LEWISTON — Bates junior Kelsey Freedman broke team records for strikeouts in a game, season and career all in the same game on Monday, as the Bobcats completed their sweep of Maine Maritime Academy in non-conference softball action.

Freedman piled up 17 strikeouts in Bates’ 5-0 win in Game 2 of the doubleheader, after the Bobcats defeated the visiting Mariners 7-2 in Game 1.

Bates rose to 7-15 overall this season, while MMA dropped to 4-16.

The highest known total strikeouts thrown by a Bobcat pitcher prior to the day was 10 — a number met once previously by Freedman, and on two other occasions by her former teammate Caroline Gattuso.

Freedman’s strikeout total for the season is now 84, surpassing the former team record of 77 set by Gattuso in 2011. Freedman’s career total ballooned to 192, two more than Gattuso’s former career record of 190.

Melissa Paione hit a home run and Abigail Abbott added a pinch single to score a run in game 1.  Bates’ Karen Lockhart was 5-for-7 on the day.

UMF, Lyndon split

KENTS HILL—  University of Maine at Farmington sophomore Emily Soule fanned a career high 12 batters to lead the Beavers to a 9-2 win over Lyndon State, in game one of the teams’ North Atlantic Conference softball doubleheader Monday at Kents Hill School.

Lyndon State’s bats came alive in the second game, and the Hornets salvaged the split with a 14-3 victory over the Beavers.

UMaine-Farmington improved to 8-6 overall, 6-4 in the NAC, with the two wins, and remained in fourth place in the conference standings with four league games left on its schedule. Lyndon State is now 5-17, 4-6 in conference play.

Soule struck out at least one Lyndon batter in six out of seven innings pitched and struck out the side in the Hornet fourth, on her way to a complete game victory that improved her record to 5-2.

Baseball

Bates 8, Endicott 4

BEVERLY, Mass. – Junior Rockwell Jackson went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, senior Griff Tewksbury notched three RBIs, and Bates baseball beat Endicott, 8-4, at North Field on Monday afternoon.

The Bobcats (14-11) took a 6-0 lead over the Gulls (21-10) after the top of the second inning and did not trail the rest of the way. The Gulls currently rank seventh in the latest New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Poll.

First-year right-hander Anthony Telesca went five innings in the start, striking out two while allowing four runs, one earned, on seven hits in his first career win. Sophomore Connor Colombo and junior Aidan Sullivan held the Gulls to one hit and no runs over four innings of relief.

Endicott starter Tyler Hill (4-2) took the loss, giving up eight runs, all earned, on nine hits over 4.2 innings. Gulls relievers Luke Morse, Colby Morris, and Steve Morganelli did not allow a run.

After Jackson scored a run in the top of the first, the Bobcats struck five times in the top of the second to take a 6-0 lead. Senior Steve Burke, sophomore Samuel Warren, and senior Jeff Gunn each reached base safely to load the bases, Jackson singled into center field, putting Bates up 2-0.

Tewksbury then came to the plate two batters later and emptied the bases with a double to left center to give the Bobcats a 5-0 lead. Senior Kevin Davis followed with a single to right which plated Tewksbury for the inning’s final run.

Endicott plated a run in the bottom of the fourth off a single from E.J. Martinez, but the Bobcats responded for another two runs in the top of the fifth to take an 8-1 lead. Gunn doubled home the team’s first run in the inning before Jackson brought Gunn home with a single to center field.

The Gulls then cut their deficit to 8-4 with three runs — all with two outs — in the last half of the fifth. Tad Gold brought in a run with a single to center, and Brett Holmgren followed with a single up the middle which plated another two runners.

Colby 8, UMF 7

WATERVILLE —  Dan Csaplar earned the pitching win and laced an RBI double to drive in pinch-runner Conor Bruen with the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead Colby to an 8-7 win over University of Maine at Farmington on Monday at Coombs Field.

The Mules move to 14-9 overall, while the Beavers drop to 8-19.

Csaplar entered the game in the ninth inning after UMF had already scored a run and had runners on second and third base. After giving up a single that scored one run, Csaplar allowed a sacrifice fly that tied the game. However, he got the next out to get out of the inning.

The Mules went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth against UMF reliever Tom Grady. After giving up a lead-off single to Sean Cabaniss of UMF in the top of the 10th, Csaplar settled down and got the next three outs on a pop-up to catcher Andrew Della Volpe and two straight strikeouts.

Jason Buco started off the bottom of the 10th with a single and was taken out for pinch-runner Bruen. Tim Corey put down a sacrifice bunt to push Bruen to second and Csaplar followed with a double to end the game.

Csaplar finished with three hits, three RBI, and one run scored. Zach Ellenthal also had three hits and was on base four times. Ryder Arsenault finished with a double among his two hits and drove in two runs, Alec Finigan also had two hits, and Corey scored three runs and had one hit and a walk.

Grayson Beressi led UMF with three hits, an RBI, and was on base all five times. Cabaniss had a double among his two hits, while Grady and Jimmy Neal both had one hit and two runs scored.