STANDISH — Joey Murphy doubled and scored the tying run, and Jared Gagne scored the winner on an error as St. Joseph’s used a two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with a 4-3 victory over Rivier in the opening game of a GNAC doubleheader Sunday.

The Monks (15-5, 2-0) completed the sweep with a 15-0 win in the second game.

Gagne drove in three runs and also scored twice in the late game. Dalton Quinn scored three times.

STONY BROOK 5, MAINE 2: Nick Grande had four hits and scored three times, and Stony Brook (17-12, 6-3 America East) took a 3-0 first-inning lead on its way to beating Black Bears (9-21, 5-4) in Orono.

Hernan Sardinas had one of Maine’s four hits, singling home a run in the first, and also scored a run in the seventh.

COLBY 4, BATES 1: Will Phillips hit a two-run double in the first inning and Jackson Ward added a two-run double in the sixth during a pair of two-out rallies that lifted Colby (3-11, 1-2 NESCAC) over the Bobcats (7-10, 3-3) at Lewiston. Matt Treveloni and William Wessman both scored on each of the doubles.

Paul Ariola pitched the first seven innings for the Mules, allowing an unearned run on five hits. He worked around five walks while striking out six.

SMCC SWEEPS MASSASOIT CC: Cody Bryant scored on an error in the bottom of the eighth to give Southern Maine CC (16-11) an 8-7 extra-inning victory and a doubleheader sweep of the Warriors (3-5) in South Portland.

Devin Butler drove in three runs for Southern Maine.

The Seawolves took a 17-2 five-inning victory in the first game after scoring 11 runs in the first inning. Caleb Chambers had a two-run double during the rally, and Timothy Greenlaw an RBI double and a sacrifice fly.

SOFTBALL

MAINE 4, ALBANY 3: Maddie Decker singled home Erika Leonard and scored on Meghan Royle’s sacrifice fly as Maine (13-15) opened a 3-0 first-inning lead over the Great Danes (15-9) in Albany, New York.

Rachel Carlson scored the other run of the inning on Kristen Niland’s bases-loaded walk.

Albany pulled within 3-2 in the third, but the Black Bears added a fourth run when Carlson led off the fifth with a bunt single, stole second and scored on Niland’s double to right.

BATES 1, TUFTS 0: Kirsten Pelletier pitched a five-hitter in Lewiston as the Bobcats (11-8, 1-5 NESCAC) defeated Tufts (15-6, 4-2) for the first time since 2007.

Pelletier walked none and struck out three. She earned her third shutout of the season by stranding Tufts runners at third base in the fifth and sixth innings.

Caroline Bass scored the game’s only run in the third when Paige Ahlholm’s shot to shortstop was mishandled.

BOWDOIN 13, COLBY 1: Maddie Rouhana belted a pair of two-run homers during a nine-run second inning to power Bowdoin (17-5, 4-2 NESCAC) to a five-inning win over the Mules (1-14, 0-3) in Waterville.

Caroline Rice added a two-run double in the Polar Bears’ second-inning rally and finished with three RBI.

UNE SPLITS WITH SALVE REGINA: Melissa Jakubowski drove in all three runs as the University of New England (10-6, 5-1 CCC) posted a 3-2 win over the Seahawks (7-11, 4-2) in the second game of a doubleheader in Newport, Rhode Island.

Salve Regina won the first game 4-3 with a three-run seventh inning keyed by Elizabeth Lombardo’s two-run double and Amanda Riley’s walk-off double.

SMCC SPLITS WITH ST. JOSEPH (VT.): Sarah Guimond launched a two-run homer and Meranda Martin hit a two-run triple as Southern Maine CC (9-9, 1-1) rallied for five runs in the fourth inning on the way to a 6-4 win over St. Joseph (5-13, 1-1) and a split of their YSCC doubleheader in South Portland.

The Fighting Saints won the first game 9-5 behind a three-run home run by Timell Montgomery.

SIMMONS SWEEPS ST. JOSEPH’S: Lauren Del Vacchio had five hits and scored six runs, and Molly Hennessey knocked in three runs with a double and a triple to lead the Sharks (12-10, 6-4 GNAC) to 4-3 and 8-4 victories over St. Joseph’s (5-13, 1-5) in Brighton, Massachusetts.

Libby Pomerleau went 7 for 8 for the Monks with two doubles and four runs scored. Melodie Bailey had five hits with three RBI.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

BOWDOIN 16, WHEATON 5: Katherine Miller scored her four goals during a game-opening 10-0 run and the Polar Bears (8-3) beat Wheaton (5-6) in Brunswick.

Kate Kelly had three goals for Bowdoin. Hannah Hirschfield, Alexandra Logan and Allison Williams each scored twice.

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