PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior forward Rachel Riley scored 14 points to lead Rhode Island College over the University of Southern Maine 50-44 in the Little East Conference tournament championship Saturday at the Murray Center.

Junior guard Courtney Burns and senior guard Cynthia Gaudet both had 11 points for the Anchorwomen (24-3).

The Huskies (21-6) were led by senior forward Courtney Cochran’s 14 points and eight rebounds. Junior forward Haley Jordan got her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 boards.

RIC opened the second half with back-to-back layups from Riley and Burns for a 29-18 lead and allowed the Huskies no closer than seven points the rest of the way.

AMHERST 66, COLBY 52: Top-seeded Amherst (26-0) held off No. 4 seed Colby (19-7) in the semifinal round of the NESCAC tournament at Amherst, Mass.

The Lord Jeffs opened the game with 19-2 run and held a sizable lead through most of the game.

The Mules had a late 15-0 run to cut the lead to 12 points, 62-50, with 1:51 to play.

Jill Vaughn led Colby with 19 points, while Rachael Mack added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

TUFTS 55, BOWDOIN 40: Third-seeded Bowdoin College (19-7) started the game with an 11-0 run but finished with a disappointing loss to second-ranked Tufts (21-5) in the NESCAC semifinals at Amherst, Mass.

Amy Hackett led the Polar Bears with 12 points.

MAINE 45, STONY BROOK 40: The University of Maine (7-22, 4-12 America East) rallied late in the game to overcome a seven-point deficit to defeat Stony Brook (4-25, 1-15) at Orono.

Brittany Williams paced the Black Bears with 12 points.

EMMANUEL 68, ST. JOSEPH’S 57: Fiona O’Dwyer scored 24 points and hauled in 10 rebounds as top-seeded Emmanuel (22-6, 13-0 GNAC) proved to be too strong for second-ranked St. Joseph’s (20-8, 12-1) in the Great Northern Athletic Conference championship game at the Jean Yawkey Center in Boston.

Abby Young led the Monks with 11 points and nine rebounds.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

AMHERST 97, BATES 74: Aaron Twoomey led all scorers with 26 points as top-seeded Amherst College (24-2) downed No. 5 Bates (13-13) in the NESCAC semifinals at Amherst, Mass.

The Bobcats’ scoring leader was John Squires with 22 points.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 3, SOUTHERN MAINE 2: Madyson Moore scored her second goal with 2:36 remaining in the second sudden death as the third-seeded Pilgrims (11-12-3) beat the Huskies (7-15-4) in an ECAC East quarterfinal in Henniker, N.H.

MIDDLEBURY 5, COLBY 1: Maggie Woodward scored twice during a five-goal second period as the top-seeded Panthers (19-3-3) scored four power-play goals in a quarterfinal victory over the No. 8 White Mules (6-17-2) in the NESCAC tournament at Middlebury, Vt.

BOWDOIN 3, WILLIAMS 2: Stephanie Ludy scored with 21 seconds left in overtime to give the third-seeded Polar Bears (12-9-4) a NESCAC quarterfinal victory against No. 6 Williams (11-14) in Brunswick.

PROVIDENCE 6, MAINE 0: Genevieve Lacasse made 38 saves for her seventh shutout of the season, a Hockey East quarterfinal victory for the No. 4 Friars (15-16-4) over fifth-seeded Maine (17-11-6) in Providence, R.I.

MEN’S HOCKEY

BOWDOIN 2, TRINITY 1: Graham Sisson’s power-play goal 3:25 into the second period in Brunswick broke a 1-1 tie as the Polar Bears (16-5-3) beat Trinity (9-13-2) during NESCAC quarterfinal play.

BASEBALL

BATES SWEEPS OGLETHORPE: Nate Pajka homered in both games as Bates College defeated Oglethorpe University 7-5 and 6-0 at Atlanta. Bates is 5-2, Oglethorpe 2-4.

CLEMSON 9, MAINE 5: Spencer Kieboom’s three-run homer to left field capped a five-run fifth inning for Clemson, giving the Tigers (3-2) a 7-4 lead over Maine (1-1) in Clemson, S.C.

Colin Gay led the Black Bears with three hits, two RBI and a run scored.