December 23, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Chirusa helps Clippers edge Owls in OT

MACHIAS – Tatenda Chirusa fired in a pass from Dwayne Josiah five minutes into overtime to lift the UM-Machias men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over UM-Presque Isle Sunday in college action.

Chirusa also had the first goal for the 5-7 Clippers. Goalie Courtenay Campbell faced eight shots.

For 4-7 UM-Presque Isle, Darren Belskis recorded a goal. Joe Cole faced 19 shots.

UMFK 2, St. Joseph’s 1 (OT)

At Fort Kent Sunday, Aadil Mootassem scored the game-winner five minutes into overtime to lead the Bengals past the Monks.

Juan Murphy assisted on the winner. Mootassem set up Murphy with four minutes left in regulation to tie the game for UM-Fort Kent, now 7-4-1. James Page and Zac Cote combined for five saves on six shots.

Matt Grauwiler scored an unassisted goal for 6-5 St. Joseph’s. Nick Wallace made six saves on eight shots.

UM-Fort Kent 3, MMA 2 (2OT)

At Castine Saturday, Hatim Aboyahya tallied the game-winner on a breakaway in the second overtime to lift the Bengals past the Mariners.

Aboyahya gave 6-4-1 UMFK a lead with a second-half goal on an assisted by Neal Jandreau. Josh Roy scored the Bengals’ first goal on a penalty kick. James Page had four saves on 24 shots.

Wels Baker and Seth Warner combined on both goals for 2-9 Maine Maritime. Warner scored the tying goal in the 88th minute and Dan Loebel made three saves on 13 shots.

St. Joseph’s 1, UM-Presque Isle 0

At Presque Isle Saturday, Mike Herrick scored an unassisted goal 23 minutes into the first half as the Monks held off the Owls.

Nick Wallace and Jeff Yaeger combined to make six saves on six shots for 7-4 St. Joseph’s of Standish.

Jon Cole made two saves on three shots for 5-5 UMPI.

UM-Machias 5, Unity 1

At Machias Saturday, Tatenda Chirusa recorded a hat trick and Brett Howarth scored two goals as UM-Machias rolled over Unity.

Matt Salyer, Jamie Beckwith and Tim Spry chipped in with assists for the 4-7 Clippers. Goalie Andy Swift faced eight shots.

For 7-4-1 Unity, Jimmy Valvine converted a pass from Michael Alvarez. Eric Cantini faced 28 shots.

Boston University 4, Maine 3

At Boston Sunday, Norwegian Joachim Kaland took a pass from Markus Raisanen, made a 25-yard run down the middle of the field and beat Maine goalie Adam Maciazczyk with a 15-yard shot with 5:48 remaining to give BU its win over Maine. It was his second goal of the game.

BU is 7-4-1 overall, 3-1-1 in America East. Maine is 1-9 and 0-5, respectively.

Federico Bianchi and Mark Lynch had the other BU goals as the Terriers built a 3-1 lead. Andrew Dorman and Michael Feely had assists as did Raisanen and Zak Thompson made three saves on nine shots.

Junior striker Rob Dow scored all three Black Bear goals. Greg Bajek had an assist and Maciazczyk finished with eight saves on 21 shots.

UM-Farmington 4, Husson 0

At Farmington Saturday, Jeff Meinhart knocked in two goals to power the Beavers to the win.

Lars Sjulander added a goal on a cross from Tim Ghelli and Pat Dugas set up Adam Zukowski. Brian Mawhinney assisted on Meinhart’s second goal. Mike Hauser and Ryan Hersey combined for two saves on two shots.

Cliff Urquhart stopped 12 of 27 shots for the 0-10-1 Braves of Bangor.

Women’s soccer

UM-Presque Isle 2, UMM 0

At Machias Sunday, Kelly Flanagin and Stephanie Gagnon booted in goals as UM-Presque Isle dealt UM-Machias its first loss of the season.

Vanessa Cirinni earned the shutout, facing 12 shots. The Owls improved to 6-5.

The Clippers dropped to 11-1.

