LEWISTON — Emma Banks scored an unassisted goal 4:16 into overtime Wednesday as Colby topped Bates 8-7 in its women’s lacrosse regular-season finale.

Colby (9-6, 4-6 NESCAC) opened a 4-1 halftime lead, highlighted by a pair of goals in 25 seconds from Sasha Fritts. But Bates (7-8, 2-8) took a 5-4 lead, scoring four straight goals to start the second half – two each from Liv Sandford and Teal Otley.

The teams traded the lead through the second half with Allison Dewey scoring the tying goal for the Bobcats with 43 seconds to play in regulation.

Colby had clinched the seventh seed in the upcoming NESCAC playoffs and await its opponent.

TUFTS 11, BOWDOIN 10: The Jumbos (12-3, 8-2) opened the second half with five consecutive goals, culminating with two goals in 48 seconds by Dakota Adamec, to take a 10-6 lead and held on to survive a late rally to beat the Polar Bears (11-4, 6-4) at Brunswick.

MEN’S LACROSSE

BATES 20, COLBY 15: Brandon Mullally scored all three of his goals in the second quarter as the Bobcats (8-7, 4-6 NESCAC) extended a three-goal lead in the first quarter to beat the Mules (6-7, 3-7) in a regular-season finale at Waterville.

CJ Hassan and Tucker Dietrick each had four goals for Colby.

With the victory, the Bobcats clinched the eighth seed in the NESCAC playoff quarterfinals, starting on Saturday, and will face top-seeded Wesleyan.

ST. JOSEPH’S 12, RIVIER 11: Matt Donnell scored the winner, his second goal of the game, with 2:38 to play in regulation as the Monks (9-8, 5-4 Great Northeast Athletic) edged the Raiders (6-9, 5-4) in their regular-season finale at Standish.

These teams will meet again at 1 p.m. Saturday as St. Joseph’s will host a GNAC playoff quarterfinal.

TUFTS 19, BOWDOIN 11: Danny Murphy led all players with six goals and dished out three assists as the Jumbos (13-1, 9-1 NESCAC) opened an 11-4 halftime lead and cruised by the Polar Bears (8-6, 4-6) at Medford Massachusetts.

Kendall Rogers had three goals for Bowdoin.

BASEBALL

HUSSON 2, COLBY 0: Sam Huston lined a two-run double to drive in Nick Guerrette and Mike Wong in the bottom of the third as the Eagles (13-19) shut out the Mules (5-19) in a rain-soaked game at Bangor.

Andrew Russell and Tommy McGee each had a pair of hits for Colby.

FOOTBALL

BOWDOIN: Former Thornton Academy QB Austin McCrum has left Lafayette College and is transferring to Bowdoin.

McCrum, who led Thornton to back-to-back Class A state titles in 2014 and 2015, decided to leave Lafayette after a coaching change following his freshman season hurt his chances of getting a real opportunity to play for the Football Championship Subdivision program.

McCrum, who has three years of eligibility remaining, believes he will have a chance to step in and immediately help the Polar Bears, who haven’t won since 2015.

WRESTLING

USM: Brad Beaulieu, a four-time state champion and Maine’s all-time wins leader, is transferring from Division I Old Dominion to USM.

Beaulieu also won a New England championship for Marshwood High.