UMass Lowell sophomore forward Owen Fowler is transferring to the University of Maine.
The Tewksbury native did not play this past season due to injury. He will stay within Hockey East and play for the resurgent Black Bears, who qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
Another UML player, junior defenseman Gabe Blanchard, is also on the move. He is headed to Sacred Heart.
It’s a dizzying time for college hockey fans. Players seemingly enter the NCAA transfer portal every minute.
Also in the portal are five players who played for UML this past season – senior defenseman Brehdan Engum, junior goaltender Luke Pavicich, sophomore defenseman Mark Cooper, and freshmen defensemen Ben Brunette and Adam Cardona.
Joining UML from the portal are senior defensemen Nick Anderson and Pierson Brandon, who combined for 36 points last season for Colgate.
Another skater with local roots is on the move. Methuen native and Lowell Catholic High School grad Andrius Kulbis-Marino, a defenseman, is transferring to Long Island University after four years at Sacred Heart.
Baseball
Dracut 11, Tyngsboro 8: Senior Sam D’Amico struck out seven and allowed one earned run in 4.1 innings to earn the win and also drove in two runs to fuel Dracut to the non-league win.
Sophomore Aiden Therriault notched two hits and one RBI. Adding a hit and RBI each were sophomore Brenden Modeski, senior JP Cataldo, sophomore Jason Fazio and sophomore Riley Johnson. Owen Conant and Tommy Lane also had hits for Dracut.
Littleton 10, Quabbin 0: Mikey Shufrin tossed a six-inning shutout for Littleton, striking out nine and allowing just one hit.
Offensively, second baseman Ben Shufrin and outfielder Tedi Hunt swung hot bats. Ben Shufrin went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI, while Hunt went 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Saugus 4, Shawsheen 0: The Rams were blanked in their season opener although they only trailed 1-0 entering the sixth.
Sophomore Will Trach started on the mound and pitched four strong innings of one-run ball, striking out eight. At the plate, Trach doubled in the fifth inning. Ryan Jamieson went 1-for-2 with a single.
Boys lacrosse
Littleton 15, Hudson 5: Matt Clark tallied four goals and an assist to fuel the Tigers to the easy Mid-Wach win.
Ryan Johnson pocketed three goals, while Liam Parkinson scored twice and set up two goals. Scoring twice each were Liam Smith (assist) and Jack Cormier. Zach Milner picked up three assists.
Tyngsboro 15, Lowell 1: The Tigers romped past Lowell in a non-league battle thanks to senior midfielder Jack Michaud (2 goals, 5 assists) and senior attack Brett Anderson (4 goals, 3 assists), who each had seven points.
Junior attack Luke Teta led the scoring parade with five goals. Adding two goals each were junior midfielder Jake O’Brien (2 assists, 10 groundballs) and sophomore attack Joey Salerno (assist).
Billerica 16, Westford 8: Sophomore Kam Tremblay led the scoring parade in the impressive non-league victory with five goals and two assists.
Also impressing was freshman Jackson Gearin with two goals and three assists, while senior Aidan Gibbons (2 goals, 3 assists), junior Adam Priest (3 goals, 2 assists) and junior Torin Levy (3 goals, assist) also filled up the box score. Sophomore Nolan Heffernan posted his first win in net. Junior Cam Penti had a huge night on faceoffs.
Central 7, Dracut 5: The Middies played a spirited game, but fell to Central Catholic in MVC action. Central received two goals and four assists from Ryan Tighe.
Registering two goals apiece for the Lawrence school were Chase Akstin and Don Castellano. Jake Lydon made six saves and Joe Buchanan won seven of 10 faceoffs.
Girls lacrosse
G-D 12, Tyngsboro 6: Jenna Koch came out firing, scoring five goals and adding an assist, to power Groton-Dunstable past the Tigers.
Scoring twice each for the Crusaders were Carley Ehwa and Annabelle Shreve. Olivia Smith and Iris Stubblefield each had a goal and assist, while Samanta Duffy earned a goal and eight draw controls.
For Tyngsboro, Bella Adams scored twice.
Chelmsford 13, Peabody 6: Leading the potent Lions’ offense was Taija Bell with five goals, three assists and five draw controls.
Caroline Pitts netted three goals, while Catherine Craig (2 goals, 2 assists) and Katerine Morin (goal, 2 assists) had multiple points. Ava Boucher added a goal and Anna Bierwirth contributed six draw controls for CHS (1-0), which received five saves from Eloise Sosnowski.
Softball
Westford 8, NM 2: Despite doubles by catcher Caitlin O’Brien and pitcher Nataly Rebello, North Middlesex dropped the non-league game.
Center fielder Carolyn Brodeur made a diving catch and went 1-for-3 at the plate. Rebello and Emily Archambault combined to strike out five.
Greater Lowell 17, LC 13: The Gryphons defeated Lowell Catholic in a season-opening slugfest. Amaya Flood was the winning pitcher with five strikeouts thanks to relief from freshman Morgan Haskell.
GLT ripped 20 hits. Paige Matte and Cora Wilder had four hits each. Chelsey Quealy, Sam Brady, Irene Emerson and Lily Locapo each collected multiple hits.
For Lowell Catholic, Chloe Crogan ripped a two-run home run, Kylee McDonough plated two runs and Eva Warren went 4-for-5 with four RBI.
Littleton 22, Quabbin 8: The Tigers poured across nine runs in the fifth inning to blow open the Mid-Wach game in Barre.
Ella Gearty drove in four runs, scored five times and had three hits to power Littleton. Alana Delollis hammered a home run and drove in three for the Tigers (1-0) in their season opener.
Girls tennis
Arlington 4, Wilmington 1: The Wildcats received a victory at No. 1 singles from Savannah Beatrice, who captured a tough 7-5, 6-4 win during the Middlesex League encounter.
Lowell 4, Lawrence 1: The Red Raiders (2-0) opened their MVC slate in style with an impressive win. Singles wins from Siya Patel (7-5, 6-3) and Baylee Anderson (6-4, 6-4) got Lowell rolling.
Then the doubles teams of Sophia Gikas/Dana Sek (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) and Robina Nyangai/Courtney Ogiegor (6-3, 6-2) swept up.
Boys tennis
Arlington 5, Wilmington 0: Playing terrifically in defeat was senior co-captain Sidd Karani, who dropped a tough 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 match for Wilmington in the season opener.
G-D 3, Tyngsboro 2: Singles wins from Ayush Chaudhary (6-3, 6-1) and Brandon Richard (6-0, 6-4) propelled Groton-Dunstable to the narrow win. The doubles team of Steven Chen/Wen Luo won 6-1, 6-1.
For Tyngsboro, Arjun Jatain prevailed 6-3, 6-1 at singles, while Sam Chan/Gabe Pinto won a tough doubles match, 7-6, 6-4.
Lexington 5, Wilmington 0: The Wildcats ran into a Middlesex League buzzsaw in taking the loss. Anuj Gandhi put up a tough fight at No. 1 singles before falling 7-6, 6-3.
Girls track
Nashoba Reg. 94, NM 47: North Middlesex was doubled up in its season-opening Mid-Wach B meet in Bolton despite a tremendous performance from Samantha DiFonte.
DiFonte captured the long jump (16-3), triple jump (34-1.75) and 100-meter dash (13.3 seconds), and anchored the winning 4×100 relay team in 55.4. Norah Tesini won the shot put (25-5), while Anna Green captured the discus (71-0).
Boys track
Nashoba Reg. 105, NM 39: North Middlesex fell to Nashoba Regional during a season-opening meet in Townsend.
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