SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are heading to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where they’ll face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The National Hockey League announced that the series will open on Monday, May 5, in Toronto, with puck drop scheduled for 8 p.m. EST. The Panthers advanced after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, winning the series 4-1.

The Carolina Hurricanes are set to open their second-round series against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, May 6, in Washington. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.

Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets are still battling for a spot in the next round. Their decisive Game 7 in the first round is scheduled for Sunday, May 4, at 7 p.m. ET. The winner will move on to face the top-seeded team in their conference.

As of now, the National Hockey League has not released the complete second-round schedule, with several matchups still to be finalized.

**Colorado College Sports Information contributed to this recap

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.

–Colorado College won its second straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (presented by Culver’s) with a 21-9 victory over UW-Eau Claire at the Sonnentag Fieldhouse.

 

The Tigers (18-3 overall) tied the program record for wins in a season and extended their WIAC winning streak to 19 straight games. Colorado College won 18 games for the first time in program history in 2019, finishing 18-2 with a program winning percentage of 90 percent. 

 

Against UW-Eau Claire (11-7), sophomore Sofia Mancino scored a career-high five goals on only five shots on goal. Charlotte Iler and Peyton Murphy each scored four goals. It’s Iler’s sixth and Muphy’s third four-goal game this season.

Grace Bean racked up her fourth hat trick of the season and finished with an assist, a ground ball, and five shots on goal. 

 

Eight Tigers scored in total, including Oliv Janerico, who finished with two, and Ella Roe, Meilani Molina, and Tobin Lonergan, who scored once.

 

Iler scored first 37 seconds after the initial draw control to give Colorado College an early lead. However, UW-Eau Claire responded two minutes later to tie it up at 1-1.

 

The Tigers countered with a five-goal run, including four unassisted goals, to go up 6-1 with 3:47 remaining. The Blugolds ended the run to cut the lead down to 6-2, but Janerico and Bean found the back of the net a minute apart to close out the first, and CC led 8-2 by the start of the second quarter. 

 

UW-Eau Claire scored first out of the half; consequently, Iler scored consecutive goals, bumping the lead back up to 10-3 with 7:58 remaining. 

 

Colorado College scored twice more to take a 12-4 lead into the halftime break. The Tigers outshot the Blugolds 28-13 in the first half. 

 

The third quarter consisted of back-and-forth scoring. Colorado College outscored UW-Eau Claire 5-4 and kept the lead at 10 after goals from Iler, Murphy, Bean, Janerico, and Mancino. 

 

Murphy earned her hat trick in the fourth quarter, scoring two more goals, as Colorado College added four more to cruise to the eventual 21-9 victory. 

Samantha Burns, Alexie Romanelli and Ellie Fisher each had two goals for UW-Eau Claire.

 

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LOS ANGELES – The No. 6-ranked UCLA softball team fell to Northwestern, 8-0, in six innings in a Big Ten Conference series-opener at Easton Stadium Friday afternoon.
 
The loss marked the second time this season the Bruins (46-8, 16-4 Big Ten) fell in mercy-rule fashion and was shut out. UCLA committed a season-high four errors in the contest. Senior Savannah Pola, freshman Rylee Slimp and sophomore Kaitlyn Terry accounted for the Bruins’ three hits.
 
All eight of the Wildcats’ (28-16-1, 15-5 Big Ten) runs were unearned and came with two outs.
 
Northwestern scored its first three runs in the second inning after a fielding error with two outs by shortstop Kaniya Bragg extended the inning. Bragg, tracking a ball twirling towards shallow left field, collided with Slimp and the ball dropped between them. The next batter, No. 9 hitter Avery Garden, took advantage of the extra life with a towering two-run homer into the right field trees off UCLA starter Taylor Tinsley. On an 0-2 count to the Wildcats’ next hitter Grace Nieto, Tinsley surrendered a second straight homer for a third unearned run.
 
Nieto finished the game 3-for-3 and a longball. Garden and right fielder Kelsey Nader joined Nieto with multiple hits.
 
Tinsley finished the second inning before being pulled for right-handed reliever Addisen Fisher. Tinsley was dealt her fourth loss of the year despite not allowing an earned run.
 
With two outs in the third inning, junior third baseman Jordan Woolery was slow moving to her left and booted a ground ball hit by Lauren Sciborski with two on to load the bases. Once again, Northwestern took advantage of the opportunity with a bases-clearing triple into the left field corner by Ayana Lindsey to double the lead to 6-0. Lyndsey was brought home shortly after on a single by Garden into center field.
 
In the top of the sixth inning, Wildcats shortstop Kaylie Avvisato put the Bruins on run-rule notice by stealing second base and advancing to third on an errant throw down by UCLA catcher Sofia Mujica. Avvisato scored easily on a sacrifice fly by Nader to left-center.
 
NEXT UP
UCLA looks to even the series against Northwestern tomorrow at noon (PT) at Easton Stadium. Tickets are available to purchase at the LINK. The remainder of the series will be nationally televised on the Big Ten Network.
 

BRIGHTON, Mass. – With the game tied 2-2 headed to the bottom of the sixth, Boston College (23-25, 10-16 ACC) scored one in the sixth and three more in the seventh to defeat Stanford (23-20, 8-18 ACC) 6-2 on Sunday to even a three-game ACC series.

Stanford jumped out to the early 1-0 lead in the second as Charlie Saum blooped a two-out single into center field to chase home Rintaro Sasaki. Sasaki had reached with a leadoff double to start the inning.

One of the best baserunning teams in the ACC, Boston College managed to plate a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead on a productive out to third base in the third inning. With runners at second and third and one out, Gunnar Johnson chopped a ball to Trevor Haskins at third that was charged and thrown on the run to first. The throw skipped off the turf and was picked out by Sasaki for the out, but trail runner Patrick Roche spun third on the play and scored well ahead of the throw to the plate.

The Cardinal immediately answered to tie the game in the top of the fourth as freshman JJ Moran laced a line drive out to left field for his first career home run. The homer was the first of two hits for Moran on Saturday afternoon.

The 2-2 game held until the bottom of the sixth when Vince Cimini shot a two-out single up the middle and past the diving effort of Jimmy Nati to chase home the go-ahead run and reclaim the Boston College lead.

The run was charged to Stanford reliever Ryan Speshyock, as the right-hander was eventually saddled with the loss and dropped to 1-1 on the season. Speshyock, the first of three relievers used on Saturday, allowed the one run on three hits and a walk while striking out three over two innings.

Senior Ty Uber made an emergency start for the Cardinal after junior Matt Scott was scratched just prior to first pitch. Uber was good in the spot start, allowing two runs over four innings.

Batting against reliever Toran O’Harran in the seventh, the Eagles managed to score three runs on two hits – including a two-RBI double from Kyle Wolff – to stretch their lead to 6-2. All the offense came with two outs, as O’Harran issued a pair of walks after retiring the first two batters faced to work himself into a jam.

Freshman Liam Golden recorded the final three outs on the hill for Stanford in his second collegiate appearance, striking out the side in the bottom of the eighth.

The two teams will decide the series on Sunday at 10 a.m. PT.