FARMINGTON – Julia Knights of Brookton scored 17 points Friday night to lead Maine Maritime Academy of Castine to a 53-38 women’s basketball victory over Castleton State in the North Atlantic Conference semifinals.

Second-seeded MMA plays host and top seed UMaine-Farmington in today’s 2 p.m. title game at Dearborn Gym.

Three-time NAC Player of the Year Alyssa Burns added 13 points for the Mariners. Michelle Gott-Stilwell added 11 points along with 15 rebounds.

Jenn Goff and LeeAnne Ketchen each scored 11 points for the Spartans of Castleton, Vt.

Castleton State (19-8) 38

Goff 3-5-11, Ketchen 4-1-11, Amedore 1-0-2, Verrill 2-0-4, Banks 1-0-3, Hoxsie 1-0-2, Cary 0-2-2, Nienow 1-0-3

Maine Maritime (25-2) 53

Moore 1-0-3, Eiane, Burns 5-1-13, Gott-Stillwell 4-2-11, Knights 5-5-17, Provencher, Laney 1-0-2, Leeman 1-0-3, Franklin 1-0-2, Quimby, Hayden 1-0-2, Miller

3-pt. goals: Ketchen 2, Banks, Nienow; Knights 2, Burns 2, Moore, Gott-Stillwell, Leeman

Halftime: Maine Maritime 31-14

UMF 60, Husson 45

McIntosh scores 1,000th point

At Farmington, Kari Simpson had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead top-seeded University of Maine-Farmington past No. 4 Husson College of Bangor in the North Atlantic Conference semifinals.

Karen Sirois added nine points and four assists for the Beavers.

Annie McIntosh had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles. She scored her 1,000th career point midway through the second half.

Husson (14-13) 45

Martin 2-0-4, Barden 1-0-2, Rollins 2-0-4, McIntosh 10-1-21, Pickering 4-0-8, Merchant 0-2-2, Dow 2-0-4, Ballard, Wickstrom, Winters, Barnes, Al. Bragdon, As. Bragdon, Plourde

UMaine-Farmington (24-3) 60

Porter 1-0-3, Byrne 1-0-3, Simpson 9-1-22, Laflin 1-3-5, Sirois 3-2-9, Boyd 1-0-2, Page 0-1-1, Wiley 1-1-4, Johnson 0-3-3, Bossie 4-0-8, Brown

3-pt. goals: Simpson 3, Porter, Byrne, Sirois, Wiley

Halftime: UM-Farmington 24-14

USM 77, Eastern Conn. 61

At Gorham, Ashley Marble had career highs in points and rebounds to lead the University of Southern Maine past Eastern Connecticut State University of the Little East Conference semifinals.

Marble had 37 points and 22 rebounds to lead the Huskies. Lindsey Welch scored 11 points and Lauren Samuelson added 10 rebounds.

Nicky Morey paced Eastern Connecticut with 26 points.

Eastern Connecticut (16-11) 61

Morey 7-12-26, McFetridge 4-1-9, Mosley 6-0-13, Amato 1-0-2, Herchenroder 1-6-8, Durette 1-1-3, Paradis, Bergeron, Shaw, Smith

Southern Maine (24-2) 77

Welch 3-2-11, Paradis 3-0-6, Marble 12-11-37, Kent 2-0-5, Santa Fe 0-3-3, Ross 1-0-2, O’Tash 3-0-6, Samuelson 3-1-7, MacDonald

3-pt. goals: Mosley; Welch3, Marble 2, Kent

Halftime: Southern Maine 42-30

Lincoln, Pa. 72, UMPI 48

At Lincoln University, Pa., Sharell McMillan and Shanice Nesmith scored 20 points apiece to lead No. 2 Lincoln University to victory over No. 3 University of Maine-Presque Isle in the Division III Independents Northeast Region semifinal.

Erica Davis led the Owls with 13 points and nine rebounds and Ashley Brooker added 11 points.

UMaine-Presque Isle (15-7) 48

Davis 5-3-13, Joy 0-2-2, Wescott 3-3-9, Brooker 4-2-11, Lenentine 1-0-2, Russell 1-3-5, Maynard 0-1-1, Epright 2-1-5, Phillips, Sloat

Lincoln University (18-8) 72

McMillan 9-2-20, Nesmith 7-2-20, Harris 3-0-6, Atkinson 4-3-11, Rotimi 4-3-11, Cook 1-1-3, Robinson 0-1-1, Jackson, Hilton, Thompson, Fore

3-pt. goals: Brooker; Nesmith 4

Halftime: Lincoln 34-23

Men’s basketball

Saint Joseph’s 83, Mitchell 71

At Standish, Marcus Alexander notched a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to lift No. 2 Saint Joseph’s College over No. 3 Mitchell College of New London, Conn., to advance to the Division III Independents Northeast Region championship game against top-seeded Lincoln University (Pa.).

Elbie Murphy scored 16 points for the Monks and Chad Pulkkinen added 13 points. Raymond Eatmon tossed in 12 points and R.J. Mattison added 10.

T.J. Smith led Mitchell with 16 points.

Mitchell (11-15) 71

Lanham 5-2-12, To. Smith 3-2-9, Dunleavy 2-0-4, Murray 5-0-10, Brown 1-10-12, Witt 2-0-4, Bindner 2-0-4, T.J. Smith 6-0-16

Saint Joseph’s (19-7) 83

Vachon 2-0-4, Murphy 6-2-16, Pulkkinen 2-9-13, Alexander 8-4-20, Mileski 0-2-2, Mattison 5-0-10, Eatmon 6-0-12, Plummer 3-0-6, Russo, Castor, Emmons, Ouellet

3-pt. goals: T.J. Smith 4, To. Smith; Murphy 2

Halftime: Saint Joseph’s 38-27

Softball

Bowling Green, Miami top Maine

At Chattanooga, Tenn., Emily Gouge struck out 11 and walked none as Bowling Green beat the University of Maine 2-0 in the first game of the day. Miami University of Ohio defeated the Black Bears 8-2 in the second game.

In the first game, Ashley Zirkle doubled and singled for Bowling Green.

Whitney Spangler, Kristie Hawkins, Alexis Souhlaris and Melinda Corssino singled for 0-2 Maine.

In the second game, Breanna Robinson hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the fifth inning for Miami of Ohio.

Tara Vilardo tripled and scored for the Bears and Spangler singled and drove in a run.

(First Game)

Bowling Green 100 100 0 – 2 5 1

Maine 000 000 0 – 0 4 4

Gouge and Zirkle; Balent and Foltz

(Second Game)

Maine 001 010 0 – 2 4 1

Miami (Ohio) 031 040 x – 8 9 1

McGivney, Ghazali (5) and Soule; Linch and Savona