MEDFORD, Mass. — Shannon Brady scored 10 of her 22 points in the first half as No. 2 Bowdoin jumped out to a 21-point halftime lead and held off No. 3 Amherst 74-66 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference women’s basketball semifinal game Saturday.

Marle Curle added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Polar Bears (23-3), who broke the game open with a 25-10 run over the final 10 mintues of the first half. Sarah Binkhorst had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists for Bowdoin.

Bowdoin advanced to play No. 1 Tufts in the conference championship game at noon Sunday.

Men’s basketball

AMHERST 76, BOWDOIN 56: The fifth-seeded Lord Jeffs (20-6) used 42 points from their bench to beat the second-seeded Polar Bears (18-8) in the NESCAC semifinals at Hartford, Connecticut

Lucas Hausman scored 21 points for Bowdoin, while John Swords had 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

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New Hampshire 65, Maine 56: Matt Miller scored a season-high 24 points and the Wildcats (18-11, 11-5) concluded the regular season with a victory over the Black Bears (3-26, 2-14) in Durham, New Hampshire.

Shaun Lawton scored 16 points to lead Maine.

Women’s hockey

CONNECTICUT 1, MAINE 0: Rebecca Fleming scored 10:31 into overtime and Elaine Chuli made 45 saves for the fifth-seeded Huskies (10-17-7, 5-11-5) as they completed a sweep of the fourth-seeded Black Bears (10-19-3) in their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series at Orono.

Meghann Treacy finished with 26 saves for the Black Bears.

Bowdoin 3, Connecticut College 2: Ariana Bourque scored an unassisted goal at 15:23 of overtime as the Polar Bears beat the Camels in the NESCAC quarterfinals in New London, Connecticut.

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Bourque and Rachel Kennedy scored in the third period as the Polar Bears, who advanced to play No. 1 Middlebury in the semifinals Saturday, rallied to tie the game.

NORWICH 6, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 0: Maki Shuchuk scored a hat trick as the top-seeded Cadets (19-4-3) eliminated the eighth-seeded Nor’easters (6-15-5) in the ECAC East quarterfinals at Northfield, Vermont.

CASTLETON 2, SOUTHERN MAINE 1: Hannah Rose scored 15:17 into overtime to lift the fourth-seeded Spartans (13-11-2) over the fifth-seeded Huskies (8-15-3) in an ECAC East quarterfinal at Rutland, Vermont.

AMHERST 2, COLBY 1: Tori Salmon scored 10:33 into overtime to lead the second-seeded Jeffs (17-4-4) past the seventh-seeded Mules (14-11) in a NESCAC quarterfinal at Amhest, Massachusetts. Megan Fortier scored for Colby.

Men’s hockey

WILLIAMS 4, BOWDOIN 3: Craig Kitto scored 9:26 into overtime to lift the fourth-seeded Ephs (15-8-2) to a win over the fifth-seeded Polar Bears (14-8-3) in a NESCAC quarterfinal at Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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Connor Quinn and Brendan Conroy scored in the third to tie it for Bowdoin.

Women’s lacrosse

COLBY 11, TRINITY 10: Abby Hatch scored the winner with 16.2 seconds remaining as the Mules beat the Bantams in the season opener at Waterville.

AMHERST 14, BATES 5: The Lord Jeffs scored six consecutive goals in the first half to take control and defeat the Bobcats in a NESCAC opener at Amherst, Massachusetts.

BOWDOIN 11, WILLIAMS 10: Emma Beecher scored a pair of second-half goals as the Polar Bears edged the Ephs at Brunswick..

Men’s lacrosse

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WILLIAMS 16, BOWDOIN 5: Conor Roddy, Steven Kiesel and Andy Grabowski scored three goals each as the Ephs beat the Polar Bears at Williamstown, Massachusetts. .

AMHERST 10, BATES 6: Quinn Moroney scored three unanswered goals during the first and second quarters for the Jeffs (1-0, 1-0), who beat the Bobcats (0-1, 0-1) in a NESCAC game at Lewiston.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 12, WHEATON 11: Dan Auger had two goals and two assists for the Nor’easters won their season opener, at Norton, Massachusetts.

Colby 9, Trinity 7: John Grimaldi scored the go-ahead goal with 4:27 left in the fourth quarter as the Mules (1-0) beat the Bantams (0-1) at Hartford, Connecticut.

Baseball

ST. JOSEPH’S SPLITS: Taylor Black and Joe Coyne had three hits apiece for the Monks in an 8-3 win over Pitt.-Greensburg (0-2) in their first game of the day at Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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St. Joseph’s (1-5) lost 4-2 to Ramapo (2-0) in their second game of the day.

INDOOR TRACK

OPEN NEW ENGLAND: The University of Southern Maine won the men’s 1,600-meter relay, and got second-place finishes from Jamie Ruginski and Kevin Desmond as it finished fourth , in Boston.

Ruginski placed second in the triple jump at 49 feet, 113/4 inches. Desmond was second in the 800 meters (1:52.38) and ran a leg on the Huskies’ winning relay team (3:13.88), joining Zach Miller, Jeremy Collins and Daniel Webb. Webb also was fourth in the 800 (1:53.62), Miller was eighth in the 60 dash (7.04), and Cory Dyer finished fifth in the high jump (6-63/4).

Bates senior Sean Enos won in the shot put (57-21/4).

Other top Maine finishers included: Julian Hubbard, Maine, fifth in the triple jump (47-111/4); Brian Sommers, Colby, third in the 400 (48.19); Conor Donahue, Bowdoin, third in the 1,000 (2:27.68); and John Stansel, Bates, fifth in the mile (4:09.95).

Biddeford’s Maria Curit, a senior at Stonehill, was second in the women’s 800 (2:08.25).

USM’s Peyton Dostie (seventh in 400, 56.82) and Nicole Kirk (eighth in 200, 25.43) each scored in individual events and helped the Huskies finish fourth in the 1,600 relay (3:51.74).

Also, UMaine’s Grace MacLean placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.87).


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