Quinnipiac upended by Arizona State, settles for weekend split

The Quinnipiac men’s hockey team was forced to settle for a weekend split following a 4-2 non-conference loss to Arizona State at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden on Saturday.

Tim Clifton had a goal and an assist for the Bobcats, who dropped to 14-11-2 despite outshooting the Sun Devils 55-19. Connor Clifton also scored for Quinnipiac, while Chris Martin added a pair of assists.

Joey Daccord finished with 53 saves for Arizona State (10-18-2).

Men’s basketball

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 79, BENTLEY 69 >> At New Haven, Michael Mallory had a game-high 31 points and matched a career-high with 11 rebounds and Jerry Luckett added 18 points for the Owls in their Northeast-10 Conference win. Joey Wallace added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Owls (156, 11-3). Ryan Richmond led the Falcons (9-10, 6-8) with 26 points. SAINT ANSELM 88, NEW HAVEN 57 >> At Manchester, New Hampshire, Tim Guers had 31 points and Taylor Fortin added 22 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Hawks (126, 8-6) to their Northeast-10 Conference win. Michael Bourke had 14 points and Mihailo Vasic had 12 points for the Chargers. Kessly Felizor added 13 rebounds and nine points for the Chargers (11-9, 6-8).

Women’s basketball

BENTLEY 70, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 67 >> At New Haven, Jen Gemma had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Nacchi Smith added 16 points to lead the Falcons (17-4, 13-1) to their Northeast-10 Conference win. Taylor McLaughlin had 22 points and Maria Weselyj added 17 to lead the Owls (9-12, 5-9). Kiana Steinauer added 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Owls. IONA 58, QUINNIPIAC 44 >> At New Rochelle, New York, Marina Lizarazu had 24 points and Alexis Lewis added 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Gaels (13-8, 8-5) to their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference win. Sarah Shewan led the Bobcats (17-5, 10-2) with 10 points and six rebounds. SAINT ANSELM 62, NEW HAVEN 59 (OT) >> At Manchester, New Hampshire, Candace Andrews had 21 points and eight assists and Sara Messler added 12 rebounds to lead the Hawks (13-7, 8-6) to their Notheast-10 Conference win. Alexandria Kerr had career-highs with 27 points, including five threepointers and katia Oge added nine rebounds and seven points for the Chargers (5-14, 4-10).

Women’s hockey

YALE 4, BROWN 2 >> At New Haven, Eden Murray, Phoebe Staenz and Krista Yip-Chuck each scored power-play goals to lift the Bulldogs to an ECAC Hockey win.

Courtney Pensavalle also scored for Yale, which improved to 5-18-0 (3-13-0 ECAC Hockey).

Brown fell to 5-18-0 (313-0 ECAC Hockey).