News & notes

Let's catch up on weekend action, first in Section II:

Saturday:

Women's lacrosse:

Averill Park 25, Hoosick Falls 11. 

Skaneateles 11, Shaker 10.

Men's lacrosse:

Archbishop Stepinac 14, CBA 6.

Burnt Hills 19, Schuylerville 6.

Columbia 16, Wahconah (Mass.) 2.

Johnstown 12, LaSalle 10.

Shenendehowa 7, Lakeland-Panas 5.

Niskayuna 10, Lincoln-Sudbury 4.

Cicero-North Syracuse 16, Bethlehem 6.

Farmingdale 8, Shaker 4.

It was inevitable, but no one expected it so soon.

UAlbany is saying good-bye to women's basketball coach Colleen Mullen, who will be at Rhode Island next season after 8 seasons at Albany, which netted 2 America East titles and a subsequent NCAA tournament appearance. The Lady Danes' 2nd half collapse this season may have played a role in Mullen's decision to depart.

New Orleans Pelicans assistant and Syracuse alum Mike Hopkins is out of the running to take over the men's head coaching job at Siena. The school made that announcement on Sunday, even though some media reports over the weekend had suggested they were so sure Hopkins would bolt from the NBA. I don't think so.

Sunday's college scores:

Baseball:

RPI swept Skidmore, 11-3 & 6-1.

Vassar split with Union, each winning by a 15-5 score in 8 innings.

UMBC 8, UAlbany 6.

Marist 13, Siena 6.

Softball:

UAlbany split with UMass-Lowell, winning the first game, 8-0, but losing the 2nd game in 8 innings, 4-3. Olivia DeCitise (Troy) homered to help the River Hawks in game 2 after sitting out game 1.

Siena swept St. Peter's, 5-1 & 7-1.

Skidmore split with Plattsburgh, losing the opener, 8-7, in 9 innings, then salvaging the nightcap, 12-4, in 5 innings.

Russell Sage split with SUNY Polytechnic, losing the opener, 5-2, then winning the 2nd game, 6-5.

Tennis:

RPI 7, Rochester 0.

College of New Jersey 4, Skidmore 3.

Water polo:

LaSalle 11, Siena 8.

Matt Gage (Broadalbin-Perth/Siena) pitched an inning on Friday & Saturday vs. the Yankees, giving up no runs in each case. Unfortunately for Gage and the San Francisco Giants, the Yankees swept the series.

Mets fans will have to rely on their cable guides to find out where they'll be able to watch Friday's game vs. the Giants, the 1st WPIX game on the schedule. WXXA & WTEN will farm out the game to a digital subchannel, either Cozi TV or Grit, since the game will start around 9:30 pm on Friday.