TAMPA, Fla. – Trent Boeckman hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Defiance (Ohio) College Yellow Jackets to a 12-5 baseball victory over the Husson College Braves Tuesday.

Craig Harvey paced Husson with a two-run homer and a solo blast. John McGlinn chipped in with a double and single.

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Women’s basketball

Vermont earns NIT bid

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The University of Vermont women’s basketball team has been awarded a berth in the 32-team Women’s National Invitation

Tournament.

The Catamounts (21-8) will play host to Holy Cross (23-7) on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The Catamounts won the America East regular-season race by four games, but they fell 60-59 at Hartford on Friday in a riveting semifinal marred by a controversial jump ball call.