Groton — Sam Cheung, who served as "the coach in waiting" during UConn Avery Point's recently concluded men's basketball season, was officially elevated to head coach on Friday, athletic director Roger Bidwell announced.

Cheung replaces James Childs, who announced prior to the 2017-18 season that he was retiring.

Cheung, who starred at Waterford High School and then the Coast Guard Academy, spent time as a Coast Guard assistant and as head coach of the girls' basketball team at Montville High School before joining Childs' staff at Avery Point.

During his time as a Coast Guard assistant, the Bears won two conference titles and made to trips to the NCAA Division III tournament, reaching the Elite Eight for the only time in program history in 2008.

Cheung was an all-state point guard and three-time team MVP at Waterford, graduating as the Lancers' career lead in points and assists, two records broken this year by senior point guard Mikey Buscetto. He went on to score more than 1,000 points as Coast Guard, earning two team MVP awards and being selected to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference first team as a senior.

College baseball

• James Smiegocki allowed just one earned run over 7.1 innings as Johnson & Wales spoiled Coast Guard's northern opener with a 6-1 win in Providence. The loss snapped the Bears' four-game winning streak. Luke Thompson had three hits for Coast Guard (5-2), his third straight game with three or more hits, while Trey Rittenhouse drove in the lone run with a single in the seventh.

• Tim Cate struck out 11 over five innings and Anthony Prato his a grand slam in the second as UConn built an early 6-0 lead before holding off South Florida 6-4 in its American Athletic Conference opener in Tampa. It was the fourth straight win for the Huskies (11-7, 1-0).

Women's lacrosse

• No. 19 Colby routed Connecticut College 15-3 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Hannah Lombard had a goal and an assist for the Camels (2-5, 0-4) while Clara Bisson and Jamie Navoni each scored a goal.

Women's swimming

• Coast Guard's women's 800 freestyle relay earned honorable mention All-America honors to highlight the third day of the NCAA Division III Championships at Indianapolis. Sarah Passilla, Kristen Young, Emily Benson and Christine McCulla placed eighth in the timed finals (7:38.25), meaning they can finish no lower than 16th.

• Maeve Wilber of Conn College finished 20th in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 56.50 seconds. Conn's Lily Gribbel and Olivia Haskell each swam on two relays on Thursday. They teamed with Danielle Fergus and Juliette Lee to tie for 12th in the 200 freestyle relay (1:34.81), then placed 10th in the 400 medley relay (3:47.42) along with Wilber and Mary Erb. All six earned All-America monorable mention honors. Wilber was also 18th in the 400 IM (4:29.39).

Men's swimming

• Coast Guard's Chasse Sodemann placed 23rd in the 100 breaststroke (56.44) while Eric Fuhs was 24th (56.49) in the NCAA Division III Championships at Indianapolis. Patrick Jackson placed 28th in the 100 backstroke (51.11).

• Conn College freshman Charlie Adl set a school record as the Camels finished 18th in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:51.89). Adl led off with a 1:13.76 leg, which set the record, and was followed by Drake Freiberg, George Tilneac and Kaison Ifill. Ifill finished 11th in the 100 butterfly and swam on two relays for the Camels on Thursday. Ifill swam a 48.90 to earn All-America monorable mention status. He also anchored the 200 free relay team with Tilneac, Freiberg and Adl to place 12th (1:22.51) to All-America monorable mention honors. The same four were 17th in the 400 medley relay (3:23.08).