Pilsbury lifts Husson to tonight’s MAC final

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AUGUSTA – Robert Pilsbury poured in a game-high 25 points Sunday afternoon to lead top-seeded Husson College of Bangor to an 88-49 victory over the University of Maine-Farmington in a Maine Athletic Conference men’s basketball semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center.

Anthony Russo had 15 for Husson and Central High graduate Ryan Rivera added 12, including 8 of 9 from the foul line. Quinson Lancaster put in 11.

Matthew Thompson led the Beavers with 13.

UM-Farmington (8-16) 49

Nadeau 4-0-9, Haynie, Wilcox 1-0-2, Deeds 4-0-8, Fullerton 2-1-5, Facey, Dufort, Robinson, Thompson 6-0-13, Kennie 2-0-4, Cavanaugh, Malley 4-0-8

Husson (19-4) 88

Russo 5-1-15, Fletcher 3-3-9, Pilsbury 10-2-25, Breen 1-1-3, Lancaster 4-2-11, Brown, Greene 1-0-2, Robb 1-0-3, Cunningham, Rivera 2-8-12, Hughes 1-0-2, Griffin 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Nadeau, Thompson; Russo 4, Pilsbury 3, Lancaster, Robb

Halftime: Husson 51-23

St. Joseph’s 76, UM-Fort Kent 59

At the Augusta Civic Center, C.J. Vose had a game-high 20 points to help the Monks erase a four-point halftime deficit and pick up a MAC semifinal win.

Mike Ifill notched 16 for the winners and Leroy Gore added 15.

Matt Daudier and Shaun Tomblin led the Bengals with 10 each.

St. Joseph’s (17-10) 76

Underwood 1-3-5, Gore 6-3-15, Vose 8-3-20, Ifill 6-2-16, Seaver 1-0-2, Willer, McPherson 2-1-6, Ventry, Pelletier 1-0-2, Drayer 5-0-10

UM-Fort Kent (16-8) 59

Clavette 3-0-9, Young 1-2-4, Bente 3-2-9, Tomblin 1-8-10, Bray 3-0-6, Daudier 5-0-10, Farrar 1-0-2, Tolvaisa 1-0-3, Sutton, Traup 1-2-4, Clarke 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Ifill 2, Vose, McPherson; Clavette 3, Bente, Tolvaisa

Halftime: UM-Fort Kent 33-29

Lasell 79, Maine Maritime 70

At Newton Centre, Mass., Dwayne Okantye’s team-high 21 points and 12 rebounds led Lasell College to a North Atlantic Conference tournament semifinal win.

Gregory Walker chipped in with 13 points for the winners.

Corey Streams scored a game-high 23 points for the Mariners of Castine. Curtis Brown notched 14 points and Jed Johnson pulled down 11 rebounds.

Maine Maritime (11-11) 70

Paquette, Brown 5-3-14, Johnson 2-2-6, Garland, Streams 9-2-23, Pitula 4-0-10, Newland 3-3-11, Cegalske 1-0-2, Clement 2-0-4

Lasell (17-8) 79

Frayler 2-0-4, Penta, Gallagher, Walker 6-1-13, Costin 2-3-8, Cazeau 3-2-8, Chamberlain 5-1-12, Jones, Okantey, Vaughn 2-0-4, Smith 0-1-1, Rose 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Streams 3, Pitula 2, Newland 2, Brown; Vaughn, Chamberlain, Costin

Halftime: Lasell 34-32

Central Maine Tech wins title

At South Portland, tourney MVP Craig Dickson turned in a triple-double to lead Central Maine Tech past Northern Maine Tech for the Maine Small College Conference title Sunday.

Dickson scored 20 points, grabbed 25 rebounds and notched 10 assists.

Southern Maine Tech beat Eastern Maine Tech in the consolation game 91-71. On Saturday, CMTC advanced by beating EMTC 84-62.

Nick Wiberg paced EMTC in the consolation game with 23 points and Brad Galley sparked the Golden Eagles Saturday with 23 points.

