AMHERST, Mass. — Hannah Fox had 18 points and 11 rebounds and top-ranked Amherst used a 21-9 run in the second half to pull away for a 53-47 win over St. Joseph’s in the second round of the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament Saturday night.

Kelsi McNamara scored 30 points for St. Joseph’s (28-2), connecting on 11 of 21 field-goal attempts. The rest of the Monks struggled, shooting a combined 7 of 26.

The loss snapped the Monks’ 27-game winning streak.

Madeline Eck added 13 points for Amherst (29-0), the defending national champions.

BOWDOIN 79, FDU-FLORHAM 57: Kate Kerrigan had 24 points, 13 rebounds and four assists to lead the Polar Bears (26-2) over the Devils (22-7) in the second round of the NCAA Division III tourney, at Brunswick.

Lauren Petit added 10 points and five rebounds.

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Bowdoin advances to play Scranton (27-1) in the third round.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

NORTHEASTERN 2, MAINE 1: Matti Hartman scored 5:27 into the third period as the Huskies rallied from a 1-0 deficit to beat the Black Bears in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament in Boston.

Maine (19-14-5) took a 1-0 lead early in the first period on a goal by Daria Tereshkina. Veronika Pettey tied it with 11 seconds left in the first for Northeastern (18-16-3).

Northeastern advances to play UConn in the championship game at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

MIDDLEBURY 2, BOWDOIN 1: Maddie Winslow’s power-play goal with 5:35 remaining lifted the top-seeded Panthers (19-4-3) over the fourth-seeded Polar Bears (13-9-3) in a NESCAC semifinal at Middlebury, Vermont.

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Winslow one-timed a feed from Madie Leidt past Bowdoin goalie Kerri Denis just six seconds after Bowdoin’s Julia Surgenor got called for hooking.

LACROSSE

UNIV. OF NEW ENGLAND 17, SOUTHERN MAINE 6: Keara Dwyer scored six goals, and Anna Stowell, Mackenzie Collins and Molly Camelo each had three for the Nor’easters in a season opener in Gorham.

Dwyer got five goals in the first half when UNE built an 11-2 lead.

Allison Irish scored three goals and Alex Farley finished with two for the Huskies.

ST. JOSEPH’S 19, HUSSON 10: Elyse Caiazzo scored six goals to lead the Monks to a season-opening victory over the Eagles in Standish.

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Kara Kelly added four goals, Kayla Kelly finished with three, and Emily Ryan had two for the Monks, who broke the game open with an 11-2 run that started midway through the first half and carried into the second half.

Maddy Olsen had four goals and Amanda Deshaies scored three for Husson.

AMHERST 13, COLBY 12: Lindsey Call had four goals and an assist and Maia Noyes added three goals and four assists as the Mammoths edged the Mules in a NESCAC season opener in Waterville.

Emma Banks had four goals and an assist, while Kendall Smith chipped in with two goals and an assist for Colby.

BOWDOIN 23, CONN. COLLEGE 6: Katherine Miller scored six goals, and Margaret Savage, Allison Williams and Kate Kelly added three apiece as the Polar Bears handled the Camels in a NESCAC season opener at Brunswick.

The Polar Bears went ahead 12-2 with a 10-1 run, beginning with a goal by Kelly and ending with Miller’s fourth goal with 6:01 left in the first half.

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MIDDLEBURY 12, BATES 5: The Panthers (1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) scored the first seven goals and went on to defeat the Bobcats (2-1, 0-1) in Lewiston.

Summer Dias got three goals, and Allison Dewey and Camile Belletete also scored for Bates.

SOFTBALL

MAINE 8, ST. FRANCIS 3: Meghan Royle hit a grand slam in the fifth inning that helped the Black Bears (4-4) beat the Red Flash (10-8) in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Rachel Carlson, Laurine German Erika Leonard and Kristen Niland each had two hits for Maine. Niland hit a two-run double in the first inning and Leonard singled in a run in the fifth.

OKLAHOMA STATE 8, MAINE 0: Logan Simunek struck out four and tossed a five inning no-hitter to lead the Cowboys (12-6) over the Black Bears (4-5) at Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Alyssa Derrick was Maine’s lone base runner, walking in the fifth.


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