DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Tyler Schwanz doubled home Lou Della Fera in the top of the 18th inning Sunday to give Maine a 5-4 baseball win over St. Bonaventure.

The game tied Maine’s school record for longest game.

The Black Bears (5-4) took a 4-3 lead on an RBI single by Caleb Kerbs in the 15th, but St. Bonaventure (1-4) tied the game on a passed ball in the bottom half.

Christopher Bec led Maine’s offense with three hits and two runs scored. Matthew Pushard (1-0) picked up the win, throwing three scoreless innings.

ST. JOSEPH’S SWEEPS WPI: The Monks (2-0) scored three runs in the top of the first and held on for a 7-2 win over WPI (0-2) in a mutual season opener in Auburndale, Florida.

The Monks took advantage of five errors to get five unearned runs.

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In the second game, the Monks recorded 13 hits and drew 12 walks in a 20-11 win. Jameson Collins finished with three hits and five RBI in Game 2.

SOFTBALL

MAINE SWEPT: Home runs by Rachel Harvey and Meghan Royle in the first game and a two-run double by Erika Leonard in the second game weren’t enough to prevent the Black Bears (1-4) from taking a pair of losses in Phoenix – 9-3 against Grand Canyon (20-2) and 5-3 against Creighton (6-12).

Maine led 2-1 against Grand Canyon until Camree Wartman’s bases-loaded triple fueled a five-run fifth inning for the Antelops.

In the second game, Sam Dellinger’s three-run homer in the first inning gave Creighton a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

ST. JOSEPH’S SPLITS: Kristal Smith pitched a three-hitter collected two hits at the plate to lead the Monks to a 3-1 win over Emerson (0-2), after they opened their season with an 8-0 loss to St. John Fisher (2-0) in Kissimmee, Florida.

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Smith scored on a passed ball in the second inning and Madisyn Charest followed with an RBI double to give St. Joseph’s a 2-0 lead against Emerson.

In the first game, St. John’s Fisher pitcher Lindsey Thayer struck out 17 and allowed only two hits.

MEN’S LACROSSE

UNE 20, PLYMOUTH STATE 9: The Nor’easters (3-0) raced out to a 15-1 lead and easily defeated the Panthers (0-1) in Biddeford.

Andrew Curro led UNE with four goals. Mitch Mullin, Dan Auger and Garrett Bozek each added three.

BATES 15, WESLEYAN 14: Charlie Fay and Andrew Melvin each scored four goals, and the Bobcats (1-0) overcame an early 3-0 deficit before holding off a late rally by the Cardinals (0-1) in Lewiston.

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AMHERST 17, BOWDOIN 12: Chris Albanese scored five goals and the Purple & White (1-0) led 9-1 after the first quarter on their way to a win over the Polar Bears (0-1) in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Shawn Daly and Brett Kujala each scored three goals for Bowdoin.

HAMILTON 9, COLBY 8: Casey Kopp scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:27 remaining to lift the Continentals (1-0) over the Mules (0-1) in Clinton, New York.

Austin Sayre, Lane Kadish and Kevin Seiler each scored twice for Colby, which led 5-0 in the first quarter.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

UNE 13, CASTLETON 9: Korinne Bohunsky, Nichole Carvalho, Jocelyn Davee, Brooke Kelleher and Anna Stowell each scored twice for the Nor’easters (2-0) in a win over the Spartans (0-1) in Biddeford.

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BOWDOIN 7, AMHERST 6: Annie Glenn’s goal with 2:42 remaining in overtime gave the Polar Bears (1-0) a win over the Purple & White (0-1) in Brunswick.

Hannah Hirschfeld scored twice for Bowdoin.

WESLEYAN 9, BATES 8: Abigail Hurst scored with one minute remaining in overtime to lift the Cardinals (1-0) over the Bobcats (0-1) in Middletown, Connecticut.

Bates trailed 7-3 at halftime but tied the game on a goal by Teal Otley with 17 seconds remaining.

Camille Belletete, Katie Allard and Otley each scored twice for Bates.

HAMILTON 8, COLBY 5: The Continentals (1-0) overcame an early 3-0 deficit and scored seven consecutive goals to defeat the Mules (0-1) in Brunswick.

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Maddie Hatch led Colby with two goals.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

(16) PURDUE 69, NORTHWESTERN 65: Vincent Edwards scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half and Caleb Swanigan added 20 points and 14 rebounds to help the Boilermakers (25-6, 14-4 Big Ten) beat the Wildcats (21-10, 10-8) in Evanston, Illinois.

(18) CINCINNATI 67, CONNECTICUT 47: Gary Clark had 17 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Bearcats (27-4, 16-2 American Athletic Conference) past the Huskies (14-16, 9-9) in Storrs, Connecticut.

(21) WICHITA STATE 71, ILLINOIS STATE 51: Conner Frankamp scored 19 points, Markis McDuffie added 16 and the Shockers (30-4) won the Missouri Valley Conference championship with a victory over the Redbirds (27-6) in St. Louis

(22) WISCONSIN 66, MINNESOTA 49: Bronson Koenig scored 17 points in his final home game, and the Badgers (23-8, 12-6 Big Ten) secured the second seed in the conference tournament with a win over the Golden Gophers (23-8, 11-7).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

(1) CONNECTICUT 78, CENTRAL FLORIDA 56: Gabby Williams and Napheesa Collier each scored 16 points as the Huskies (31-0) beat the Golden Knights (20-11) in the American Athletic Conference semifinals in Uncasville, Connecticut.

(3) NOTRE DAME 84, (13) DUKE 61: Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points, Brianna Turner added 18 and Notre Dame (30-3) beat Duke (27-5) in the ACC championship game in Conway, South Carolina.


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