(Championship Game)

Northern Maine Tech 67

Schmidt 2-0-4, Durost 4-6-14, Tompkins 3-0-8, Smith, Jellison 5-2-13, Collins 1-0-2, Beckford 1-4-6, Czosneck 2-0-6, Sleeper 5-1-14

Central Maine Tech 96

DeBruin 3-0-6, Dickson 8-4-20, Hackett 2-0-5, Peavey 8-6-23, Archer 2-0-4, Graham 7-0-18, Brown 6-2-14, Brady 2-0-4, Randall 1-0-2, Ferraro, Winchenbach, Paradis

3-pt. goals: Tompkins 2, Jellison, Czosneck 2, Sleeper 3; Hackett, Peavey, Graham 4

Halftime: CMTC 51-29

(Consolation Game)

Southern Maine Tech 91

Brown 4-0-8, Staples 4-0-10, Monzel 7-4-18, Biddings 5-2-13, Wells 2-0-4, Johnson 3-0-6, Day 4-1-9, James, Morgridge 8-6-23

Eastern Maine Tech 71

Wiberg 9-5-23, Dow 6-2-15, Osborne 2-1-5, Galley 4-0-8, Wotton, Leighton 5-0-13, Albert 1-0-2, Doore, Reynolds 1-1-3, Kilton 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Staples 2, Biddings, Morgridge; Leighton 23

Halftime: SMTC 42-33

(Saturday)

Central Maine Tech 84

DeBruin 4-0-12, Dixon 7-3-17, Peavey 5-2-12, Archer 2-4-8, Brown 5-0-10, Graham, Brady, Randall 2-0-5, Paradis, Winchenbach, Ferraro, Hackett 7-2-20

Eastern Maine Tech 62

Wiberg 5-0-10, Dow 2-0-5, Osborne 4-0-9, Galley 8-3-23, Wotton 3-0-6, Leighton 2-0-4, Albert 1-0-3, Doore, Reynolds 1-0-2, Kilton

3-pt. goals: DeBruin 4, Randall, Hackett 4; Dow, Osborne, Galley 4, Albert

Halftime: CMTC 52-26

All-Star teams

Vose, Gelinas top All-MAC teams

Stacey Gelinas and C.J. Vose, both of St. Joseph’s College in Standish, have been selected as the Players of the Year in the Maine Athletic Conference.

Leroy Gore of St. Joseph’s and Betsy Elmer of UMaine-Machias were named the Rookies of the Year, while Derek Johnson of the University of Maine-Fort Kent and Tobin Slavin of UMM were tabbed as Coaches of the Year in the men’s and women’s ranks, respectively.

The winners were announced Saturday during the MAC awards night held in Augusta, site of the conference semifinals and finals.

The men’s All-MAC first team also features Robert Pilsbury of Husson College in Bangor, Scott Raymond of Thomas College in Waterville, UMaine-Presque Isle’s Antrone Moore and Shaun Tomblin of UM-Fort Kent.

The second team members are Matt Breen and Randy Fletcher of Husson, UM-Farmington’s Mike Fullerton and Tom Nadeau, and Gore.

Joining Gelinas on the All-MAC women’s first team are Liza Doughty of Husson, Erin Lovely of Thomas, Becky Roak of UM-Farmington and Sue Picard of St. Joseph’s.

The second team is made up of Husson’s Leslie Trott, Angela Robb and Gill Guest of UM-Machias, Heather Farrell of Thomas, and Carolyn Brown of St. Joseph’s.

Vose, a sophomore forward from Yarmouth, led the Monks with 19.5 points per game and averaged 8.1 rebounds. Gelinas, a junior guard from Biddeford, averaged 14.1 points and 5.2 assists.

Women’s basketball

MAC Semifinals

Husson 64, UM-Farmington 50

At the Augusta Civic Center, Katie Nye of Corinna scored 17 points and handed out five assists Sunday, lifting second-seeded Husson College of Bangor to a Maine Athletic Conference semifinal victory over the Beavers.

The Braves battled archrival and No. 1 seed St. Joseph’s of Standish in tonight’s 7:30 title contest.

Kelly Dow of Sebec Village tossed in 17 points and made four steals for the Braves, while Leslie Trott of Brewer provided eight points, 12 rebounds and three steals.

For UM-Farmington, which outscored Husson 19-8 from the foul line, Rachel Bard led the way with 10 ponts and five steals and Jocelyn Sawyer added 10 points.

Husson outrebounded UMF 41-29.

