November 07, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Clavette powers UMFK past Thomas men 92-80

WATERVILLE – Andrew Clavette poured in 22 points to lead the University of Maine-Fort Kent Bengals to a 92-80 men’s basketball victory over the Thomas College Terriers Sunday.

Morris Young and Stafford Bente added 12 and 11, respectively, for UMFK.

For the Terriers, Jimmy Cardaci racked up 29 points and 10 rebounds. Will Nickerson tallied 17 points and nine rebounds while John Kesel scored 15 and Shelby Turcotte had 10.

UM-Fort Kent (16-13) 92

Alarcon 2-0-6, Daudier 3-0-7, Moore, Clavette 7-3-22, Gervais 1-0-3, Young 5-0-12, Glover 1-2-4, Bente 5-0-11, Swett 1-4-6, Bryan 2-4-8, Clark 1-2-4, Bray 3-3-9

Thomas (0-24) 80

Turcotte 2-4-10, Kesel 6-2-15, Nickerson 6-5-17, Cardaci 12-1-29, Caron 0-2-2, Magnussen, Ray 2-0-4, Woodworth 1-1-3

3-pt. goals: Alarcon 2, Daudier, Clavette 5, Gervais, Young 2, Bente; Turcotte 2, Kesel, Cardaci 4

Halftime: UM-Fort Kent 40-34

UMFK 76, UM-Farmington 62

At Fort Kent on Saturday, Matt Daudier led the Bengals in the victory with 17 points.

Mo Young and Barry Bryant each added 15 points for UMaine-Fort Kent.

Luke Nielson led the Beavers with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Bob Deetjen added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Mike Ward scored 11 points and Mike Wilcox added 10.

UM-Farmington (10-12) 62

Ginn 2-2-6, Bird 0-2-2, Wilcox 4-0-10, Deetjen 3-7-14, Malley 1-0-2, Haynie, Nielson 6-4-16, Therriault 0-1-1, Facey, Ward 3-4-11

UM-Fort Kent (15-13) 76

Alarcon 1-0-3, Daudier 4-8-17, Clavette 2-3-9, Gervais 1-0-3, Young 6-0-15, Bente 4-0-8, Swett, Glover, Bryant 6-1-15, Clark, Brey 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: Wilcox 2, Deetjan, Ward; Alarcon, Daudier, Clavettte 2, Gervais, Young 3, Bryant 2

UM-Farmington 30 62

UM-Fort Kent 39 76

Saint Joseph’s 74, UM-Machias 69

At Standish Saturday, Bilal Dawan-Abdullah nailed a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left to help the Monks hold on.

The Clippers’ Wayne Clark tied the game at 67 with two free throws with 1:49 remaining, but Jon Pratt answered with a layup to put Saint Joseph’s ahead for good.

Brandon Stewart paced the Monks with 21 points, C.J. Vose scored 16 and Dawan-Abdullah finished with 13. Steve Monteiro hauled down 11 rebounds.

Courtney Campbell sparked the Clippers with 17 points while Clarke contributed 14 points and 13 rebounds.

UM-Machias (12-10) 69

Whittaker 5-1-15, Dussard 1-3-5, Vernon, Campbell 8-0-17, Clarke 5-4-14, Liburd, Garrett 2-0-6, Sims 2-0-4, Midgley 2-1-6, Gomes 1-0-2, Josiah, Miller, Haley, Swift

Saint Joseph’s (14-9) 74

McPherson 1-1-3, Ahern 2-0-4, Vose 7-2-16, Dawan-Abdullah 3-6-13, Stewart 9-3-21, Willer 0-1-1, Underwood 1-0-3, McCabe, Pratt 3-0-7, Drayer, Seaver 1-0-2, Monteiro 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Whittaker 4, Campbell, Garrett 2, Midgley; Dawan-Abdullah, Underwood, Pratt

Halftime: UM-Machias 43-37

U-New England 80, Endicott 78

At Biddeford, Jacob Bradley nailed a fade-away 3-pointer with one second remaining to power the N’oreasters on Saturday. Kasey Keenan scored 20 for UNE while Ricky Sirois had 12. Jason Diaz had 21 for Endicott.

Endicott (15-10) 78

Francis 4-2-10, Oxton 4-4-13, Kirk 4-0-9, Crump 1-0-2, Sarver 1-0-2, Levesque 4-1-9, Foster 2-0-5, Burke 3-1-7, Diaz 9-3-18

U-New England (8-16) 80

Gaye 3-1-7, Keenan 6-4-20, Sirois 5-2-12, Mills, Beaulieu 2-2-7, Chapman, Berthiaume 3-2-8, Bradley 2-3-8, Nutting 5-1-16

3-pt. goals: Foster, Oxton, Kirk; Nutting 5, Keenan 4, Sirois 2, Beaulieu, Bradley

Halftime: Endicott 46-33

Amherst 86, Colby 73

At Amherst, Mass., on Saturday, the Lord Jeffs shot 51 percent while holding off the White Mules’ second-half comeback attempt.

Steve Zieja and John Donovan led Amherst with 23 and 20 points, respectively.

Damien Strahorn poured in a game-high 31 points for Colby, hitting 11 free throws. Nick Loukes provided 12 points and Jared Cushman added 11.