St. Joseph’s 4, UM-Fort Kent 0

At Standish Sunday, Mary Gill pounded in a pair of goals as St. Joseph’s blanked UM-Fort Kent.

Kelly Cyr and Tiffany Merill tallied unassisted goals while Jaclyn Morrill and Katie Doucette added assists. Marissa Regan made eight saves on 10 shots as the Monks improved to 6-7.

For the 3-7 Bengals, Joy Jarvais notched 10 saves on 20 shots.

UM-Machias 7, Thomas 2

At Machias Saturday, Sara Ricker scored twice and Tania Hart scored two goals apiece to lead the Clippers past the Terriers.

Shelley Hayden had a goal and an assist for UM-Machias. Stefany Hannen and Emma Aptau each added a goal. Liz Rancourt and Christina Rich has an assist apiece. Tricia Farrell made 15 saves on 20 shots.

Mary Pratt and Kate Morrell each put in a second-half goal for Thomas of Waterville. Shauna Lessard and Kendra Pelow combined for 16 saves on 28 shots.

UM-Presque Isle 3, St. Joseph’s 2

At Standish Saturday, UM-Presque Isle jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held off St. Joseph’s for the win.

Tara Cropley’s score on a pass from Monique Daniel 25 seconds into the second half proved to be the game-winner. Lukie Gagnon and Megan Amero added goals and Steph Gagnon dished out two assists for the 5-5 Owls. Noreen Marcino recorded six saves on seven shots.

For the 3-4 Monks, Katie Doucette and Mary Gill booted goals and Bethany Dallaire garnered an assist. Marissa Regan made seven saves on 10 shots.

BU 2, Maine 1 (2OT)

At Orono, Melissa Shulman scored her second goal of the day just 28 seconds into the second overtime to give the Terriers the victory.

Shulman also scored at the 85:17 mark to tie the game for BU, which improved to 8-4-1, 6-0-1 in America East. The Terriers have not lost a league contest in two years. Jessica Clinton made four saves.

Katie Hodge gave the Black Bears a lead 20:53 into the game when she converted a Kate Crawford assist. Naomi Welsh made six saves for 5-3-3 (2-2-2) Maine.

UM-Farmington 4, Husson 2

At Farmington Saturday, Megan Woodcock scored three of the Beavers’ four goals as they rolled to the win.

Erin Findlan added a goal for UMF, now 10-3. Alyson Pontbriand and Dawn Robertson combined for seven saves on nine shots.

Kristin Pelletier scored on a penalty kick and assisted on a Melissa Achorn goal. Meg Taylor saved 20 of 24 shots for the 7-5 Braves of Bangor.

Volleyball

Towson defeats UMaine

At Orono Sunday, Andrea LeBlanc registered 50 assists, 14 digs and 10 kills as America East leader Towson (Maryland) topped Maine 30-20, 30-24, 28-30, 30-22.

Melanie Madden logged 20 kills, Liz Goubeaux had 18 kills and Jordann Tomasek slammed 13 kills as the Tigers ran their mark to 19-1.

For 8-9 Maine, Adrienne Poplawski turned in a 13-kill, nine-block assist performance. Randi Olin added 10 kills, Alaina Kleparek scooped out 10 digs and Carmen Gabriel recorded nine kills, nine digs and nine block assists. Cheryl Elliot came on with 42 assists and six block assists while Claire Poliquin chipped in with nine kills and six block assists.

Maine tops Drexel

At Orono Saturday, sophomore middle blocker Claire Poliquin racked up 26 skills and amassed a .423 hitting percentage to lead Maine to a 30-19, 28-30, 31-29, 30-24 volleyball victory over Drexel of Philadelphia.

Cheryl Elliott contributed 58 assists and 14 digs, Adrienne Poplawski logged 18 kills and 10 digs and Carmen Gabriel added 11 kills and 13 digs as the Black Bears improved to 8-8.

Angela Tassone paced the 8-11 Dragons with 31 kills and 13 digs. Gina Campanile notched 14 digs and 49 assists.


Have feedback? Want to know more? Send us ideas for follow-up stories.

comments for this post are closed

You may also like