UMaine-Farmington (11-13) 50

Robertson 3-0-8, Bard 3-4-10, Hartman 0-2-2, Sawyer 3-4-10, Roak 1-6-8, Woodcock 3-2-9, Normand 1-1-3

Husson (15-10) 64

Trott 4-0-8, Weed 3-0-6, Nye 6-2-17, Doughty 1-2-5, Dow 6-2-17, Comeau, Hughes 0-2-2, Cole 1-0-3, Boone 3-0-6, Allen

3-pt. goals: Robertson 2, Woodcock; Nye 3, Doughty, Dow 3, Cole

Halftime: UMF 29-26

St. Joseph’s 74, Thomas 58

At the Augusta Civic Center on Sunday, the top-seeded Monks built a 23-point halftime lead and advanced to the final.

St. Joseph’s meets No. 2 Husson in tonight’s 7:30 league title game.

Abbie Rice led a balanced St. Joseph’s effort with 15 points, while Carolyn Brown netted 13, Kendra Brown 12 and Stacy Gelinas 10. Sue Picard added nine points and 11 rebounds.

Erin Lovely’s 16 points paced Thomas of Waterville. Tiffany Nason scored 11, Kati Morrell added 10 and Courtney Corbett added nine points and 13 rebounds.

Thomas (15-11) 58

Farrell 2-3-7, Lovely 5-3-16, Morrell 3-4-10, Corbett 4-0-9 13 rebs, Pratt 2-0-5, Gagnon, Nason 3-2-11

St. Joseph’s (21-4) 74

Marsh 3-0-6, Picard 2-5-9 11 rebs, K. Brown 3-6-12, Gelinas 4-2-10, C. Brown 5-0-13, Gill, Burrell 2-1-5, Surprenant, Rice 4-7-15, Alexander, Turcotte 2-0-4

3-pt. goals:

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 45-22

Little East championship

So. Maine 59, W. Conn. 46

At Willimantic, Conn., the University of Southern Maine limited Western Connecticut to 27 percent shooting Saturday while winning the Little East Conference title and earning a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the seventh straight year.

Kara Crockett of Glenburn paced the Huskies with 17 points, while Megan Cressler of Appleton contributed 14 points and Amanda Kimball had 11.

Christin Morgatto paced the Colonials with 17 points.

Southern Maine (20-6) 59

Shaw 1-4-7, Libby 1-3-5, Dominiczak 2-1-5, Kimball 5-1-11, Crockett 6-5-17, Cressler 4-4-14, Bourgoin

Western Connecticut (11-16) 46

Camella 1-0-2, Morgatto 8-1-17, Arroyo 1-1-3, Zagaski, Dolock 1-6-8, Fairchild 1-0-2, Johnson 3-0-9, Capone 1-0-3, George 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Shaw, Cressler 2; Johnson 3, Capone

Halftime: tied 21-21

NESCAC championship

Bowdoin 54, Amherst 41

At Amherst, Mass., freshman guard Lora Trenkle of Surry scored 10 of her game-high 15 points in the second half Saturday to spark Bowdoin College to the New England Small College Athletic Conference championship and a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Trenkle also grabbed seven rebounds for the Polar Bears, who received 13 points from Kristi Royer.

Sara Bozorg netted 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds for top-seeded Amherst.

Bowdoin (19-7) 54

Myers 3-0-7, Royer 2-9-13, Mayol 1-5-7, Fava 2-0-4, Trenkle 4-4-15, Bramwell, Trotta, Fugate 2-1-6, Bennett 1-0-2

Amherst (22-4) 41

Taylor, Bergman, Walker 2-2-6, Bozorg 5-3-15, Russell 0-2-2, Putnam 4-0-10, Diamond 1-1-3, Yarawamai 1-0-2, McGuire, Farrell 1-1-3, Potanka

3-pt. goals: Myers, Trenkle 3, Fugate; Bozorg 2, Putnam 2

Halftime: Bowdoin 16-8

Commonwealth Coast Conference

U-New England 77, Gordon 60

At Wenham, Mass., the University of New England won its third playoff road game of the week Saturday to win the Commonwealth Coast Conference title.

UNE earned its first-ever berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Michele Plant led the fifth-seeded Nor’easters with 24 points while Missy Stults scored 16. Amanda Rodgerson of Newburgh and Amanda Brown added 13 each.

Lisa Memmen paced Gordon with 13 points and seven rebounds.

