Misc.: NU baseball falls short

Jake Farrell homered and Charlie McConnell had two hits including an RBI single to knock in the winning run as top-seeded Northeastern defeated fourth-seeded UNCW, 3-2, yesterday morning in the first championship-round game at the CAA tournament in Harrisburg, Va. The Huskies and UNCW played in a winner-takeall second title game last night, but the Seahawks won the nightcap, 7-4, to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament . ...

Dominic Thiem warmed up for the French Open with a 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 win against

Gilles Simon in the Lyon Open final . . . .

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the Strasbourg International after laboring to a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) win against Dominika Cibulkova in Strasbourg, France . . . .

Swedish player Johanna Larsson won her first WTA singles title in three years by beating Alison Riske of the United States 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the final of the Nuremberg Cup in Nuremberg, Germany . . . .

Miami Hurricanes forward Dewan Huell has pulled out of the NBA draft and will return to school for his junior season . . . .

South Africa’s Caster Semenya set a meet record in the 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. Semenya defended her title in 1:55.92. She is the two-time Olympic and three-time world champion in the 800. But she could be impacted in the future by a new rule by the IAAF, track and field’s international governing body, which announced last month that starting on Nov. 1 it will limit entry for all international events from 400 meters through the mile to women with testosterone levels below a specified level . ...

UFC middleweight fighter Nick Diaz was arrested in Las Vegas on allegations of domestic violence . . . .

Saracens became English rugby champion for the third time in four years by beating titleholder Exeter 27-10 at Twickenham.