ORONO – The University of Maine Black Bears used a hat trick by Andrea Steranko and a pair of goals from Karen Droog to quickly put away Wayne State for a 6-0 women’s hockey victory Friday.

Maine jumped out to an early 2-0 first-period lead after a pair of Steranko goals and never looked back as the Black Bears added a goal in the second and three more in the third.

Jarin Sjogren added a goal and an assist for Maine. Cheryl White, Meagan Aarts , and Tristan Desmet each notched a pair of assists, while Tracy Caridade, Rebecca Culver and Cailee Heggestad each had one assist.

Lara Smart (2-1-0) was perfect in the net with 20 saves for 6-7-1 Maine. Anna VanderMarliere (1-6-2) had 31 saves for 3-11-2 Wayne State.

Men’s basketball

UMFK, St. Joe’s gain wins

At Standish, the University of Maine-Fort Kent defeated Worcester (Mass.) State 68-67 and host St. Joseph’s topped Becker College of Leicester, Mass., 106-69 to advance to the championship game of the Mad Monk Tournament.

UM-Fort Kent and St. Joseph’s will play today at 3 p.m. The consolation game is set for 1 p.m.

In the first game, forward Morris Young pumped in 31 points on 9-18 shooting from the floor and a 9-9 effort from the line to lead the Bengals.

The Lancers’ Corry Carangelo scored what proved to be the final baskets of the game when he drained a pair of free throws to cut the Bengals’ lead to 68-67 with 56 seconds remaining. After Fort Kent missed two free throws and turned the ball over, Carangelo missed a 10-footer as time expired.

Barry Bryan added 10 points for UM-Fort Kent.

In the second game, the Monks put six players in double figures en route to the win.

(First game)

UM-Fort Kent (5-5) 68

Daudier 1-1-4, Clavette 2-0-5, Young 9-9-31, Swett 2-1-5, Bray 2-1-5, Alarcon 2-0-6, Veloso 1-0-2, Bente, Bryan 3-2-10, Clark

Worcester State (2-6) 67

Carangelo 2-2-7, Phillipo 9-1-22, Gosselin 3-0-8, Espinosa 1-0-2, Ryhnhart 6-4-16, Herman 3-0-6, Saucier, Alexander 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Daudier, Clavette, Young 4, Alarcon 2, Bryan 2; Carangelo, Phillipo 3, Gosselin 2, Herman

Halftime: Worcester State 32-31

(Second game)

Becker (0-8) 69

Fan 4-0-8, Milano 2-0-4, Davis, Hinds 5-2-13, Fazzi 5-8-18, Millman 0-2-2, Blair, Hood 2-0-4, Bostick 4-1-10, Doolittle 1-0-2, Ellsmore 4-0-8

St. Joseph’s (5-3) 107

Ahern, Vose 7-1-17, Dawan-Abdullah 7-3-19, Stewart 4-2-10, Monteiro 4-2-11, Willer 0-2-2, Underwood 2-0-4, McCabe 5-0-10, McPherson 0-1-1, Pratt 4-6-14, Drayer 3-2-8, Brennan, Plummer 2-2-6, Ayres 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Hinds, Bostick; Vose 2, Dawan-Abdullah 2, Monteiro

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 56-35