BANGOR — Tyler Parke belted a two-run homer for the Husson baseball team in its 8-2 win over Bates College on Wednesday.
Parke finished 2 for 2 at the plate. Kobe Rogerson went 3 for 4 to lead the Eagles (4-10), and Joshua Scott added a two-run triple.
Ben Gesmondi homered to left-center in the second inning for the Bobcats (2-11), and John Nowak added an RBI single in the fourth.
COLBY 11, UMF 4: Genki Leclair lined a two-run triple to break a 3-3 tie and highlight a seven-run bottom of the fifth as the Mules (10-1) rolled by the Beavers (0-10) at Waterville.
Marcus Forrester, Patrick McConnell and Cole Palmeri had three hits apiece as Colby pounded out 17 hits.
Will Cauchon had a run-scoring double for UMaine-Farmington, and Nate Coombs had an RBI single. Oxford Hills grad Jonny Pruett led the Beavers with two hits and scored a run, and fellow Vikings Troy Johnson had a hit and a run and Hunter LaBossiere drove in a run in the fifth to tie the game 3-3.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
SOUTHERN MAINE 11, WELLESLEY 7: Kate Colvin and Rachel Shanks had two goals each to fuel a 4-1 third quarter to lead the Huskies (5-3) past the Blue (2-5) in nonconference game at Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Lewiston High School graduate Cece Racine made 16 saves for USM.
Shanks had a game-high six goals. Kiaya Gatchell added a pair of goals and Jillian Nichols also scored for Southern Maine.
Wellesley received two goals apiece from Liz Sugg, Willa McGough and Eleanor Mallett.
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 14, UMF 7: The Pilgrims scored six straight goals in the second quarter to rally back from a 5-3 deficit and down the Beavers in Henniker, New Hampshire.
Azure Illiano and Kaya Backman scored two goals apiece for UMaine-Farmington (1-5) in the first quarter and Jade Petrie added the other to give the Beavers a 5-3 lead after one period.
UMF’s Abby Trefsger stopped the Pilgrims’ run in the second quarter, but the Beavers trailed 10-6 at halftime.
Kristina Moody scored the Beavers’ lone goal of the second half, in the fourth quarter, and Maddie TenKate made 12 saves in goal.
SOFTBALL
BLACK BEARS SWEPT BY MINUTEMEN: UMass (10-17) jumped to a quick 3-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the first and an RBI fielder’s choice by Giana Waneling in the second as they topped Maine (4-24) 4-2 to secure a sweep of a nonconference doubleheader at Amherst, Massachusetts.
Jasmine Gray hammered a two-run homer for the Black Bears in the top of the fifth.
Alexandra Gruitch took the loss, allowing two earned runs on five hits, striking out a pair, and walking one.
Grace Gadden lined a two-run single to break a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fifth as the Minutemen won the opener, 7-4.
With UMaine trailing 4-0 going to the top of the fifth, Izzy Neiblas had a solo home run and Gabby Papushka added a three-run blast.
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