UMPI women win tourney title Underwood powers two victories

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FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – The University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls captured the St. Thomas Tournament Saturday with a 56-49 victory over Mt. Allison University in women’s basketball action.

The Owls knocked off tourney host St. Thomas 71-68 in overtime Friday night.

Rachel Underwood and Lisa Dolley each netted 16 points to lead UMPI past St. Thomas.

Erica McGary notched 15 points for the Owls while Rachel Larlee put in 12.

Jen Little led the St. Thomas attack with 15 points as Heidi Park tallied 14 and Kristin O’Route had 10.

On Saturday, Underwood’s 17 points paced UMPI to victory over Mt. Allison in the championship game.

Both McGary and Dolley netted 12 points for the Owls.

Krista Harrison led the Mt. Allison attack with 10 points while Jen Doucet chipped in eight.

(Friday’s Game)

St. Thomas (6-5) 68

Park 6-1-14, Jack 2-0-5, Whitehead 1-1-3, Garrett 4-1-9, Little 6-1-15, O’Roufe 4-0-10, Lafford 1-2-4, Campbell 4-1-9

UM-Presque Isle 71

Thurlow 2-1-5, McGary 4-7-15, Underwood 4-8-16, Dolley 7-2-16, Newell 1-0-2, Gallagher 1-3-5, Larlee 3-6-12, Flanagan

3-pt. goals: Little 2, O’Roufe 2, Park, Jack

Halftime: UMPI 38-30

(Saturday’s Game)

Mt. Allison (8-4) 46

Elsliger 1-0-2, K. Harrison 2-6-10, Doucet 2-3-8, Graham 0-1-1, M. Harrison 1-0-2, Poley 3-0-6, Anserns 3-0-6, Livingston 2-0-4, Logan 1-3-5, MacWilliams 1-0-2, Purdy

UM-Presque Isle (8-1) 59

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

3-pt. goals: Doucet; Thurlow 2

Halftime: UMPI 25-23

E. Connecticut 74, USM 62

At Willimantic, Conn., 6-foot-3 center Kristyn Grassi made 14 of 17 shots from the floor en route to 35 points to fuel Eastern Connecticut’s victory on Saturday. She also grabbed 13 rebounds.

Allison Coleman contributed 16 more for the Warriors.

Erin Shaw made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the University of Southern Maine. Amanda Kimball tossed in 13 and grabbbed 10 rebounds while Kara Crockett scored 10 more.

Southern Maine (7-4) 62

Dominiczak 2-0-4, Shaw 8-0-21, Bourgoin, Cresssler 3-0-6, Rombalski, Kimball 6-1-13, K. Libby, Anders 1-0-2, Sobey, J. Libby 2-0-4, Watkins 0-2-2, Crockett 4-2-10

Eastern Connecticut (7-1) 74

Phelps, Burdelski 1-2-4, Mund 3-0-6, Dugas 1-0-2, Coleman 7-2-16, Debicki 3-0-7, Grassi 14-7-35, Fogg 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Shaw 5; Debicki

Halftime: Eastern Connecticut 40-28

Swarthmore 62, UMF 41

At Farmington, Heather Kile led Swarthmore College over the University of Maine at Farmington with 15 points.

Rebecca Roak led the Beaver attack with 14 points and Jocelyn Sawyer notched 10.

Swarthmore 62

Robinson 6-0-12, Furman 0-3-3, Gray 2-0-4, Rodgers 1-0-2, Tarr 2-0-5, Kile 5-5-15, Tufano 3-4-10, Ryland 2-0-4, Morandola 3-0-7, Coll, Heitz

UM-Farmington 41

Bard 3-0-6, Hartman 0-1-1, Woodcock 2-1-6, Sawyer 5-0-10, Roak 4-6-14, Normand 2-0-4, Robertson, Rtyky

3-pt. goals: Tarr, Morandola; Woodcock

Halftime: Swarthmore 34-24

U-New England 77, Thomas 68

At Waterville, Melissa Roller scored 17 points to lead the Nor’easters past the Terriers.

Missy Stults had 14 points while Amanda Rodgerson added 13 and Michelle Plant chipped in with 11 for the visitors from Biddeford.

Erin Lovely topped all scorers with 20. Heather Farrell scored 19 and Betsy Pratt had 15 for Thomas College.

U-New England 77

Roller 7-0-17, Calkins 3-1-7, Brown 3-0-8, VanDeusen 2-0-4, Bartolome 0-1-1, Plant 3-1-11, Rodgerson 5-3-13, Scarbro, Utrutia 1-0-2, Stults 4-6-14

Thomas 68

Pratt 6-0-15, Farrell 7-1-19, Lovely 9-2-20, Morrell 3-0-8, Corbett 1-0-2, Connor 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Roller 3, Brown 2, Plant 2; Farrell 4, Pratt 3, Morrell 2

Colby 86, Staten Island 72

At Baltimore, Md., Sarah Walsh netted 21 points and ripped down 16 rebounds to lead Colby College over the College of Staten Island in the championship game of the Legg Mason Tournament.

Jasmine Ashe netted 16 points for the White Mules of Waterville while Many Cochrane chipped in 15.

Colby 86

Belcher 3-2-8, Morin 0-1-1, Cochrane 7-1-15, Ashe 6-1-16, Hallee 3-0-6, Parisella 5-0-10, Henley 1-0-2, Bourque 1-0-2, O’Donnell 2-1-5, Walsh 9-3-21, DeAngelo

Staten Island 72

Cook 3-1-8, Valerio 5-5-16, Nelson 5-0-14, Barone 3-2-9, Aimetti 9-7-25, Przybyszewski, Lisi, Badagliacco, DeHart, Ortiz

3-pt. goals: Ashe 3; Nelson 4, Cook, Valerio, Barone

Halftime: Colby 49-37

St. Joseph’s 60, WPI 52

At Williamstown, Mass., Kendra Brown, Sue Picard, and Cassie Turcotte led a balanced scoring attack with 12, 11, and 10 points, respectively for the visiting Monks of Farmington.

