No. 4 UConn field hockey routs Northwestern

Storrs — Junior Amanda Collins scored a pair of goals as the fourthranked UConn field hockey team cruised to a 7-0 win over No. 14 Northwestern on Sunday.

Goalie Nina Klein recorded her 26th career shutout for the Huskies (2-0) while Casey Umstead and Charlotte Veitner each had one goal and one assists, and Amelia Iacobucci, Antonioa Tiedtke and Margot van Hecking Colenbrander each scored once.

Women's soccer

• No. 15 Rutgers scored a pair of second-half goals to defeat No. 21 UConn 2-0 in Piscataway, N.J. Colby Ciarrocca scored in the 51st minute for the Scarlet Knights (3-0) while Ali Amirah added an insurance goal in the 82nd minute.

Mollie Kerrigan made six saves in goal for the Huskies (0-2-1), who were outshot 20-9.

Tigers beat ValleyCats

• Jordan Pearce laced a base hit into left field with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to score Garrett McCain with the eventual game winner as Connecticut took the rubber match over Hudson Valley 5-4 in a New York-Penn League game at Dodd Stadium. McCain's third hit of the game, a two-out double to right, started the winning rally. Pearce then delivered a soft liner than landed in front of Renegade left fielder Isaac Benard that scored McCain.

Earlier, McCain also singled and blasted his third home run of the weekend, a two-run shot to left that put the Tigers up 3-1. Dylan Rosa's fourth home run of the season accounted for Connecticut's first run. Colyn O'Connell, Victor Mueses (1-0) and Drew Carlton (eighth save) combined to pitch 4.1 innings of one-hit relief for the Tigers (31-31), who completed a 5-1 homestand.