BALTIMORE — Bella Swan scored 21 points to lift the University of Maine women’s basketball team to a 72-38 win over the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in an America East game Saturday.

Sigi Koizar added 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Maine (18-7, 9-1). Liz Wood added 10.

After building a 31-18 halftime lead, Maine outscored UMBC (13-10, 4-6) 17-6 in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 64, CURRY 47: Alicia Brown scored 11 of her game-high 22 points in the second half as the Nor’easters (18-3, 14-0) pulled away for a Commonwealth Coast Conference win over the Colonels (9-12, 6-8) at Milton, Massachusetts.

Alanna Vose and Meghan Gribbin added 12 points apiece, and Vose also had eight rebounds and five steals for UNE.

ST. JOSEPH’S 93, MOUNT IDA 63: Morgan Cahill scored 16 points to lead the Monks (17-4, 7-0) to a Great Northeast Athletic Conference win over the Mustangs (5-16, 3-6) at Standish.

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Emily Quirion added 11 points and Emily Kehoe chipped in 10 for the Monks.

KEENE STATE 60, SOUTHERN MAINE 53: Stephanie D’Annolfo scored 14 points to lead the Owls (18-3, 7-3) over the Huskies (12-9, 6-4) in a Little East game at Keene, New Hampshire.

Ella Ramonas had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies. Megan Pelletier added 12.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 74, UM-MACHIAS 44: Jordan Turner scored 13 points, and Alicia Hoyt scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Seawolves (19-7, 8-4) in a Yankee Small College Conference win over the Clippers (5-15, 4-9) at Machias.

Maria Veino added 12 points.

COLBY 63, HAMILTON 51: Carylanne Wolfington scored 15 points and Haley Driscoll added 13, and the Mules (13-9, 5-3) beat the Continentals (7-15, 1-7) in a NESCAC game at Waterville.

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Desi Smith added 11 points.

BOWDOIN 63, MIDDLEBURY 46: Kate Kerrigan and Marle Curle each scored 12 points to lead the Polar Bears (17-5, 6-2) to a NESCAC win over the Panthers (11-10, 3-5) at Brunswick.

Lauren Petit added 11 points for Bowdoin.

BATES 77, TRINITY 61: Nina Davenport and Chelsea Nason scored 22 points apiece, and Davenport added 15 rebounds to lead the Bobcats (7-13, 3-6) to a NESCAC win over the Bantams (10-9, 0-8) at Hartford.

The Bobcats clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

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MAINE 4, MERRIMACK 0: Jessica Vallotton scored three goals, and Brooke Stacey had a goal and an assist to lead the Black Bears (9-19-2, 5-15-1) to a Hockey East win over the Warriors (4-24-1, 2-16-1) at Orono.

Maine goalie Meghann Treacy made 19 saves to record the shutout.

ST. ANSELM 4, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 0: Alex Starzyk had two goals and an assist for the Hawks (17-4, 11-2) as they scored three third- period goals to pull away from the Nor’easters (11-7-2, 6-6-1) in a New England Hockey Conference game at Biddeford.

SOUTHERN MAINE 6, NICHOLS 0: Cassandra Sherman and Emilee Burris had two goals and an assist apiece as the Huskies (3-15-2, 2-9-2 New England Hockey Conference) beat the Bison (3-17, 1-11) in Gorham.

HAMILTON 4, BOWDOIN 1: Olivia Hawes scored a pair of goals as the Continentals (11-7-2, 5-5-2 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (8-9-2, 5-6-10) in Brunswick.

Jessica Bowen scored for Bowdoin.

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CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 2, COLBY 1: Bre Davis gave the Mules (5-13-3, 3-10-1) the lead with a short-handed goal early in the second period, but the Camels (12-7-1, 6-5-1) rallied for a NESCAC win at Waterville.

MEN’S HOCKEY

BOWDOIN 6, HAMILTON 2: Matt Rubinoff had two goals and an assist to lead the Polar Bears (10-7-3, 6-5-3 NESCAC) past the Continentals (12-6-2, 7-5-2) at Clinton, New York.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 5, ST. ANSELM 4: Armand Uomoleale had a goal and three assists as the Nor’easters (12-9-2, 8-7-1 NEHC) beat the Saints (10-9-3, 6-7-3) in Biddeford.

SOUTHERN MAINE 4, NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 1: Pier-Michel Lapointe and Bob Ganley each scored in the first period as the Huskies (7-15-1, 4-12 NEHC) beat the Pilgrims (11-8-4, 6-6-4) in Gorham.

AMHERST 2, COLBY 1: Jonathan Sdao scored the lone goal for the Mules (7-9-4, 4-8-2) in a loss to Amherst (7-9-4, 5-6-3) in a NESCAC game at Amherst, Massachusetts.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

HAMILTON 86, BOWDOIN 71: Ajani Santos scored 25 points to lift the Continentals (11-10, 2-5 NESCAC) to a win over the Polar Bears (9-9, 2-5) at Clinton, New York.

Lucas Hausman had 18 points and Jack Simonds 14 for Bowdoin.

Mount IDA 80, ST. JOSEPH’S 70: Ethan Dujon scored 23 points to lead the Mustangs (6-15, 3-11) over the Monks (11-10, 7-7) in Standish.

MIDDLEBURY 67, COLBY 65: Jack Daly made a layup with 15 seconds left to lift the Panthers (13-8, 5-2 NESCAC) to a win over the Mules (13-8, 1-6) at Middlebury, Vermont.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 65, CURRY 57: Devin Thompson scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in the second half as the Nor’easters (11-10, 6-8 CCCC) rallied to a win over the Colonels (0-21, 0-14) at Milton, Massachusetts.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 102, UM-MACHIAS 92: Matt Talbot had 28 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Seawolves (12-15, 8-4 YSCC) to a win over the Clippers (11-10, 8-5) at Machias.

KEENE STATE 73, SOUTHERN MAINE 70: Ty Nichols scored 19 points to lead the Owls (13-8, 6-4 LEC) over the Huskies (12-9, 6-4), at Keene, New Hampshire.

Jose Nouchanthavong had 18 points, while Cole Libby added 17 for USM.


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