Southern Connecticut State will meet Wilmington (Del.) in the opening round of the NCAA Division II East regional on Thursday night at 7 p.m.
The Owls, the No. 4 seed, enter the tournament with a 38-6-1 mark overall. All games of the regional will be played on the campus of Franklin Pierce University at Rindge, N.H.
BASEBALL
UConn 4, Rhode Island 1: Doug Elliot went 2-for-4 as the 15th-ranked Huskies beat the Rams in Kingston, R.I., posting their seventh straight win over a non-conference opponent.
UConn improved to 37-14-1. Rhode Island is 29-18.
Bob Van Woert (4-0) struck out four in 5 innings before Will Jolin came out of the bullpen to record the final out of the sixth with the bases loaded.
Jolin struck out three in 2 innings.
Rhode Island’s Mike LeBel accounted for the Rams only run with a home run in the eighth.
Kevin Vance recorded his 11th save for UConn.
Canisius 1, Fairfield 0: At Buffalo, N.Y., Brian Burton led the bottom of the second inning with a walk and later came around to score on a one-out single by Chris Gruarin to lead Canisius to its Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference win.
Fairfield right hander Scott Gussaroff scattered five hits over eight innings of work while striking out six.
Fairfield falls to 19-25, 10-11 while Canisius improves to 22-28, 10-9.