BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College men’s and women’s squash teams open NESCAC Tournament play today.

The Polar Bear women are at Hamilton College. Seeded 11th, Bowdoin meets No. 6 Bates at 6:30 p.m.

Bates is the sixth-seed for the first time in tournament history and owns a 7-6 overall record this winter. The Bobcats have won five of their last six matches heading into the NESCAC Championship. Bates defeated Bowdoin, 7-2, in the season opener and placed third last year.

Bowdoin, which is the No. 11 seed for the first time, enters the tournament with a 5-9 record.

The Bobcats are 4-0 against the Polar Bears in the all-time series in NESCAC Championship play. Bates recorded a 6-3 win over Bowdoin in the fifth-place match in 2016, the last meeting between the two teams in the NESCAC Championship.

The winner of tonight’s match advances to play third-seeded Middlebury on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

The Bowdoin men are the No. 8 seed and will meet Tufts today at Hamilton College.

Bowdoin is the eighth

seed for the first time since 2014. The Polar Bears posted a 3-9 record in the regular season and earned a 6-3 win over Tufts on Jan. 27.

Tufts enters the tournament with a 6-8 record and is the ninth seed for the third straight season. The Jumbos are looking to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.

Bowdoin is 2-0 against the Jumbos in NESCAC Championship action. The two teams have not met since a 2014 first-round match, which the Polar Bears won, 9-0.

The winner of Friday’s match advances to play top-seeded Trinity on Saturday at 8 a.m.

Champagne’s 14 helps Monks to win

STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College (19-1, 11-0 GNAC) topped Regis (Mass.) (12-8, 10-2 GNAC), 66-45, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women’s basketball matchup on Thursday night.

With the victory, the Monks extended their winning streak to a program record 18 games, topping the previous mark set 32 years ago during the 1985-86 campaign.

Saint Joseph’s carried a 27-22 lead into intermission and essentially put the game out of reach with a dominant third quarter

Junior forward Emily Benway notched her third double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds — including eight on the offensive glass.

Former Brunswick High School standout Julia Champagne made four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals.

Saint Joseph’s travels to University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)fora1p.m. GNAC contest on Saturday.

Morse frosh boys down Maranacook

BATH — Jordan Onorato had 13 points to power the Morse High School boys freshman basketball team to a 51-47 win over Maranacook on Tuesday.

Lucas Ouimette added 12 points, while Aaron Landel had 10.

Brogan Shaw, Josh Johnson, Boden Gould, Josh Haycock, along with Domenic Dickinson, all helped score, with Levi Bushman providing solid defense.

Bath 7th girls win one, lose one

BATH — The Bath Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team improved to 3-3 with a 32-17 victory over Freeport recently.

Danielle Bryant had 15 points to lead the Destroyers, while Lanye Brewer added nine. Kadance Burden hit a pair of 3-pointers for six points, while Camren Jones had a bucket.

The Destroyer Award was given to Sophie Booth for her strong all-around game.

In a 38-32 loss to Yarmouth, Brewer had 15 points, Bryant 10 and Burden five. Kelsi Koehling had a basket, and the Destroyer Award was given to Sophie Barber for her outstanding defense.