33 - Runs scored by the visiting Trinity Bantams against the Tufts baseball team in a three-game NESCAC East series this weekend. After being swept, the Jumbos are now 12-6 overall. Tufts entered the weekend having given up double-digit runs just once this season - a 10-9 loss to No. 2 Christopher Newport - and had allowed an average of just 3.8 runs through 15 games. But the Bantams peppered Huskins Field with hits and runs, sweeping the weekend series in dominant fashion with scores of 18-5, 7-1 and 8-7.
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Shots on goal taken by Pittsburgh center EvgeniMalkin, a league high. Malkin is also the NHL's leading scorer with 109 regular season points, and led the Penguins to a No. 4 seed in the upcoming Eastern Conference playoffs, where Pittsburgh will square off with the fifth-seeded Philadelphia Flyers. In 75 regular season games, Malkin netted 50 goals, good enough for second in the league behind Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos' 82. The first-round series between the Penguins and Flyers begins tonight.
.864 - Winning percentage this season for the 19-3 women's softball team, which is currently riding an eight-game winning streak after consecutive sweeps of Babson and NESCAC rivals Bowdoin and Trinity. The Jumbos have not lost since returning from Florida and have outscored opponents by a combined 44 points in their last eight games, including three shutouts and a perfect game from freshman Allyson Fournier. Fournier recently earned her second NESCAC Pitcher of the Week award of the season.
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Assists tallied this season by attackman Cole Bailey of the men's lacrosse team, who leads the NESCAC with two assists per game. The freshman has embraced his starting role, using his speed and skill to feed the team's scoring threats, including sophomore Beau Wood and senior Kevin McCormick, from behind the cage. The NESCAC's second leading assister, Amherst's Evan Redwood, averages 1.70 per game. Bailey is also tied with McCormick for seventh in the conference in overall scoring.
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Games Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended for on Tuesday, following his controversial political comments to Time about former Cuban President Fidel Castro. Bench coach Joey Cora will serve as interim manager during Guillen's suspension. Guillen has spent the past two days publicly apologizing for his statements, explaining that he does not support Castro and agreeing with the Marlins' decision to suspend him. Guillen's first day back on the job will be April 17, when the Marlins host the Chicago Cubs.
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Points per game averaged by University of Connecticut sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb, who on Tuesday declared for the NBA draft. In 2011, Lamb, a member of the All-Big East team, helped the Huskies to a national championship, and the 19-year-old was only the sixth sophomore in program history to score 1,000 or more points. This season, Lamb was the Huskies' leading scorer, but UConn, the No. 9 seed in the South Region, failed to make it past their first game in the NCAA tournament, falling 77-64 to Iowa State.
