COLLEGES
Women's basketball
Worcester State 63, MCLA 52: Catherine Sweeney posted the triple-double of 13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists while boosting the visiting Lancers (7-8, 1-2 MASCAC) past the Trailblazers (4-11, 0-3) in North Adams.
Kaitlyn Berkel had 14 points and 11 assists for Worcester State, and teammate Britt Herring added 12 points and five blocked shots.
MIT 66, WPI 55: Ama Biney had 16 points, including 8 in the third quarter, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a blocked shot for visiting WPI (12-4, 5-2 NEWMAC) in an overtime loss to MIT (10-5, 6-2) in Cambridge.
WPI's Maura Buckley (8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists) sank a layup with less than a second remaining to force overtime.
Assumption 67, Pace 50: Morgan O'Donnell netted 14 points and Meghan Reen and Abby McKanna added 10 each as the host Greyhounds (6-9, 3-7 Northeast-10) pulled off an impressive victory over the Setters (9-8, 6-4).
St. Joseph's (Conn) 56, Anna Maria 45: Kristina Russo scored 13 points and Johanna Burke had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists for the visiting AmCats (1-12, 0-4 GNAC) in a loss to the Blue Jays (7-5, 2-2).
Babson 82, Clark 56: Ogechee Ezemma was 6-of-8 shooting and finished with 18 points, and Haley Wilder and Jamad Fiin each added 10 points for the visiting Cougars (8-8, 2-5 NEWMAC) in a loss to the Beavers (11-5, 7-1).
Wentworth 72, Nichols 71: Allison Cerrato had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Jessica Larsh added 11 points and seven boards for the visiting Bison (3-10, 1-6 Commonwealth Coast), who were held off by the Leopards (2-12, 1-6).
Newbury 61, Becker 55: Cassidy Harrison poured in 25 points while playing all 40 minutes, and Adrianna Dowdy had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the host Hawks (7-5, 3-1 NECC) in a loss to the Nighthawks (7-7, 4-1) in a battle of league front-runners.
Men's basketball
Becker 78, Elms 59: Kareem Davis and Samuel Durodola each poured in 27 points and combined to go 23 for26 from the line to lift the host Hawks (7-7, 2-1 NECC) past the Blazers (0-12, 0-3).
Nichols 90, Wentworth 64: Daequon Antoine (24 points) drilled seven 3-pointers, Marcos Echevarria had 22 points and six assists, and Jerome Cunningham collected 16 rebounds to go with his 10 points to boost the host Bison (11-2, 5-1 Commonwealth Coast) over the Seahawks (6-8, 3-4).
WPI 90, Coast Guard 64: Chris Rodgers had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists while lifting the visiting Engineers (8-7, 2-2 NEWMAC) past the Bears (8-5, 0-4). WPI's Aaron Todd added 15 points and eight boards, and Reid Walker netted 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
Assumption 74, Pace 67: Branislav Vujadinovic hit 4 of 5 from 3-point range and totaled 19 points, and Jordan Shea added 17 as the host Greyhounds (5-10, 1-8 Northeast-10) topped the Setters (5-12, 1-8).
Babson 68, Clark 64: Biko Gayman netted 20 points and Luca McCormick added 12 for the host Cougars (3-12, 0-4 NEWMAC) in a loss to the defending Division 3 national champion Beavers (9-6, 4-0). Clark's John Pisacreta chipped in 11 points.
Frank Oftring, grandson of the former Holy Cross great by the same name, led Babson with 18 points and nine rebounds.
MCLA 91, Worcester State 76: Shaun McCarthy had 27 points and 10 rebounds for the visiting Lancers in a loss to the Trailblazers (4-9, 1-2).
Men's hockey
Worcester State 4, Salem State 2: Cody Weaver and Andrew Etheridge scored in the first period to ignite the host Lancers (11-3, 6-3 MASCAC), which snapped a two-game skid.
Matthew Manning's goal at 8:34 of the second period gave Worcester State at 3-1 lead, and teammate Ryan James capped the scoring at 6:50 of the third.
Michael Casale scored twice for the Vikings (7-7-1, 4-5).
Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 2: Danny Lopez scored his fourth goal of the weekend with 1:15 left to secure the victory and series sweep for the host Crusaders (9-8-7, 8-4-6 Atlantic Hockey) over the Pioneers (5-14-4, 3-10-4).
Peter Crinella, Michael Laffin and Jay Mackie also scored for HC, and Paul Berrafato had 25 saves.
Nichols 5, Manhattanville 4: Ian Spencer scored two power-play goals within 25 seconds of each other, giving him a hat trick for the game as the host Bison (10-5-2) prevailed over the Valiants (8-6-3) at Levy Rink in Harrisville, Rhode Island.
Manhattanville pulled its goalie and scored with 58 seconds left, but 5-4 was the closest it got.
Nicholas Mangone and Chris Deming also scored for Nichols, and Filip Virgili had two assists.
Fitchburg State 2, Wentworth 1: Nick DiNicola scored his seventh goal of the season with 2:42 remaining at Allied Veterans Memorial Rink in Everett to lift the visiting Falcons (8-5-1) past the Leopards (5-9-3). Fitchburg State's Alexander Joscelyn scored his first college goal to tie the game with 26 seconds left in the first period.
Women's hockey
Holy Cross 1, St. Anselm 0: Kara Violette notched her sixth goal of the season on the power play at 2:20 into the second period, and Julia Pelletier (15 saves) posted the shutout as the host Crusaders (9-5-2) edged the Hawks (13-2-1).
Nichols 2, Salve Regina 2: Senior captain Emily Barden and junior Kirsten Sullivan scored to help the Bison skate to a tie. Junior Cassandra Goyette made 31 saves.