BRUNSWICK — Julia Geaumont pitched a three-hitter with five strikeouts as the Bowdoin beat Trinity 5-3 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference softball game Friday at Pickard Field.

Geaumont, Caroline Rice and Natalie Edwards each hit an RBI single, and Geaumont scored on a passed ball in the third inning when the Polar Bears (20-14-2, 5-5 NESCAC) went ahead 5-0.

Rice also singled home a run in the first inning.

Geaumont allowed no earn runs, but the Bantams (17-11, 5-5) took advantage of four errors to score three unearned runs.

Claire McCarthy had two hits for Bowdoin.

COLBY 12, BATES 1: Grace Farnkoff sparked a five-run third inning with a two-run single, and Tori Sansone added a three-run double during a six-run seventh as the Mules (13-15, 4-6 NESCAC) pulled away from the Bobcats (5-30, 0-10) at Lewiston.

Sansone and Skylar Labbe had three hits apiece and scored a pair of runs for the Mules. Farnkoff finished with two hits and scored a run.

Karen Lockhart hit an RBI double for Bates.

Colby pitcher Julia Saul had six strikeouts and three walks while tossing a five-hitter.

ST. JOSEPH’S SPLITS WITH JOHNSON & WALES: St. Joseph’s (20-17) pushed a run across in the seventh inning to win the opener 4-3, then lost 7-0 to the Wildcats (27-8) in the second game at Standish.

Carla Tripp hit a one-out single and advanced to third on an error before scoring on Megan Elliott’s fly ball to end the first game.

Earlier, Melissa Mayhew hit an RBI single, and the Monks got another run on an error in the fifth.

Melodie Bailey had three hits and Tripp contributed two hits for the Monks.

Meghan Gavin had three hits and two RBI in the second game for the Wildcats, who broke it open with a five-run sixth.

BASEBALL

TUFTS 4, BOWDOIN 3: Tim Superko struck out 13 over eight innings as the Jumbos (24-5, 9-0 NESCAC) edged the Polar Bears (19-11, 3-7) at Brunswick.

Chris Nadeau hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and Peter Cimini had a two-run double in the eighth for Bowdoin.

Bowdoin pinch hitter Joe Gentile opened the ninth with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice by Sean Mullaney and reached third on a single by Cappellano.

But Tufts reliever Ian Kinney got a pop-up and a strikeout for his third save.

COLBY 11, BATES 6: Soren Hanson drove in four runs, and Zach Ellenthal had three hits and scored two runs as the Mules (11-18, 4-6 NESCAC) defeated the Bobcats (10-18, 2-7) at Lewiston.

Hanson hit a two-run single in the second inning, a sacrifice fly in the fourth and a run-scoring single in the sixth.

Colby’s Tommy Forese got on base four different ways and scored each time. He reached on an error in the first, was hit by a pitch in the second, walked in the fourth and singled in the sixth.

Colby reliever Will Cohen allowed four hits, one earned run and a walk while striking out two in 52/3 innings

Brendan Fox, Samuel Warren and Evan Czopek each had two hits for Bates.

MEN’S LACROSSE

UMASS-BOSTON 10, SOUTHERN MAINE 6: Calvin Lee had four goals to lead the Beacons (12-5, 4-3 Little East) over the Huskies (8-6, 3-4) at Boston.

Sam Hornblower had two goals, and Seth Wing, Keegan Smith, Nate Delgiudice and Jaymz McStowe also scored for USM.