Rob Sanicola has resigned from his position as basketball coach at the University of Southern Maine after three seasons, the university announced in a press release on Friday.

Sanicola is leaving the club to pursue an opportunity in the NBA G League, the press release states.

Southern Maine reached the Little East Conference playoffs in each of Sanicola’s three seasons. The Huskies went 14-7 overall and 9-7 in the conference last season. Overall, Sanicola went 40-34 and 23-25 ​​in the conference.

Previously, he coached for 18 seasons at his alma mater, St. Joseph’s College, where he won 275 games.

BASEBALL

NECBL: Game 2 of the New England Collegiate Baseball League championship series between the Sanford Mainers and the Newport Gulls was suspended due to rain Thursday night and will resume Saturday in Newport, Rhode Island.

Sanford won Game 1 of the best-of-three series 7-1 on Wednesday night in Newport, Rhode Island. Game 2 will be played Saturday in Newport starting at 4 p.m. Game 3 will follow, if necessary, at 6:35 p.m., or 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 2.

Newport leads 7-0, Sanford is at bat in the bottom of the fifth inning. Runners are on first and second base, one out.

FOOTBALL

NFL: The Minnesota Vikings have traded Andrew Booth Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for Nahshon Wright, a low-level trade between cornerbacks who could potentially be released by the end of training camp.

• Dak Prescott was held back from a light workout as a precautionary measure because the Dallas Cowboys quarterback felt some pain in his surgically operated right ankle.

The decision came a day after Dallas held its only joint practice of training camp when it visited the Los Angeles Rams. The Cowboys and Rams open the preseason against each other in LA on Saturday night.

Prescott, who is unlikely to play in the preseason, is entering the final season of his $160 million four-year contract but has not missed any time in training camp.

• Carolina Panthers players, coaches and staff were uninjured after their Delta Airlines flight ran off the runway and became stuck in mud en route to the gate at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Friday morning.

The team was returning from a 17-3 preseason loss in New England on Thursday night and arrived safely at the runway around 2:35 a.m.

FOOTBALL

NWSL: The National Women’s Soccer League and its players’ union have agreed to a collective bargaining agreement that will last until 2030, according to two published reports.

Sportico and The Athletic reported, citing anonymous sources, that some provisions of the new agreement will take effect before the current CBA expires after the 2026 season.

The current agreement was negotiated in 2022 and includes higher minimum salaries, the introduction of free agents, accommodation and transport for players, and health and safety aspects.

No details on the new CBA were available, but they generally concern player movements, free agency and transfers.

ENGLAND COACH: England have postponed the appointment of a permanent coach to replace Gareth Southgate and will be temporarily led by Lee Carsley, who currently manages the country’s Under-21 team.

Carsley’s first games as senior national team coach will be in the Nations League against Ireland and Finland in September, the English Football Association said on Friday when announcing his appointment.

TENNIS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN: Number one seed Coco Gauff was eliminated from the National Bank Open in Toronto when she lost 4-6, 1-6 to number 14 seed Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium.

Preparing to defend her title at the US Open, Gauff suffered a break in the first set when she was trailing 4-5. In the second set, the 20-year-old American double-faulted when she was 1-2 down and Shnaider held her serve to take a 4-1 lead.

Shnaider, also 20, sealed the win with another break to secure a quarterfinal match against No. 6 Liudmila Samsonova, who defeated Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4.

Defending champion Jessica Pegula advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating qualifier Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-4 in windy conditions.

Third-seeded Pegula, from nearby Buffalo, New York, took advantage of Krueger’s nine double faults. Last year in Montreal, Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final.

In the opening matches, Taylor Townsend defeated fourth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-1 and No. 8 seed Emma Navarro beat No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 7-5.

Amanda Anisimova advanced after Russian Anna Kalinskaya (number 10) retired due to dizziness. Anisimova won the first set 6-2.

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