COLLEGE ROUNDUP

SACRED HEART WOMEN 68, WAGNER 51

FAIRFIELD — The Pioneers held the Seahawks to two points in the second quarter and never looked back to win in the quarterfinals of the NEC tournament Monday evening at the Pitt Center.

Sacred Heart led 16-10 after the first quarter and held Wagner to one basket on 1-for-12 shooting (8.3 percent) in the second quarter to take a 34-12 lead into halftime.

The second-seeded Pioneers (19-11) will host fourthseeded St. Francis Brooklyn in the semifinals on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Katherine Haines scored a team-best 21 points to lead Sacred Heart and Candice Leatherwood and Allyson Murphy added 17 and 10 points, respectively. BASEBALL Bentley 10, Bridgeport 5; Tampa 10, Bridgeport 7 Alex Rauso, of Trumbull, went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, including a solo home run, Ryan Donnelly, of Fairfield, went 3-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored and Conall Roberts, Anthony Jacabacci and Bobby Pollock each drove in one run in the first game and Rauso went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and one run scored, Patrick Palmer, of Ansonia, drove in two runs and Donnelly went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored in the second game for the Purple Knights (1-9) in Tampa, Fla. SOFTBALL Bridgeport 8, Lake Erie 0 (5 inn.); Bridgeport 3, LeMoyne 1: Miranda Hillman threw a one-hit shutout with five strikeouts, Jenna DiLorenzo, of Woodbridge, hit a two-run double and Allison Luzzi hit a home run in the first game and Amanda Staheli (4-0) pitched a complete game, two-hitter and Stephanie Dean doubled twice and had two RBIs in the second game for the Purple Knights (7-1) in Clermont, Fla.