MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Mia Roy finished with a career-high 35 points as fifth-seeded Bates got off to a hot start and beat fourth-seeded Middlebury 87-75 in a NESCAC women’s basketball quarterfinal game Saturday afternoon.
Brianna Gadaletta had 13 points for the Bobcats (15-7), who advance to the conference semifinals on Feb. 26 for the first time since 2010. Meghan Graff and Morgan Kennedy each had 12, while Arian Dalia added 11.
Alexa Mustafaj had 27 points for the Panthers (12-11).
MAINE 77, NJIT 43: Maeve Carroll had 20 points and 12 rebounds as the University of Maine women’s basketball team stretched its winning streak to nine games with a 77-43 win over the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey.
Alba Orois had 18 points for the Black Bears, who improved to 15-10, 12-3 in the America East Conference. Maine jumped out to a 23-4 lead in the first quarter and cruised to the victory. Anne Simon added 13 points for Maine.
Ellyn Stoll and Aria Myers each had nine points for NJIT (13-12, 8-6).
SOUTHERN MAINE 60, WESTERN CONNECTICUT 51: Jackie Luckhardt had 17 points to pace the Huskies (8-15, 7-7 Little East) past the Colonials (7-17, 2-13) in Danbury, Connecticut.
Maria Degifico added 10 points for Southern Maine, and Lewiston grad Victoria Harris compiled a stat line of eight points, seven rebounds and five steals.
Alyssa Virtue had 11 points and Gabrielle Franks 10 for Western Connecticut.
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 105, GREAT BAY CC 28: Spruce Mountain grad Jaycee Cole scored 15 points and the second-seeded Seawolves (19-3) beat the seventh-seeded (3-15) in a YSCC quarterfinal in South Portland.
Maddy York had 14 points, Kyla Green added 12 and Aija Andrews had 11. Allexius Theberge and Mariah Parker chipped in with 10 apiece.
Madison Lovely had 14 for Great Bay CC.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
CENTRAL MAINE CC 73 VERMONT TECH 69: Marshall Evans put in a layup with 1:31 to give the fourth-seeded Mustangs (13-11) a three-point lead and they held on to beat the fifth-seeded Knights (7-21) in a YSCC quarterfinal in Auburn.
David Corey had 25 points for CMCC. DeMarco McKissic had 19 points and 14 rebounds, while Malik Farley had 10 points.
Dontavious Elder had 20 points for Vermont Tech.
HUSSON 64, UMAINE-FARMINGTON 63: J Thomas drained a fall-away 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the Eagles past the Beavers and into the NAC championship game with a win between East division rivals in Bangor.
Thomas scored a game-high 19 points. DJ Bussey added 13 points for Husson, and Winthrop grad Cam Wood pitched in with four points and seven rebounds.
Jack Kane notched a double-double for the Beavers, with 15 rebounds and 18 points, including the go-ahead layup with 12 seconds left. Terion Moss dropped in 16 points.
MEN’S HOCKEY
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5, MAINE 2: Liam Devlin scored 3:13 into the third period to lift the Wildcats (14-16-1, 8-13-1 Hockey East) to a win over the Black Bears (6-18-4, 4-14-2) in Orono.
Nick Cafarelli scored in the first period to give UNH the lead and Tyler Ward scored to tie for the Wildcats in the second. Alex Gagne and Filip Engaras also scored in the third for the Wildcats.
Matthew Fawcett scored in the first and Ben Poisson in the second as Maine took a 2-1 lead.
BOWDOIN 4, TUFTS 3: Nate Clark scored the winner 1:11 into overtime as the Polar Bears (7-9-4, 7-7-3 NESCAC) beat the Jumbos (5-14-2, 5-10-2) in a season finale in Brunswick.
Luke Wheeler gave Bowdoin a 1-0 lead 31 seconds into the game. Patrick Ault and Jack Studley had second-period goals, while Jacob Iida and Tyler Sedlak countered with goals for Tufts.
Sediak notched his second of the game with 12 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
HOBART 5, SOUTHERN MAINE 2: The top-seeded Statesmen (19-4-2, 13-2-2) scored three consecutive goals in the third period to beat the eight-seeded Huskies (8-14-1, 5-11-1) in an NEHC quarterfinal in Geneva, New York.
Chase Bell broke a 1-1 tie at 7:19, Zach Tyson got winner on his second of the game at 9:35 and Jonah Alexader made it 4-1 at 12:30.
Brendan Dowler scored with 25 seconds left in the first period and converted on a power play with 5:16 remaining in the third for the Huskies.
COLBY 4, CONN. COLLEGE 0: The Mules (15-5-2, 12-4-2 NESCAC) scored two empty-netters in a win over the Camels (5-14-3, 4-12-2) in Waterville.
Jacob Thousand, Max O’Brien, Michael Morrissey and Alex Bourhas scored for Colby.
Michael McHale had 28 saves for Connecticut College.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
MAINE 5, NEW HAMPSHIRE 0: Taylor Leech had a goal and a pair of assists as the Black Bears (13-19-1, 12-13-1 Hockey East) blanked the Wildcats (11-20-2, 9-16-1) at Orono.
Mira Seregerly and Maddie Giordano each had a goal and an assist for Maine, while Ally Trimper and Elise Morphy also scored.
Nicky Harnett recorded 26 saves for New Hampshire, while Jorden Mattison stopped 24 shots to earn the shutout.
MIDDLEBURY 3, BOWDOIN 1: Madie Leidt had two goals as the Panthers (21-0, 15-0 NESCAC) scored a goal in each period and downed the Polar Bears (10-10-1, 6-9-1) in Middlebury, Vermont.
Gia Massari scored and Dani Marquez stopped 39 shots for Bowdoin.
WILLIAM SMITH 2, SOUTHERN MAINE 1: Emma Faso scored 5:33 into the second overtime to lift the sixth-seeded Herons (9-14-1, 7-9-1 NEHC) over the third-seeded Huskies (15-10, 12-6) in a NEHC quarterfinal in Gorham.
Georgie Snow scored in the second period for the Huskies, and Lauren Jackson tied it midway through the third for the Herons.
Haley McKim stopped 31 shots for the Huskies.
NICHOLS 2, U. OF NEW ENGLAND 1: Sydney Royce’s second-period goal gave the Bison (15-8-1, 10-7-1 CCC) a win over the Nor’easters (9-12-2, 9-7-2) in Biddeford.
Grace Wiggett also scored for Nichols. Victoria Bakapanos turned away 29 shots in goal.
McKenna Remillard tallied UNE’s lone goal. Delanie Corcoran had 23 saves.
BASEBALL
LSU 17, MAINE 8: Jacob Berry hit a pair of home runs as the Tigers (2-0) had 17 hits in a win over the Black Bears (0-2) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Joe Bramanti had a double, a home run and two RBI for Maine. Jordan Schulefand added a two-run double.
SOFTBALL
MAINE 14, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4: Kya Enos hit a grand slam in the seventh inning as the Black Bears (1-2) scored nine runs in the seventh inning to beat the Eagles (4-5) in Statesboro, Georgia.
Enos had six RBI, while Izzy Nieblas had three.
Faith Shirley homered for Georgia Southern. Reign Williams had two RBI. Kyleigh Richardson took the loss in 3 2/3 innings.
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