The University of Maine softball team will play at 16th-ranked Georgia in its NCAA tournament opener Friday afternoon.

The Black Bears (28-19), who earned an automatic bid by winning the America East championship on Saturday, were drawn into a regional that also includes Oklahoma State (29-24) and Northwestern (26-26). Maine’s game against Georgia (40-17) is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

The double-elimination regional runs through Sunday, with the winner advancing to the best-of-three super regionals.

MEN’S TENNIS

BOWDOIN 5, MIT 2: The Polar Bears (17-3) won three of four completed singles matches in Brunswick to advance to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the third time in program history.

Bowdoin grabbed a 2-0 lead, getting doubles victories from the tandems of Chase Savage and Gil Roddy and Kyle Wolfe and Jerry Jiang.

Roddy also won his singles match in straight sets, as did Grant Urken. Luke Trinka provided the clinching point with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph.

Bowdoin will play Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 23.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

SPRINGFIELD 3, BATES 2: The Pride (16-5) scored the final two goals in Lewiston to win the lowest-scoring game in NCAA Division III tournament history and advance to the third round.

Kaileigh Maguire of Bates opened the scoring in the first half, which ended in a 1-1 tie. The Bobcats (12-6) took a 2-1 lead on a goal from Alex Briody with 21 minutes remaining.

BASEBALL

STONY BROOK 9, MAINE 0: The Black Bears (18-31, 7-13 America East) couldn’t get their offense going on Senior Day, producing just three hits in a loss to Stony Brook (22-24, 11-8) in Orono.

Tyler Honahan struck out 10 en route to the shutout.

Danny Casals, Brenden Geary and Kevin Stypulkowski recorded the only hits for Maine.

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