Cierra Hill scored four goals and added a pair of assists as third-seeded Southern Maine beat sixth-seeded UMass Dartmouth 16-5 Tuesday in a Little East conference women’s lacrosse quarterfinal at Gorham.

Rachel Shanks and Julia McKenna had three goals apiece for Southern Maine (10-8), and Paige Rinaldi, Jillian Nichols and Emily Cloutier also scored.

Maddie Kinney had three goals and three assists for Southern Maine.

Melanny Sanchez Alvarez and Natalia Argrelo had two goals each for UMass Dartmouth (8-8).

BASEBALL

HUSSON 6, BOWDOIN 2: Jackson Curtis and David York both went 2 for 4 for the Eagles (20-16) as they topped the Polar Bears (16-13) in a nonconference game at Bangor.

Hunter Curtis added a double and drove in a pair of runs for Husson.

CJ Brito-Trinidad had a pair of hits, including a solo home run, to pace Bowdoin.

FOOTBALL

PLAYOFF: The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday.

CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said last week after the board of managers had met in Dallas that the calendar had been decided upon. The final piece was placing games and sites on the dates.

For the 2024 season, the first-round games played at campus sites are slated to start with one Friday, Dec. 20. Three more games will be played on campuses on Saturday, Dec. 21.

The quarterfinals are scheduled to be held at bowl sites on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Fiesta Bowl will be played on the night of Tuesday, Dec. 31. The Peach, Rose and Sugar bowls will host quarterfinal games on Wednesday, Jan. 1, played in that order.

The semifinals are set for Thursday night, Jan. 9, 2025, at the Orange Bowl and Friday, Jan. 10 at the Cotton Bowl. The championship game is scheduled for Jan. 20 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The CFP schedule for the 2025 season: Opening rounds are set from Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20.

The Cotton Bowl is set to be a quarterfinal on New Year’s Eve. The New Year’s Day tripleheader will be at the Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls.

The semifinals are scheduled for the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, and the next day at the Peach Bowl. The championship game is set for Monday, Jan. 19 at Miami Gardens, Florida.

This upcoming season will be the last in which the CFP uses a four-team format.