Rachel Zimet led Worcester Polytechnic Institute with 22 points.

St. Joseph’s (8-2) 60

Brown 2-2-6, Marsh 2-2-6, Picard 4-3-11, Brown 5-2-12, Gelinas 3-0-8, Gill 1-0-2, Burrell 1-0-2, Gagnon, Surprenant, Rice 1-1-3, Alexander, Turcotte 3-4-10

WPI (5-7) 52

Gilbert 3-0-7, Wing 2-3-7, Hatter 0-3-3, Zimet 11-0-22, Gwizdak 2-0-4, Gray, Duhaime 1-0-2, McMahon, MacDonald 2-2-6, Dowd 0-1-1, Montague

3-pt. goals: Gelinas 2; Gilbert

Halftime: WPI 24-21

Men’s basketball

E. Connecticut 72, USM 62

At Willimantic, Conn., Rich Vega scored 27 points and the Warriors roared back from a 10-point deficit over the final 6:47 in the win.

Eastern Connecticut closed the game with a 22-2 run.

Wade Millett scored 22 to pace the University of Southern Maine.

Southern Maine (4-7) 62

Zimmerman 1-2-5, Hamlin, Millett 8-1-22, Tarbox 3-0-6, St. Pierre 2-3-9, Grigsby 1-0-2, White 4-0-8, Thibodeau 2-0-6, Soucie 1-0-2, Thomas 1-0-2

Eastern Connecticut (7-4) 72

Leydon 4-0-9, Vega 7-9-27, Shepard 1-0-2, White, Lee, Avent 3-1-7, Kipphut 1-0-3, Mulhall 0-2-2, Parker 4-0-8, Sanders, Rea 6-2-14

3-pt. goals: Zimmerman, Millett 5, St. Pierrre 2, Thibodeau 2; Leydon, Vega 4, Kipphut

Halftime: Eastern Connecticut 37-35

Colby 88, U-New England 62

At Waterville Saturday, Sam Clark of Woolwich had 29 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots to lead the Colby White Mules to victory over the University of New England.

Skowhegan’s Zeb Davis had 14 points and six boards for the Mules while Damien Strahorn had 13 points.

Ricky Sirois of Saco led UNE with 19 points and Jacob Bradley added 10.

Colby (8-3) 88

Moro 2-1-6, Forsyth 3-1-7, MacDonald 1-0-2, Cooper, Forlizzi 1-0-2, Loukes 1-0-2, Allen, Strahorn 4-4-13, Davis 5-1-14, Tweedie 1-0-2, Civiello 1-3-5, Clark 11-7-29, Crosman 1-1-4, Gutierrez

U-New England (1-8) 62

Crowley 0-2-2, Keenan 2-0-5, Stewart 1-0-2, Sirois 7-2-19, Mills, Chapman 1-2-4, Berthiaume 1-0-2, Bradley 3-2-10, Clark 4-1-9, Nutting 3-2-9

3-pt. goals: Moro, Strahorn, Davis 3, Crosman; Keenan, Sirois 3, Bradley 2, Nutting

Hallftime: Colby 45-27

UNE 85, Thomas 75

(Sunday)

UNew England 85

Crowley, Keenan 2-4-10, Stewart, Sirois 8-8-26, Millis 1-0-3, Chapman, Berthiaume 2-0-4, Bradley 6-0-17, Clark 2-5-9, Nutting 7-0-16

Thomas 75

Dunphe 1-2-4, Grant 0-2-2, Pitcher 5-7-17, Raymond 8-7-25, Cardaci 7-0-17, Orser 2-0-5, Magnusson, Rouse, Ray 0-5-5, Caron, Look

3-pt. goals: Keenan 2, Sirois 2, Millis, Bradley 5, Nutting; Raymond 2, Cardaci 3, Orser

Women’s hockey

Maine women split two

At Orono, Kelly Nelson scored one goal and assisted on two more to help the University of Maine post a 4-2 win over Yale on Saturday, but the Black Bears gave up two late goals on Sunday and fell 4-3 to Princeton.

UMaine junior Raffi Wolf scored her sixth goal of the season and became the school’s all-time leading scorer in Sunday’s game.

Wolf’s 76 career points surpasses the 75-point total of Alison Lorenz.

In Saturday’s game, Meagan Aarts, Karen Droog and Emily Stevens tallied goals for Maine. Tracy Caridade and Kate Robson notched assists. Dawn Froats made 18 saves.

Sarah Wood and Deanna McDervitt notched goals for Yale, which dropped to 2-12-0, 1-10-0. Nicolette Franck made 27 saves.

In Sunday’s game, Gretchen Anderson scored two goals in a 1:22 span of the third period to spur the Tigers.

Anderson scored the equalizer with 7:11 to play and the game-winner with 5:49 to go in the game.

Andrea Kilbourne and Jessica Fedderly scored the other goals for Princeton, which improved to 7-7-2, 3-7-2 in league play. Kilbourne added two assists while Anderson had one. Sarah Alquist made 23 saves on 26 shots.

Droog and Andrea Keller contributed a goal apiece for the Black Bears, who dropped to 8-8-0, 3-7-0. Wolf scored her record-setting goal while Aarts, Nelson and Cindy Biron notched assists. Lara Smart made 30 saves on 34 shots.