BRUNSWICK — Taylor Choate scored 22 points, Maddie Hasson had 20, and top-seeded Bowdoin set the NESCAC women’s basketball tournament scoring record with a 96-75 quarterfinal victory over eighth-seeded Connecticut College on Saturday.

Samantha Roy added 18 points and Abby Kelly 15 for the Polar Bears (25-0), who will host Middlebury next Saturday.

ST. JOSEPH’S 90, LASELL 48: Kelsi McNamara and Julia Champagne each scored 20 points, and the Monks (25-0, 12-0 GNAC) beat the Chargers (7-17, 2-10) to finish with a perfect conference record for the second straight season.

The Monks, the top seed in the GNAC tourney, will host Johnson & Wales on Tuesday.

MAINE 67, ALBANY 61: Blanca Millan had 18 of her game-high 31 points in the first half as Maine (19-7, 12-1 America East) opened a 32-21 lead over the Great Danes (11-14, 8-4) at Albany, New York, on the way to its eighth straight win.

USM 89, WESTERN CONNECTICUT 69: Kristen Curley had a season-high 25 points as the Huskies (15-10, 11-5 Little East) rolled past the host Colonials (11-14, 5-11) and secured the third seed in the LEC tournament. Southern Maine will host No. 6 Castleton on Tuesday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

ST. JOSEPH’S 100, COLBY-SAWYER 84: Darian Barry scored 22 points, and the Monks (18-7, 7-4 GNAC) cruised past the Chargers (13-12, 7-4) at Standish.

The Monks will play a GNAC quarterfinal at Johnson & Wales on Tuesday.

WESTERN CONNECTICUT 109, USM 81: Jayvon Pitts-Young scored 15 points for the Huskies (6-19, 3-13 Little East) in a loss at Western Connecticut State (16-9, 10-6).

MEN’S HOCKEY

MAINE 4, MERRIMACK 2: Brendan Robbins broke a 2-2 tie at 12:47 of the second period, and the Black Bears (11-14-4, 7-8-4 Hockey East) slipped past the Warriors (7-21-2, 3-10-2) at North Andover, Massachusetts.

SALVE REGINA 2, UNE 1: Paul Boutoussov scored with 6:41 left, and the Hawks (17-6-2, 13-3-1 CCC) beat the Nor’easters (17-6-2, 11-5-1) at Biddeford. Brett Mecrones scored for UNE.

UMASS-BOSTON 4, USM 0: The season ended for the Huskies (5-17-3), who fell to the Beacons (18-6-1) in the NEHC quarterfinals at Boston.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

JOHNSON & WALES 5, USM 0: Samantha Kawejsza and Kathryn Mason each scored twice to lead the No. 5 Wildcats (10-13-3) past the No. 4 Huskies (9-11-6) in an NEHC quarterfinal at Gorham.

NICHOLS 3, UNE 2: Mel McAleer scored the go-ahead goal 4:44 into the third to push the Bison (14-8-3, 8-3-1 CCC) past the Nor’easters (15-9-1, 5-6-1) at Harrisville, Rhode Island.

BASEBALL

FLORIDA STATE SWEEPS MAINE: Florida State (3-0) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to rally to a 6-5 win over Maine (0-3) in the second game of a doubleheader at Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminoles won the opener, 16-3.

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