PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Melissa Henderson fired her second career one-hitter and Kristi Steward knocked in the game’s lone run Wednesday afternoon in the fourth inning as the University of Southern Maine softball team nipped Rhode Island College 1-0 in an ECAC tournament first-round game.

Southern Maine advances to this weekend’s four-team double elimination round, where they’ll battle Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.

Renee Heath kicked off the rally with a one-out single. Sarah McLean followed with a single. After the next batter struck out, Steward’s single up the middle scored Heath.

Henderson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for Southern Maine. She finished with five strikeouts and one walk.

Kim Warrington fanned 11 for the Anchorwomen.

Southern Maine (26-12) 000 100 0 – 1 4 0

R.I. College (20-14-1) 000 000 0 – 0 1 2

Henderson and Tong; Warrington and Caldwell

Baseball

USM 4, Western Connecticut 2

At Mansfield, Conn., senior Paul Tedesco drove in two runs with a double to give Southern Maine the edge over Western Connecticut in a Little East Conference first-round matchup.

The Huskies will play the winner of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and Keene State game tonight at 7 p.m.

Brian Marshall contributed with an RBI double.

Chris Sudano had two doubles and an RBI for Western Connecticut.

Western Conn. (16-22-1) 000 001 010 -2 8 0

Southern Maine (27-14) 10 101 00x 3 7 1

Rivers and Kaplan; Cahill, Adams (7) and Melanson