U-New England (17-10) 77

Roller 1-0-2, Calkins 1-0-2, Plant 8-6-24, Rodgerson 4-5-13, Stults 5-6-16, Kempton, Fullerton, Brown 3-4-13, VanDeusen, Bartolome 2-1-5, Scarbro 0-1-1, Urrutia 0-1-1

Gordon (17-10) 60

Phillips 5-1-13, Curtis 3-3-10, White, Goodwin 4-2-10, Memmen 5-3-13, Pellegrino, Pickering 2-0-5, Baker 2-2-6, Reardon 1-0-3

3-pt. goals: Roller 0-1, Calkins 0-1, Plant 2-5, Fullerton 0-1, Brown 3-5; Phillips 2-10, Curtis 1-5, Goodwin 0-2, Pickering 1-2, Reardon 1-1

Halftime: UNE 37-28

Men’s hockey

Hamilton 4, Colby 0

At Waterville Saturday, Steve Aubochon scored two goals and had an assist for Hamilton while Victor Cizmarik recorded three assists.

Nicholas Potvin had a goal and an assist while Mike Engert scored with assists from Sean Smith and Andy Laskowski.

J.D. Hadiaris faced 21 shots and stopped 17 for Colby.

Hamilton (11-12-1) 1 0 3 – 4

Colby (15-9-1) 0 0 0 – 0

First period – 1. Ham, Engert (Smith, Laskowski), 1:38

Second period – No scoring.

Third period – 2. Aubochon (Potvin, Cizmarik), 4:59; 3. Aubochon (Cizmarik); 4. Potvin (Aubochon, Cizmarik)

Goaltenders: Hamilton, Kaufman (38 shots-38saves); Colby, Hadiaris (21-17)

Salem State 5, Southern Maine 2

(Saturday)

Southern Maine (5-19-2) 1 0 1 x – 2

Salem State (16-5-4) 1 2 2 x – 5

First period – 1. Sal, Cooper 11 (McCabe, Scaoarotti), 1:38; 2. SM, Kauziere 11 (Roche, Drozdzik), 19:49, (pp)

Second period – 3. Sal, Miller 4 (Pero, Hackett), 4:31, (pp); 4. Sal, Haugh 2 (Scaparotti, S. Cooper), 18:45

Third period – 5. SM, Lauziere 12 (Dandenault, Irwin), 4:10, 6. Sal, S. Cooper 12 (Scaparotti, Paris), 8:28; 7. Sal, S. Cooper 13 (Miller, Scaparotti), 19:41, (en)

Goaltenders: Southern Maine, Tuck (37 shots-33 saves); Salem State, Christenson (32-30)

Women’s hockey

Maine splits on weekend

At New Haven, Conn., Megan Aarts had two goals plus an assist Sunday to lead the University of Maine to a 5-1 victory over Yale.

The Black Bears dropped a 3-1 decision Saturday at Princeton.

Karen Droog had two assists for 14-13-1 UMaine in Sunday’s victory. Cindy Biron, Karen Droog and Nicole Munro added a goal apiece. Dawn Froats made 25 saves on 26 shots.

Gabrielle Goodfellow scored the lone goal, unassisted, for Yale. Nicolette Franck stopped 20 of 25 shots.

At Princeton, N.J., Abbey Fox and Gretchen Anderson each scored a goal and had an assist Saturday to pace Princeton.

Jess Fedderly also scored for the 12-11-3 Tigers, while Andrea Kilbourne recorded two assists.Droog scored for the Bears with assists from Kelly Nelson and Tracy Caridade. Amanda Cronin stopped 14 of the 17 shots she faced.

Manhattanville 3, So. Maine 2

At New Rochelle, N.Y., Melanie Grover scored a goal midway through the second period Saturday to break a 1-1 tie and win the game for Manhattanville in an ECAC Division III first-round playoff game.

Softball

Texas Tech 6, Maine 2

At Fayetteville, Ark., Jena Baker knocked in a pair of runs to lead Texas Tech to the win.

Eva Harshman notched a double and a triple for the winners.

Sara Aeadoorian belted in a run for the Black Bears.

Texas Tech 300 021 0 -6

Maine 000 110 0 -2

Renfro, Arics (5), Ready; Green, Yuhas (6), Bain

Notre Dame 8, Maine 0

At Fayetteville, Ark., Kristin Schmidt notched the shutout, giving up only three hits as the Irish prevailed.

Andria Bledsoe notched a triple for the winners. Jennifer Kriech knocked in three runs to go with a triple.

Sara Avadoorian had a pair of hits to lead the Black Bears.

Maine 000 00 -0

Notre Dame 002 24 -8

Jacgge and Ready; Schmidt and Myers