UMass, Maine battle to tie

Men’s College Soccer

ORONO – Randy Jacobs’ unassisted goal with 13:54 remaining in regulation, his 15th of the season, enabled the University of Massachusetts Minutemen to tie the University of Maine Black Bears 1-1 in men’s soccer action Sunday.

Neither team could score in the overtime.

Maine freshman striker Jake Ouimet, who had already set the school’s single season record for goals with 13, notched his 14th goal in the first half to eclipse the school record for points. He concluded his freshman season with 30 points on 14 goals and two assists.

Ben Spike had set the previous records for goals (12) and points (28) in 1987.

Seb D’Appolonia finished with 10 saves on 15 shots for the Bears while Mark Wolf made seven stops on 18 shots for UMass.

Maine finished its season with an 8-4-4 record, the third fewest number of losses in a season since the program began in 1963-64. UMass is 9-6-3.

Husson 1, UMPI 1 (OT)

At Bangor, Darren Clukey’s penalty kick with 14 minutes remaining gave UMPI its tie with Husson.

Husson wound up the regular season with a 10-5-3 record. UMPI finished at 6-6-2. Both teams will play in the NAIA District 5 playoffs on Wednesday.

Gary Thompson had scored for the Braves off a Jason Hill assist in the first half.

Jim Wishart and Jason Brewer combined for nine saves in the Husson net. UMPI’s Darren Allen made 12 stops.