CHANDLER, Ariz. – Noah Mason scored on a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning to lift Northern Colorado to a 15-14 win over the University of Maine Wednesday.

Mason doubled, singled and drove in three runs for Northern Colorado.

Jon Hambelton paced the Black Bears with three RBIs on a double and two singles and Brett Ouellette knocked in three runs on three singles. Joe Drapeau homored for Maine. Rusty Tucker struck out four.

Maine (1-7) 020 005 412 00 – 14 15 4 Northern Colorado (11-7) 600 211 301 01 – 15 15 2

Tucker, Truman (6), Labelle (8) and Drapeau, Harris, Picard; Borland, Lidke (6), Mills (7), Bradford (8), Zimmerman (9), Purvis (11)

No. Colorado 15, Maine 14 (11)

Maine (1-7) Northern Colorado (11-7)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Livulpi, cf 7 2 2 1 Vaughn, lf 4 2 1 1

Bracali, 2b 6 1 2 0 Wagner, cf 6 2 1 1

Ross, lf 5 2 2 2 Banks, 3b 7 2 4 4

Hambelton, 1b 7 0 3 3 Mason, 1b 4 3 2 2

Peel, ss 5 0 0 0 Nichols, c 6 0 0 0

Drapeau, 3b-c 6 2 2 1 Caranna, dh 4 2 3 1

Barrett, rf 4 3 2 0 Smith, pr 0 0 0 0

Young, rf 1 0 1 1 Carrasco, dh-rf 2 0 0 0

Harris, c 1 0 0 0 Blaser, dh 1 0 0 0

Genest, ph 0 1 0 0 Mills, rf-p 4 1 1 1

Picard, c 2 1 1 0 Stearns, ph 1 0 0 0

Goirigolzarri, 3b 1 0 0 0 DeGrado, ph 1 0 1 0

Ouellette, dh 6 2 3 3 Thomas, ss 3 2 1 1

Reed, 2b 5 1 2 2

Totals 51 14 18 11 Totals 49 15 16 13

Maine 020 005 412 00 – 14

Northern Colorado 500 211 301 01 – 15

E – Goirigolzarri 2, Hambelton, Peel; Wagner, Thomas 2B – Livulpi, Bracali, Hambelton, Barrett; Mason HR – Drapeau LOB – Maine 12, Northern Colorado 15 DP – Northern Colorado SB – Thomas S – Vaughn

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Maine

Tucker 5 9 9 6 4 4

Truman 2 4 4 3 1 3

Labelle (L, 0-1) 3 2/3 3 2 1 5 3

Northern Colorado

Borland 5 1/3 6 7 6 6 3

Lidke 2/3 1 0 0 0 0

Mills 1 5 5 0 1 1

Bradford 1 1 0 0 0 2

Zimmerman 2 3 2 2 0 2

Purvis (W, 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1

HBP – Peel by Zimmerman; Vaughn by Tucker, Thomas by Truman WP – Labelle; Zimmerman, Borland PB – Harris, Picard BK – Borland

Husson 16, Pittsburg State 5

At Lake Wales, James Zukowski pitched four no-hit innings for Husson before Pittsburg State was able to score.

Aaron Largay had 2 RBIs and a home run for Husson, while Matt Soucie and Tony Creek also had 2 RBIs.

Pittsburg State 000 031 010 – 05 10 5 Husson 131 004 700 – 16 22 4

Zukowski, Lomax (8), Montgomery (9) and Worcester; Leavitt, Freeman (4), Ladyza (7) and McHugh

Softball

UMaine softball sweeps

At Osceola, Fla., the University of Maine softball team defeated Stephen F. Austin 4-3 and the University of Rhode Island 6-3 on Wednesday to improve to 8-2 on its spring trip.

In the first game, Erica Sobel and Sara Jewett hit back-to-back solo home runs in the third inning. Sawyer, who appeared in relief for her sixth and seventh game this spring, came on in the fourth and threw four shutout innings to earn her first win of the year.

In the second game, Jewett hit a three-run home run in the first and UMaine jumped out to a 6-0 lead before URI scored. Ashley Yuhas recorded her team-leading third win of the year (3-1) while Sawyer notched her third save.

(First game) UM (7-2) 012 001 0 – 4 8 0 SFA (16-7) 003 000 0 – 3 8 2

Green, Sawyer (4) and Jewett; Cobb, Tollenson (3) and Henrion (Second game) URI (1-9) 000 003 0 – 3 5 3 UM (8-2) 303 000 x – 6 5 2

Chymbor, Pedersen (4) and Hyland; Yukas, Sawyer (7) and Bain