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The University of Maine baseball team shut out Northeastern University, 7-0, in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond in Brookline, Mass.
The Black Bears (18-7, 3-0) broke a scoreless tie with a five-run uprising in the fifth inning. Northeastern starter Ken Henry allowed one UMaine run to cross with three walks and a hit batsman, then surrendered a double down the left field line to Brett Ouellette that allowed two runners to score. Alain Picard followed up with a double of his own down the left field line, plating two more runs and putting UMaine up 5-0.
UMaine scored two more runs in the top of the seventh. Picard reached on a two-base throwing error by Husky shortstop Omar Pena, then scored on Joe Drapeau’s ground-rule double to right field that bounced over the outfield fence. Drapeau crossed the plate later in the inning on a double to right field by Simon Williams.
UMaine starter Rich Laganiere scattered six hits and struck out five Huskies to earn the shutout win and improve to 4-2. Henry (3-2) took the loss. Henry had a no-hitter going until it was broken up by Ouellette’s double in the fifth inning.
University of Maine head volleyball coach Sue Medley, assistant coach Jennifer Rohlwing and 11 members of the UMaine volleyball program will host a one-day clinic for youth and adults at the South Portland Community Center on April 21. The youth clinic will run from noon to 6 p.m. and the adult session will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The clinic is open to boys and girls, grades seven through 12 and will include basic volleyball skill instruction and an opportunity to meet the players at a 5 p.m. UMaine team intra-squad scrimmage. An instructional session for men and women, 18 and over, will follow the scrimmage. Instruction will focus on the fundamentals of passing, serving and setting. Cost for the clinic will be $20 for youths and $15 for adults.
The UMaine football team will begin its spring practice on Thursday, April 18, at Alfond Stadium. The team will practice Friday before its first full pads workout on Saturday.
The team will have 14 practice sessions prior to its spring football game Saturday, May 11, at 7 p.m. on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. UMaine will hold scrimmages April 27 and May 4, at 9 a.m.
