet, Cook (5) and Egelson; Barnard, Anderson (7) and Killeen, Bernstorf (6)
(Sunday’s Second Game)
Bates 010 000 020 – 3 12 2
Trinity 202 032 01x – 10 10 0
Heide, Chiampa (5), Murphy-Romboletti (7) and Webb; Regan, Rappaport (8), Bayer (9) and Killeen
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