St. Pierre leads USM to victory

loading...

BANGOR – Bangor’s Jason St. Pierre led the University of Southern Maine to a 78-70 men’s basketball victory over the St. Joseph’s College Monks in the Maine Event Tourney at Husson’s Newman Gym Friday night.

Jeff White of Newport stepped in with 12 points, and Matt Tarbox contributed 10.

Leroy Gore netted 16 points for St. Joseph’s. Travis Seaver added another 11points.

Southern Maine 78

Zimmerman 1-8-9, Hamlin 1-0-2, Millett 3-1-9, Tarbox 4-2-10, St. Pierre 5-1-13, Blackstone 3-1-7, Grigsby 1-4-6, White 4-2-12, Thibodeau 3-0-7, DiStefano 0-3-3, Berard

St. Joseph’s 70

Willer 1-6-8, Underwood 4-0-8, McPherson 2-2-5, Gore 5-6-16, Vose 3-2-8, Seaver 5-0-11, Pelletier 2-2-6, Drayer 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: Millett 2, St. Pierre 2, White 2, Thibodeau 1; Seaver

Roger Williams 89, Thomas 66

At Plymouth, N.H., Michael Lynch carried Roger Williams to victory with 32 points at the Plymouth State College Tipoff Tournament.

Kamran Alemdar and Jason Wiggins followed up with 19 and 14 points, respectively.

Thomas’ Matt Pitcher recorded 23 points, James Cardaci, contributed 16, and Mitch Orser netted 10.

Roger Williams (1-0) 89

Hastings 1-0-2, Wiggins 7-0-14, Lynch 14-1-32, Provost 3-2-8, Nappi 3-0-8, O’Brien 2-2-6, Alemdar 6-2-19, Gagnon, Staab, McCarthy, Bobovinik, Bates

Thomas (0-1) 66

Pitcher 9-2-23, Cardaci 6-2-16, Magnusson 0-2-2, Dunphe 1-7-9, Grant 2-0-4, Orser 3-2-10, Look 1-0-2, Rouse, Ray, Caron

3-pt. goals: Lynch 3, Nappi 2, Alemdar 5; Pitcher 3, Cardaci 2, Orser 2

Halftime: Roger Williams 36-33

So. Maine Tech. 122, EMTC 87

At South Portland, Mike Brown paced 4-0 Southern Maine Tech with 30 points and eight assists.

Tommy Profenno, and Ryan Maguire had 19 points apiece while Derek Johnson and Braden Biddings contributed 17 and 14 points, respectively.

Nick Wiberg led 2-4 Eastern Maine Tech with 20 total points. Chris Leighton netted 16 points, and Andrew Borden, Brad Galley, and Mike Dow added 11 points each.

Southern Maine Tech (4-0) 122

Brown 12-0-30, Monzel 4-0-8, Biddings 6-2-14, Morgridge 1-0-2, Wells 2-2-7, Profenno 6-2-19, Day 3-0-6, Maguire 8-1-19, Johnson 7-0-17, Staples

Eastern Maine Tech (2-4) 87

Leighton 5-3-16, Borden 4-3-11, Galley 4-3-11, Dow 4-0-11, Kimball 3-0-9, Wyberg 8-4-20, Girodet 2-0-4, Francis 1-1-3, Wotton 1-0-2, Doore

3-pt. goals: Brown 6, Wells, Profenno 5, Maguire 2, Johnson 3; Leighton, Dow 3, Kimball 3

Halftime: Southern Maine Tech 58-41

UMF 85, New England 84 (OT)

At Farmington, freshman Danny Orcutt scored a game-hgh 19 points and led the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers past New England College, which missed two layups in overtime.

Nathaniel Haynie had 18 points for the Beavers.

Women’s basketball

Colby 66, W. New England 52

At Waterville, Presque Isle native Kim Condon scored 18 points to lead the Colby College White Mules to a win in their first game of the season – the opener of the Colby Tipoff Classic.

Caitlyn Bourque and Bianca Belcher scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, to chip in for the Mules. Sarah Walsh had eight points and 10 rebounds.

For the Western New England College Golden Bears, Lyndsay Black and Krista Savard each scored 10 points.

