BASKETBALL

BASKETBALL

FINAL FOUR

At Ford Field

Detroit

National Semifinals

Saturday, April 4

Michigan State (30-6) vs. Connecticut (31-4), 6:07 p.m.

Villanova (30-7) vs. North Carolina (32-4), 8:47 p.m.

National Championship

Monday, April 6

Semifinal winners

NIT

Semifinals

Tuesday, March 31

At Madison Square Garden

New York

Semifinals

Baylor 76, San Diego State 62

Penn State 67, Notre Dame 59

Championship

Today, April 2

Baylor (24-14) vs. Penn State (26-11), 7 p.m.

NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

FINAL FOUR

At Scottrade Center

St. Louis

National Semifinals

Sunday, April 5

Louisville (33-4) vs. Oklahoma (32-4), 7 p.m.

Connecticut (37-0) vs. Stanford (33-4), 9:30 p.m.

National Championship

Tuesday, April 7

Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S NIT

Semifinals

Wednesday, April 1

South Florida 82, Boston College 65

Kansas 75, Illinois State 72

Championship

Saturday, April 4

South Florida (26-10) at Kansas (22-13), 2 p.m.

HOCKEY

FROZEN FOUR

At The Verizon Center

Washington

Semifinals

Thursday, April 9

Miami (Ohio) (22-12-5) vs. Bemidji State (20-15-1), 5 p.m.

Boston University (33-6-4) vs. Vermont (22-11-5), 8:30 p.m.

National Championship

Saturday, April 11

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL

Thiel 7, Bethany 6

GREENVILLE, Pa. — Thiel College’s Matt Stumpf laid down a perfect bunt to score Luke Johnson in the bottom of the ninth to cap a win over Bethany. The win lifts the Tomcats to 16-5 on the year and 8-1 in the Presidents‚ö Athletic Conference to set up a key weekend series with Thomas More (12-3-1).

Johnson, Jake Thomas and Stumpf teamed up to give Thiel a short-lived one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh, however, by capitalizing on a miscue by Bethany third baseman Scott Fraley.

Fraley threw away a ball hit by Thomas which allowed Johnson to score and Thomas to advance to third. Stumpf kept things going by knocking in Thomas on a sac fly to center field. Johnson and Thomas each went 3-for-4 on the day.

Not all of Thiel’s runs came via ‘smallball.’ Eric Boylan and Justin Scarpitti crushed back-to-back home runs in the third inning to give Thiel an early, 3-1, edge. Boylan’s blast also plated Andrew Howard. Bethany’s Matt Hartig collected a team-high three hits.

SRU 6-10, West Liberty State 3-8

WEST LIBERTY, W. Va. — The Slippery Rock University baseball team took 6-3 and 10-8 decisions from hosting West Liberty State College in NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional regular-season action.

Senior right fielder Scott Bender (New Castle/Neshannock HS) had a triple, an RBI double and collected a total of three RBIs to lead The Rock to its Game 1 win.

Freshman southpaw John Thomas (New Castle/Laurel HS) picked up his first collegiate win in a relief role in Game 2 as he struck out the side and allowed one hit in the bottom of the 12th inning.

SOFTBALL

Hiram 3-8, Wooster 1-2

WOOSTER — The Hiram College softball team won a pair of games against The College of Wooster in the North Coast Athletic Conference opener in Wooster. The Terriers won the first game, 3-1, and captured game two, 8-2. Hiram improves to 15-5 overall and 2-0 in the NCAC. The Fighting Scots fall to 2-20 overall and 0-2 NCAC.

Geneva 5-4, Bethany 7-2

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Bethany fell victim to a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh of game one and then Geneva scored six unanswered runs in the second game, as the Golden Tornadoes knocked off the Bison.

In the opener, Bethany grabbed the lead in the seventh. With one out, sophomore 2B Cheslea Butler (Cortland, Ohio/Lakeview) walked and moved to second on a sacrifice. Junior SS Ashley Marinacci (Bellaire, Ohio) stepped up and bashed a two-run homer, her first of the season, for a 4-2 BC advantage.

John Carroll 1-8, Mount Union 0-4

(ALLIANCE, OH)--Mount Union College’s softball team stranded 26 runners on base as the Purple Raiders suffered losses of 1-0 in 10 innings and 8-4 to John Carroll University in a pair of Ohio Athletic Conference. Mount Union falls to 14-10 overall and is 2-2 in the OAC, while John Carroll is 14-4 overall and 2-2 in the conference. Blue Streak pitcher Brittany Danilov scattered 12 Raider hits over 10 innings as Mount Union left 13 runners on base to get the win. Mount Union got an early lead in game two when Mara Palombaro (Boardman/Cardinal Mooney) had an RBI single to score Alex Lucak.

LACROSSE

IUP 16, Slippery Rock 12

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Indiana (Pa.) University women’s lacrosse team rallied from a two goal halftime deficit to defeat Slippery Rock, 16-12, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division contest Wednesday night at Thompson Stadium.

TENNIS

Mount Union 7, John Carroll 2

WATER POLO

Grove City 13, Chatham 3

PITTSBURGH — The Grove City College women’s water polo team wrapped up Collegiate Water Polo Association Western Division play Tuesday night with a 13-3 victory over host Chatham. Grove City is now 6-7 overall and 3-4 in the Western Division.

Freshman Chelsea Johnson (Worthington, Ohio) fired in five goals for Grove City while senior Liza McRuer (Irvine, Calif.) added four goals. Senior Whitney Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn), freshman Larissa Cassano (Venetia, Pa.), junior Beth Poston (Onsted, Mich.) and junior Kate Stiebler (Columbus, Ohio) all scored one goal each. McRuer assisted three goals while Poston and sophomore Lauren Baur (North Wales, Pa.) both had one assist. McRuer also paced the Grove City defense with a season-high nine steals. Stiebler added seven steals while Lauren Baur collected three takeaways. In goal, freshman Amy Fleming (Annandale, Va./Annandale) stopped 11 shots. Grove City led 10-0 at halftime.