AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Taylor Black went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and a stolen base as St. Joseph’s beat Gordon 18-3 in a baseball game on Monday.

After a scoreless first inning, the Monks (4-6) plated runs in each of the following innings in a contest shortened to seven innings.

Joe Coyne and Taylor Reuillard each went 2 for 4 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored, while 13 different players recorded a hit.

Lincoln Sanborn pitched three scoreless innings to pick up the win, giving up three hits and striking out three.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

ST. JOSEPH’S 21, MAINE MARITIME 1: Elyse Caiazzo and Mary Leasure combined for seven goals and four assists as the Monks (2-1) cruised by the Mariners (0-1) at Thornton Academy.

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St. Joseph’s jumped out to a 15-0 lead at halftime and outshot Maine Maritime 35-5 for the contest.

Kelsey Dumond had three goals and a pair of assists for St. Joseph’s, while Elizabeth Elcock added three goals and an assist.

Rachael Redles scored the lone goal for the Mariners.

SOFTBALL

ST. JOSEPH’S 20, MOUNT ST. MARY 7: St. Joseph’s used 13 hits and nine walks in a game shortened to five innings at Fort Myers, Florida.

The Monks jumped out to a quick lead, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never trailed.

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Kim Jordan was 2 for 2 with a pair of walks and four runs scored, while Carla Tripp went 2 for 2 with three runs scored and four RBI.

Kylie McFadden picked up her first win of the season.

OHIO WESLEYAN 5, ST. JOSEPH’S 2: The Monks held a 2-1 lead heading to the top of the seventh but surrendered four runs in the inning to lose the second game of a doubleheader.

Jennifer Murphy was 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Monks (3-1).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

(7) GONZAGA 79, PEPPERDINE 61: Byron Wesley scored 25 points and led a second-half run with teammate Kyle Wiltjer as top-seeded and seventh-ranked Gonzaga reached its 18th straight West Coast Conference tournament championship game.

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Wiltjer had 17 points and Przemek Karnowski added 13 for the Bulldogs (31-2).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

(1) UCONN 84, SOUTH FLORIDA 70: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led four players in double figures with 23 points as the host Huskies won their second straight American Athletic Conference tournament.

The Huskies have never lost an AAC regular-season or tournament game, and had never before won a conference game by fewer than 20 points.

(24) SETON HALL 72, ST. JOHN’S 60: Ka-Deidre Simmons scored 20 points at Rosemont, Illinois, as Seton Hall advanced to its first Big East Conference tournament final since 1995.

THE SOUTHWESTERN Athletic Conference suspended 15 players for their part in a fight Saturday between Texas Southern and Southern.

Additionally, Southern dismissed senior guard Keonia Parrish from the team after reviewing game footage from the altercation. Texas Southern also said it will not participate in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament.

The two teams, competing for first place in the conference, were involved in a bench-clearing skirmish that ended with the officials declaring a double forfeit.


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