LEWISTON —  Bates senior shortstop Mary Lewis was named Second Team All-NESCAC on Thursday, as the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its all-conference softball teams.

Lewis, a St. Dominic Academy graduate, capped her productive four-year career with her finest season as a Bobcat, batting .464 and setting team records in stolen bases and singles.

Lewis ranks third in the NESCAC in on-base percentage (.516), fifth in batting average (.464), second in stolen bases and first in steals per game (0.92). Her 24 stolen bases, out of a mere 26 attempts, were five more than any other player in team history, and her 54 career thefts are nine more than the next Bobcat on the list, Karen Ullmann ’12. Lewis also established team standards in career singles (119) and singles in a season (39).

Among all Division III players, Lewis ranks seventh in stolen bases per game, 49th in batting average and 67th in on-base percentage.

Lewis is Bates’ first All-NESCAC selection in softball since Lauren Dobish in 2010.

Baseball

USM 4, Keene State 0

GORHAM—  Senior right-hander Ryan Yates of Norway tossed 7.2 innings of three-hit shutout ball while striking out four to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team past the Keene State College Owls 4-0 in Game Five of the Little East Conference Tournament at USM Baseball Stadium Thursday afternoon.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 35-7 overall and stay unbeaten at 2-0 in the LEC Tournament. The Huskies will play the winner of the game between Eastern Connecticut State University and the University of Massachusetts Boston at 12:00 on Friday.