New London — Mitchell College moved a big step closer to clinching the New England Collegiate Conference regular season baseball title with a doubleheader sweep of Southern Vermont on Saturday.

The Mariners (25-10, 12-3) need only one win in their three remaining conference games this week to defend their crown.

They pounded out a combined 25 hits in 11-4 and 10-8 victories in game one and game two, respectively. Garet Griffin, the NECC hitting leader at .510, was a perfect 6-for-6 with five RBI and four runs scored on the day.

In the first game, the Mariners trailed 4-0 before jumping in front for good with a three-run fourth inning. Francis Prettitore (3-for-4) drilled a two-run single and Griffin added an RBI sacrifice fly to fuel the outburst. Fitch graduate Tristan Hurley finished with two hits, a walk and RBI while Alex De Jesus (5-4) earned the win.

Mitchell rode a power surge to rally for a win in game two as Hurley, Kyle Hartenstein, Steven Gonzalez and Griffin slugged home runs. Hurley's two-run blasted snapped an 8-8 tie in the sixth. Reliever Brian Ricker (5-1) allowed four hits and two runs in six innings, striking out five and walking one, to earn the win.

Hartenstein's home run was 60th hit of the season, setting the program's Division III single season record in that category.

Southern Vermont fell to 7-26, 5-10.

In other games:

• UConn bounced back from a tough loss on Friday, defeating Cincinnati 6-4 in the American Athletic Conference. Mason Feole earned his team-best sixth win and former Avery Point pitcher John Russell picked up his 12th save for the Huskies (23-18, 8-6). Zac Susi had three hits and an RBI and Isaac Feldstein had a hit and two RBI for UConn.

Men's lacrosse

• Connecticut College's season ended an 11-8 loss to No. 1 ranked and top-seeded Bates College in the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals. The eighth-seeded Camels (7-9) received goals from Maxx Trotsky (two), Sean Smith, P.J. Kelleher, Jordan Foster, Jackson Kleintz, John Cunningham and Ross Thompson. Bates improved to 14-0.

Women's lacrosse

• Ashley Murtha scored four goals and Willeen Pun added two in Mitchell's 20-6 loss to Purchase College in the season finale. Murtha finished with 87 goals, setting the NCAA Division III single-season record for goals per game (7.91) and also becoming the all-time NCAA career leader record in that category with 236 goals in 36 games (6.05 per game). The Mariners finished 3-8.

Men's track and field

• Coast Guard junior Darius Adams set a school record on his way to winning the long jump while junior Luke Rehfuss took home the 400-meter hurdles as the Bears placed fifth in the New England and Women's Athletic Conference championship meet at MIT. The Bears scored 94.5 points to finish. Adams hit his massive jump of 24 feet, 1.5 inches on his third attempt to claim his first conference title. He also broke All-American Carl Luxhoj's record from (23-4) set in 2009. Rehfuss finished in 55.08 seconds and also won his first NEWMAC title.

In addition, freshman Ben Zarlengo was third in the discus (140-5.75) while sophomore Justin Jezuit was fourth in the discus (140-1.75), sophomore Jacob Pawlina was fourth in the 200 (22.29( and freshman Edward Carroll was fourth in the 100 hurdles (16.37). Coast Guard's 4x400 relay team added a third (3:26.02) and the 4x100 relay team placed fourth (43.52).

Women's track and field

• Conn College's Koko Mensah won her team's only individual title at the NESCAC championship meet at Bowdoin. She captured the shot put with a throw of 42 feet, 9.75 inches. Lauren Kennedy took third in both the javelin (122-4) and shot put (40-6.25) for the Camels, who were eighth with 37 points. 

• Coast Guard's Adora Lawrence shared the NEWMAC co-rookie of the year honor with MIT's Michelle Menkiti after she placed second in the 800 meters (2:15.08) in the championship meet at MIT. Caitlin Parker took second in the javelin (40.92 meters) and Gabbie Troise was second in the shot put (12.62 meters) for the Bears, who placed fifth with 69 points. The Bears' 4x400 relay team of Sarah Cummings, Lawrence, Maddie Colwell and Anna Beck placed second (3:59.55).

Women's tennis

• Conn College senior Susanna Studwell secured a 6-2, 6-3 singles victory in a 5-4 NESCAC win against Hamilton College. Emily Migliorini and Angelica Warren also won singles matches for the Camels (7-8, 1-6).

Men's tennis

• Senior Daniel Maffa rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 12-10 victory at No. 2 singles to help Conn College beat Hamilton, 6-3, in the NESCAC. Charlie Williams and Scott Brown also were victorious in singles play for the Camesl (6-9, 1-6).