Western New England (0-1) 52

Durbrow 1-2-4, Black 4-2-10, Neilson 3-0-7, Savarad 4-2-10, Marino 2-2-6, Kousens 2-3-7, Fibble 2-0-4, Carney 1-2-4

Colby (1-0) 66

Belcher 4-1-10, Cochrane 1-0-2, Ashe 2-2-8, Condon 8-1-18, Hallee 3-0-6, Parisella 1-1-3, Bourque 5-1-11, Walsh 3-2-8

3-pt. goals: Neilson; Belcher, Condon, Ashe 2

Halftime: Colby 32-19

Brandeis 92, Maine Maritime 44

At Waltham, Mass., Jen Curran led Brandeis to its first win of the season by netting 18 points.

Danielle Fitzpatrick followed up with 16 points. Lindsey Sensenbrenne and Louisa Twaddell contributed 10 points apiece.

Monica Locke led 0-1 Maine Maritime of Castine with 12 points and Rachel Merrill had 11.

Brandeis (1-0) 92

Shields 4-0-8, Cohn 4-0-8, Fitzpatrick 8-0-16, Curran 6-4-18, Sensenbrenne 4-0-10, Burgoyne 3-0-6, Wise 1-0-2, Pierre-Jacque 1-0-2, Conville 3-0-7, Pedi 2-0-5, Twaddell 3-4-10

Maine Maritime Academy (0-1) 44

Lawler 1-1-3, Lesiewicz 4-1-9, Merrill 3-3-11, Locke 5-2-12, Ryan 3-0-6, Jones 1-0-2, Clifford 0-1-1, Guilbault

3-pt. goals: Curran 2, Sensenbrenne 2, Conville, Pedi; Merrill 2

Halftime: Brandeis 40-20

UMFK 46, UM-Augusta 39

At Fort Kent, the University of Maine-Fort Kent Bengals kicked off their Bengal Tipoff Tournament with a win behind dual 11-point efforts from Nicole Cyr and Tracie Hobbs.

For the UM-Augusta Moose, Alice Bishop scored 17 and Tracy Luzkowski added 11.

UM-Fort Kent (1-2) 46

Cyr 4-3-11, Hobbs 5-1-11, Gagnon 1-0-2, Vassalio, Foreman 1-0-2, Small 1-0-2, Bourgoin 4-0-8, Gagnon, Jefferson, Brown 3-0-6, Mann 2-0-4

UM-Augusta (0-3) 39

Greenleaf 0-3-3, Nichols 2-3-8, Hadley, Stebbins, Luzkowski 4-2-11, Durand, Bishop 5-4-17

3-pt. goals: Nichols, Luzkowski, Bishop 3

Halftime: UMFK 25-21

St. Joseph’s 90, Suffolk 74

At New London, N.H., Stacey Gelinas led St. Joseph’s to a win in its season-opener with 17 points.

Carolyn Brown contributed 15 points, and Sue Picard and Kendra Brown netted 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Julie Niznik was Suffolk’s high scorer with 14 points. Jen Malandra followed up with 13 points, and Amber Conte added 12.

St. Joseph’s (1-0) 90

Brown 6-2-15, Marsh 1-6-8, Picard 6-1-13, Brown 2-6-10, Gelinas 7-2-17, Gill 2-2-7, Burrell 0-2-2, Gagnon 1-2-4, Surprenant 1-0-2, Rice 4-0-8, Turcotte 2-0-4, Regan, Alexander

Suffolk (0-1) 74

Conte 3-5-12, Pagano 2-0-6, Librandi 1-0-2, Niznik 5-4-14, Maher 2-2-6, Umlah 1-1-3, Curry 1-1-3, Malandra 4-5-13, Martin 2-3-7, Sward 0-1-1, Halliday 2-3-7

3-pt. goals: Brown, Gelinas, Gill; Conte, Pagano 2

Halftime: Suffolk 43-40

Albertson 72, UM-Presque Isle 45

At Presque Isle Thursday night, the Albertson College Coyotes ran down the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls behind a 41-23 rebounding advantage.

The nationally-ranked (sixth in the NAIA) Coyotes were led by Linsi Sloan, who scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Melissa Jensen (14 points), Alyson Pincock (13) and Heidi Goicoechea (10) also paced Albertson.

Rachel Larlee led the 2-1 Owls with 17 points and seven boards. Rachel Underwood chipped in with 12 points.

