SCARBOROUGH — Jackie Wilson scored five goals and assisted on a pair, and top-seeded St. Joseph’s College advanced to the championship game of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse tournament with a 15-8 win Friday night against Emmanuel.

Elyse Caiazzo added four goals. Elizabeth Elcock and Kelsey Dumond each scored twice.

St. Joseph’s (16-1) takes a 16-game winning streak into Sunday’s final against second-seeded Lasell.

SOFTBALL

EMMANUEL 8, ST. JOSEPH’S 3: The sixth-seeded Saints (19-15) scored five run in the top of the fifth and eliminated the third-seeded Monks (25-12) from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference tournament at West Haven, Connecticut.

St. Joseph’s grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Kim Jordan scored on a wild pitch, and Melissa Mayhew singled home Theresa Hendrix.

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The Monks then fell behind 3-2 before Kelsy Gaddy tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.

BOWDOIN SPLITS WITH BRANDEIS: The Polar Bears (26-12) broke a school record with six home runs on the way to a 9-0 win over Brandeis (13-13) in the first game of a doubleheader at Waltham, Massachusetts.

Katie Gately and Julia Geaumont each homered twice, and Cielle Collins and Nicole Nelson also went deep for the Polar Bears. The previous school record was three home runs.

Brandeis won the second game 6-5, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh.

BATES 2, TRINITY 0: Kelsey Freedman struck out nine and walked one while throwing a five-hitter and also homered to lift the Bobcats (8-19, 2-7 NESCAC East) over the Bantams (6-22, 2-8) at Lewiston.

Trinity pitcher Hannah King of Kennebunk struck out nine and allowed only four hits.

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TUFTS 9, COLBY 0: Cassie Ruscz homered twice and drove in four runs, and Allyson Fournier struck out 13 while pitching a five-inning one-hitter for the Jumbos (34-0, 10-0 NESCAC East) against the Mules (10-16, 3-6) at Medford, Massachusetts.

Kate McLaughlin broke up the no-hit bid with an infield single with one out in the fifth.

BASEBALL

BOWDOIN 7, COLBY 4: Chris Cameron’s two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning broke a 4-4 tie as the Polar Bears (12-16, 4-5 NESCAC East) beat the Mules (15-9, 4-6) at Brunswick.

Colby tied the game in the top of the seventh when Andrew Currier drove home Tommy Forese with a squeeze bunt.

Erik Jacobsen, Aaron Rosen and Sam Canales each went 2 for 4 for Bowdoin. Rosen scored three runs and Jacobsen scored twice.

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Henry Van Zant went the distance on the mound for the Polar Bears, allowing four runs on six hits while striking out seven and walking three.

Soren Hanson was 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored for Colby.

BATES 9, TUFTS 4: Sam Berry hit a pair of home runs and finished with three hits and four RBI to lead the Bobcats (12-13, 4-2 NESCAC East) over the Jumbos (22-7, 6-4) at Medford, Massachusetts.

Berry’s solo homer broke a scoreless tie in the third inning. He added a two-run blast during a four-run fourth inning.

Nate Pajka scored three runs and drove in one for the Bobcats.

Bates starter Connor Colombo gave up one earned run on four hits while striking out four and walking four in five innings.


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