ALBANY, N.Y. — Janelle Bouchard hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and Erin Bogdanovich pitched a two-hitter as the University of Maine softball team dealt Albany its first conference loss of the season Saturday, beating the Great Danes 3-1 in the second game of an America East doubleheader after losing the opener, 2-1.

Erika Leonard also homered for Maine (19-16, 7-3 America East) in Game 2. Bouchard put Maine ahead with her third homer of the season, and Maddie Decker added an RBI single in the seventh. Bogdanovich struck out six and walked only one as she improved to 5-0 against America East opponents.

Bouchard drove in Maine’s only run in the first game and finished the day with four hits. Molly Flowers took the loss in Game 1 despite striking out 10 and allowing just three hits.

BOWDOIN SWEEPS BRANDEIS: Julia Geaumont went 6 for 6 with two home runs to help the Polar Bears (16-13-2) sweep the Judges (13-16) in Brunswick, 10-4 and 7-2.

Geaumont was 4 for 4 and hit a three-run homer in Game 1. Katie Gately added three hits and an RBI, and Jordan Gowdy, Claire McCarthy, Caroline Rice and Natalie Edwards each had two hits.

Katie Gately, Marissa O’Toole and Samantha Valdivia each contributed two hits in Game 2.

UNE SWEEPS CURRY: The University of New England (24-11, 13-4 Commonwealth Coast) scored a pair of unearned runs in the first inning and held on for a 2-1 win over Curry (13-22, 4-13) to finish a doubleheader sweep in Milton, Massachusetts.

The Nor’easters used a 13-hit attack to beat the Colonels in the first game, 10-1 in five innings. Avery Alberghini was 3 for 4 and scored a pair of runs.

In the second game, Andrea Gosper’s two-run single gave UNE a 2-0 lead. Katelyn Austin allowed just two hits in five innings to earn the win.

USM SWEEPS EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE: Shelby Obert scored on Samantha Crosman’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as Southern Maine (21-8-1, 6-4 Little East) completed a doubleheader sweep against Eastern Connecticut State (12-20, 4-6) with a 9-8 win at Mansfield, Connecticut.

Obert and Courtney Davis each homered during a five-run fifth inning that gave the Huskies an 8-4 lead, but ECSU eventually tied the game with three runs in the sixth. Earlier, Kat McKay’s three-run homer helped USM cut into a 4-0 deficit.

Davis also homered in Game 1, snapping a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning as USM earned a 3-2 win.

TUFTS SWEEPS BATES: Tufts (22-7, 12-0 NESCAC) held off a late rally by the Bobcats (3-26, 0-9 NESCAC) to complete a doubleheader sweep with a 10-7 win after taking the opener 12-5, at Lewiston.

The reigning NCAA Division III champions pounded out 18 hits in the first game and 13 in the second, when they were also aided by five Bates errors.

Tori Fitzgerald and Maria Garbarino each drove in two runs for Bates in Game 2.

EMMANUEL SWEEPS ST. JOSEPH’S: Jennifer Murphy was 2 for 3 with an RBI in the second game, but St. Joseph’s (17-14, 10-6 GNAC) lost a doubleheader as Emmanuel (18-13, 10-6) edged the Monks twice in Boston, 1-0 and 2-1.

TRINITY SWEEPS COLBY: Wiley Holton drove in Colby’s only run and went 3 for 3 in the opener as Colby (11-15, 3-6 NESCAC) lost a doubleheader against Trinity (17-9, 5-4) in Hartford, Connecticut, 7-0 and 3-1.

NHTI SWEEPS SMCC: Samantha Rioux and Lindsay Marston each drove in a run for Southern Maine Community College (4-22, 2-13 YSCC) in the second game of a doubleheader against New Hampshire Tech (21-1, 11-1), which won 14-2 and 15-3 in South Portland.

LACROSSE

ST. JOSEPH’S 18, ST. JOSEPH (CONN.) 0: Kayla Kelly, Kara Kelly and Kelsey Dumond each scored three goals to lead the Monks (13-2, 7-0 GNAC) over the Blue Jays (4-10, 1-7) in West Hartford, Connecticut.

UNE 18, NICHOLS 2: Katie Cawley scored five goals, and Jocelyn Davee and Korinne Bohunsky each added four to lead the Nor’easters (10-5, 6-1 Commonwealth Coast) over the Bison (2-13, 0-7) in Biddeford.

SOUTHERN MAINE 17, WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE 16: The Huskies (4-8, 1-3 Little East) rallied from a four-goal deficit in the second half to defeat the Colonials (4-8, 1-3) in Gorham.

Sam Campobasso paced USM with five goals. Heather Everett had three goals and two assists, and Sarah Pelligrinelli finished with two goals and two assists.

BOWDOIN 16, WHEATON 3: Lindsay Picard and Megan O’Connor each scored four goals to lead the Polar Bears (7-7) over the Lyons (8-8) in Brunswick.

BATES 19, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 7: Moriah Greenstein had six goals and an assist for the Bobcats (11-3, 6-3 NESCAC) in a win over the Camels (5-9, 1-8) in New London, Connecticut.

MIDDLEBURY 12, COLBY 2: Abby Hooper and Kendall Smith scored for Colby (11-3, 6-3 NESCAC) in a loss to the Panthers (13-1, 8-1) at Middlebury, Vermont.

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