Warman new coach of Braves Husson selects alum for men’s soccer post

Greenville native Scott Warman, who never had a losing season in his seven years as the boys soccer coach at Orono High School, has been named to replace Nate Benoit as the Husson College men’s soccer coach.

Benoit, 21-12-2 in his two seasons, left to accept a position as an assistant engineer for the Maine Department of Transportation.

“I think this is a great opportunity,” said the 33-year-old Warman. “They have a great staff of coaches like Kissy Walker [women’s basketball], JK [baseball coach John Kolasinski], Warren [men’s basketball coach Warren Caruso], and Keith [women’s soccer coach Keith Bosley]. It’s going to be great to work with Keith in the fall. And Husson has so many attractive programs.”

Warman, who was a midfielder and fullback at Husson before graduating with a degree in business teacher education in 1991, said he knows college soccer is much more intense and there will be a significant adjustment involved.

“At the high school level, skill can dominate a game. But college is different. College players have to be smarter. I’ll have to teach them the game above the shoulders more,” said Warman. “The college players all have to be on the same page with the same purpose. You can’t afford to have lapses in college.”

He believes strongly in a 4-4-2 alignment with a diamond formation in the midfield and he credits a lot of his coaching philosophy to former Husson coach Mitch Ellisen, with whom he coached at Hermon High, the Maine Olympic Development U-16 team, and during an indoor soccer season at Husson.

“And being compact is huge in college. We need everybody within 45 yards of each other,” said Warman, who also intends to instill discipline.

“None of my high school players ever received a red card and we got only a few yellows,” said Warman. “Through my Husson experience, I learned about my own limitations and how to respect others. The soccer program needs an injection of that.”

Warman, married to the former Candice French and the father of a daughter (Alexis) with another child on the way, is the program director for Fellowship Health Resources Inc.

UMaine players, coach honored

The University of Maine baseball team continued to garner postseason accolades Wednesday as four players and coach Paul Kostacopoulos garnered regional recognition.

Pitchers Rusty Tucker and Mike Collar, catcher Joe Drapeau, and first baseman Jon Hambelton were all named to the Division I All-New England first team, while Kostacopoulos was chosen the New England Division I Coach of the Year.

Tucker, a senior righthander, earned America East Pitcher of the Year honors with a 7-2 record and a 3.26 earned run average. Collar, a freshman righty from Scarborough, went a perfect 8-0 with a 3.55 ERA and was named the AE Rookie of the Year.

Hambelton, a senior, led America East and the Bears with a .429 batting average. He hit 13 homers with 50 RBIs and was an All-AE first-teamer.

Drapeau, a junior from Biddeford, batted .333 with 12 homers and 51 RBIs. He was an America East first-team pick.

Kostacopoulos, in his fifth season at UMaine, directed the Bears to the program’s best record since 1991 (48-18). He also was named the America East Coach of the Year this spring for the second time in his career.

Delaware captures Haskell Cup

The University of Delaware, in its final year of competition in America East, has won the Stuart P. Haskell Commissioner’s Cup for the 10th consecutive year.

The award is presented annually to the school which has accumulated the highest point total as determined by a scoring system that rewards a school for success in regular-season and championship competition.

Delaware scored 399 points to beat out runner-up Hofstra (350) and third-place Boston University. Towson was fourth with 311 points, followed by Northeastern (289), Vermont (271), New Hampshire (268), Drexel (244), Maine (242), and Hartford (192).