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ROUNDUP: Bucknell men claim share of PL regular-season title

BOSTON — Nana Foulland scored 20 points, Kimbal Mackenzie had 17 with three 3-pointers and Bucknell beat Boston University, 86-66, on Sunday to take a two-game lead in Patriot League standings and clinch at least a share of the regular-season title with two games to play.

Zach Thomas scored 15 with three 3s and seven rebounds, and Stephen Brown had 14 points and five assists for the defending league champion Bucknell (21-8, 13-3), which has won 21 games in a season for the 12th time in school history and fourth time in the last seven years.

Mackenzie’s jumper capped a 20-4 run and Bucknell extended a 39-32 halftime lead to 59-36 while the Terriers went scoreless for nearly 3½ minutes. Nate Jones’ 3 with 1:25 left made it a 20-point game, 83-63.

Mackenzie’s 3-pointer put Bucknell up for good 7-5 amid Bucknell’s 21-9 opening run.

The Bison made 12 of 22 from behind the arc (54.5 percent) while the Terriers hit just 4 of 16.

Kyle Foreman scored 16 points off the bench for Boston U (16-12, 11-5), which saw its four-game win streak end.

• Mansfield split a pair of games with King University in college baseball, scoring three runs in the first four innings to win 3-2 in the opener, but falling 10-6 in the nightcap.

Peter Pena’s fourth-inning solo home run in the first game was enough to back the four-hitter thrown by three pitchers for the win.

Despite a four-run, ninth-inning rally, the Bucknell baseball team lost a 10-8 decision in the rubber match of a three-game set against Marist. Danny Rafferty and Keifer Rawlings recorded two RBIs each in the contest.

Bucknell scored three of its runs in the opening inning when Brett Smith led off with a double, Luke Johnson walked and Rafferty was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Following a strikeout, Michael Korchak reached base on a fielder’s choice, scoring Smith. Tyler Wincig loaded the bases again with a walk, which was followed up by a Rawlings two-run single.

• The Lock Haven softball team (1-5) capped its opening weekend of the season with a pair of losses Sunday at the Snowbird Freezeout Tournament in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Lock Haven opened the day with a narrow 4-3 loss to Southern New Hampshire in extra innings and LHU capped the weekend with an 8-3 loss to Le Moyne.

College baseball

Mansfield University 3,

King University 2

Mansfield 101 100 0 — 3 4 2

King 011 000 0 — 2 4 2

Pitchers: Mansfield University — Evan McAndrew; Tyler Guidos(5); Joseph Deperno(7) and Peter Pena. King University — Gus Gill; Andrew Phemister(2); Byron Ferguson(4); Grant Boyd(5) and Bubba Ruiz.

Win–Evan McAndrew (1-0). Save–Joseph Deperno(1). Loss–Byron Ferguson (0-1).

Home run: Mansfield — Peter Pena (1).

King University 10, Mansfield University 6

Mansfield 200 400 0 — 6 6 5

King 111 340 x — 10 11 0

Pitchers: Mansfield University — Tanner Klein; Billy Gregory(4); Ridge Walker(4); Edwin Lopez(5); Joe Grober(5) and Jerry Chavarria. King University — Heath Loyd; Brandon Barbour(1); Miguel Deguzman(4); Matt Henshaw(4); Brandon Leonard(4) and Anthony Hunt.

Win–Brandon Leonard (1-0). Loss–Ridge Walker (0-1).

Marist 10, Bucknell 8

Bucknell 300 000 104 — 8 8 2

Marist 010 000 72x — 10 9 1

Jeff Gottesman, Jack Grabek (6), Nate Grisius (7), Matt Shobe (9) and Evan Klugerman. Scott Boches, John Parisi (5), Tyler Romanelli (8) and Matt Iantosca. W–Parisi. L–Grabek. S–Romanelli.

Top Bucknell hitters: Brett Smith, 2-5, 2 runs; Danny Rafferty, 2-3 2 RBIs; Keifer Rawlings, 1-4, 2 RBIs. Top Marist hitters: Frankie Gregoire, 1-5, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Matt Pagano, 2-5, 2 RBIs, run; Andrew Rouse, 2-3, RBI, run.

College softball

South New Hampshire 4, Lock Haven 3

Lock Haven 200 001 00 — 3 5 1

S. New Hampshire 101 001 01 — 4 9 0

Bekah Slattery and Madison Mathes. Maddy Barone and Erin Garczynski. W–Barone. L–Barone.

Top Lock Haven hitters: Jodi Weaknecht, 1-3, home run, 2 RBIs, run; Jessica Strouse, 1-3, double, 2 runs. Top South New Hampshire hitters: Brittany Perdigao, 3-5, run; Katie Horiuchi, 2-3, RBI; Hannah Neverett, 1-2, home run, RBI, run.

LeMoyne 8, Lock Haven 3

Lock Haven 003 000 0 — 3 5 2

LeMoyne 231 002 x — 8 9 2

Rachel Moullesseaux, Kayla Gee (6) and Madison Mathes. Peyton Bellrose, Alexis Eastman and Ally Nicolosi. W–Eastman. L–Gee.

Top Lock Haven hitters: Rachel Mouillesseaux 1-3, 2 RBIs. Top LeMoyne hitters: Courtney Case, 3-4, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; Peyton Bellrose, 3-4, 3 RBIs.

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