Albertson (1-2) 72

Shiraki 1-0-2, Bates, Williams 1-0-3, Sloan 6-6-19, Sinclair, Thompson 2-1-5, Jensen 6-0-14, Goicoechea 4-0-10, Marchiano 2-2-6, Pincock 4-5-13

UM-Presque Isle (2-1) 45

Thurlow 0-1-1, Amero 2-0-4, McGary 3-0-7, Underwood 2-7-12, Dolley 1-0-2, Newell 1-0-2, Gallagher, Larlee 6-5-17

3-pt. goals: Williams, Sloan, Jensen 2, Goicoechea 2; McGary, Underwood

Halftime: Albertson 33-21

USM 85, Manhattanville 48

At Gorham, Megan Cressler led Southern Maine with 17 points.

Jaime Zahm followed up with 14 points. Amanda Kimball and Sunshine Anders added 10 points apiece for 1-0 USM.

Southern Maine (1-0) 85

Dominiczak 4-0-8, Shaw 3-0-9, Allen 0-1-1, Bourgoin 1-2-4, Cressler 5-5-17, Rombalski 1-0-2, Kimball 4-2-10, Anders 4-0-10, Sobey 1-0-2,, Zahm 5-4-14, Libby 1-0-2, Crockett 1-0-2, Watkins 2-0-4

Manhattanville (0-1) 48

Terzian 3-0-8, Thomas, McRae 1-0-2, Carlos 2-1-5, Smith 1-1-4, Solano 1-0-2, Vecchione 7-2-16, Guadalupe, Borrani 0-2-2, Axente 0-2-2, Pool 3-0-6, Mitrovic 1-0-6, Stretigalais

3-pt. goals: Shaw 3, Cressler 3, Anders 2; Terzian 2

Halftime: Southern Maine 34-27

Salem State 75, UMF 56

At Gorham, Melissa Smock netted 23 points to lead Salem State to victory.

Kara Smolinsky scored 19 points, Betsy Nichols recorded 14, and Edwina Ashe contributed 11 points.

Becky Roak led UM-Farmington with 16 and Jocelyn Sawyer had 15.

Salem State (1-0) 75

Cerasuoio, McCarthy, Smolinsky 5-8-19, McKeen 1-2-4, Allen, Lopes, Ashe 5-1-11, Smock 8-5-23, McCarter 1-0-2, Rhodes 1-0-2, Hunter, Nichols 5-4-14

UM-Farmington (0-1) 56

Robertson 2-0-6, Bard 1-2-4, Rtyky, Hartman 1-1-3, Woodcock 2-0-6, Sawyer 4-7-15, Foster 0-2-2, Roak 4-7-16, Hunt 1-0-2, Normand 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Smolinsky, Smock 2; Robertson 2, Woodcock 2, Roak

Halftime: UM-Farmington 34-33

Plymouth State 78, Husson 77

At Waterville, Jennifer Pelletier drove to the hoop and scored with time running out to give Plymouth State the win in the first round of the Colby Tip-off Classic.

Heather Adey scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Panthers while Courtney Albert added 15 points and nine rebounds. Pelletier finished with 15 points.

Katie Nye scored 21 points for the Braves while Liza Doughty added 20, including the go-ahead hoop with 19 seconds left. Leslie Weed and Leslie Trott scored 10 apiece.

Plymouth State (1-0) 78

Perry 1-3-5, Fournier 0-4-4, Pelletier 6-3-15, Waters 4-0-8, Adey 7-1-15, Albert 8-0-16, Morin 4-2-11, Rohrborn 2-0-4

Husson (0-1) 77

Allen 2-4-8, Trott 4-1-10, Weed 4-0-10, Hughes 1-0-2, Nye 7-4-21, Doughty 8-3-20, Dow 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Morin; Trott, Doughty, Weed 2, Nye 3

Halftime: 39-39

Women’s hockey

Maine 3, Cornell 1

At Orono, Karen Droog, Jarin Sjogren, and Raffi Wolf scored a goal apiece to lead the Black Bears to their fourth win of the season.

Kelly Nelson offered an assist to Droog who notched the first goal. Goalkeeper Dawn Froats stopped 25 of 26 shots for 4-3-0 Maine.

Briana Jentner scored for Cornell in the third period. Sanya Sandahl and Elizabeth Connelly combined for 19 saves on 22 shots for 2-3-0 Cornell.