Colby (10-14) 73

McGowan 3-0-6, Loukes 5-2-12, Cushman 4-2-11, Lewis, Snyder-Fair, Nale, Gutierrez 1-0-3, Forlizzi 1-0-3, Strahorn 8-11-31, Bradford, Randolph, Rutherford 2-2-7

Amherst (18-6) 86

Proctor 2-0-6, Taverna 1-0-2, Zieja 9-3-23, Faulkner 0-2-2, Williams 2-0-4, Perry 1-1-3, Harper 0-4-4, Lee, Donovan 6-3-20, Corrigan 1-3-6, Kleopfer, Jones, Schiel 2-0-4, Fitzsimons 6-0-12

3-pt. goals: Cushman, Gutierrez, Forlizzi, Strahorn 4, Rutherford; Proctor 2, Zieja 2, Donovan 5, Corrigan

Halftime: Amherst 45-29

Lyndon State 103, Thomas 80

At Waterville Saturday, six players scored in double figures as Lyndon State of Lyndonville, Vermont rolled over Thomas.

Tom Witts led the way with 21, Jesse Holden had 16 and Travis Morehouse and Chris Brown added 13 each for Lyndon State. Jason Chester and Peter Camp chipped in with 12 apiece.

For Thomas, Jimmy Cardaci poured in 20 points while John Kesel and Nik Ray contributed 14 and 13, respectively.

Lyndon State (9-16) 103

Morehouse 4-2-13, Brown 6-0-13, Chester 5-0-12, Holden 6-2-16, Camp 4-1-12, Rose 2-2-6, Davies 3-0-7, Leandri 1-1-3, Witts 8-3-21

Thomas (0-23) 80

Turcotte 3-3-9, Kesel 5-2-14, Nickerson 3-2-8, Cardaci 8-3-20, Laria 3-0-8, Caron 1-0-2, O’Brien 1-0-3, Magnussen, Rouse 1-0-2, Ray 4-5-13, Woodworth 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Morehouse 3, Brown, Chester 2, Holden 2, Camp 3, Davies, Witts 2; Kesel 2, Cardaci, Laria 2, O’Brien

Halftime: Lyndon State 43-37

Eastern Conn. 70, Southern Maine 60

At Gorham Saturday, Rich Vega pumped in 18 points to lift Eastern Connecticut State of Willimantic, Conn., over Southern Maine.

Mike Francoeur paced the Huskies with 14 points. Jeff White added nine points and 11 rebounds.

Eastern Connecticut (13-12) 70

Leydon 2-2-7, Vega 7-2-18, Lee 1-3-5, Mulhall 1-0-2, Rea 3-0-7, Shepard 1-6-9, Kipphut 5-1-11, Morgan 2-0-5, Simao 2-0-4, Magee, Haynes 1-0-2

Southern Maine (10-15) 60

Francoeur 3-6-14, St. Pierre 2-1-6, White 2-4-9, Garland 3-0-8, Thomas 1-1-3, Tarbox 0-1-1, Estes 2-2-6, Grigsby, Lovely 3-0-8, Bigelow 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Leydon, Vega 2, Rea, Shepard, Morgan; Francoeur 2, St. Pierre, White, Garland 2, Lovely 2, Bigelow

Halftime: Eastern Connecticut 36-27

Trinity 82, Bowdoin 57

At Hartford, Conn. Saturday, Colin Tabb poured in 32 points to pace Trinity by Bowdoin.

Trinity earned the top seed in the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament.

For Bowdoin, Braden Clement tossed in 15 points and Hugh Coleman logged 13.

Bowdoin (16-8) 57

Clement 6-0-15, Coleman 5-0-13, Gilbride 2-2-8, Harding 2-0-4, Walker 1-0-3, Ginn 1-0-3, McLeod 1-0-3, Yakavonis 1-1-3, Orlicz 0-2-2, Ranslow 1-0-2, Farmer 0-1-1, Jamieson, Gildart, McDonald, Fleck

Trinity (17-4) 82

Tabb 12-5-32, Dion 6-3-16, Halas 4-0-11, Jones 2-0-5, Uszenski 2-0-5, Hein 2-0-4, Bebry 1-2-4, Greene 1-0-2, Baker 1-0-2, Days 0-1-1, Farrell, Max, Smyth

3-pt. goals: Clement 3, Coleman 3, Gilbride 2, Walker, Ginn, McLeod; Tabb 3, Dion, Halas 3, Jones, Uszenski

Halftime: Trinity 34-32

Lasell 81, Maine Maritime 57

Maine Maritime 57

Brown, Underwood, Johnson 5-2-12, Streams 5-3-16, Pitula 2-0-6, Newland1-0-3, Stupinski 1-0-2, Russell, Clement 8-2-18

Lasell (18-6) 81

Prignano, Ferrieras 3-0-6, Johnson 3-5-12, Walker 7-1-17, Costin, Jones, Cazeau 5-2-12, Chamberlain 3-2-8, Okantey 8-1-17, Vaughn 1-1-3, Dejesus 1-0-2, Smith 2-0-4, Gallagher

3-pt. goals: Streams 3, Pitula 2, Newland; Johnson 2, Walker 2

Women’s basketball

Thomas 76, UM-Fort Kent 41

At Waterville Sunday, Erin Lovely netted 18 points and Tonya Cray tallied 14 points and nine rebounds as Thomas rolled.

Kati Morrell added 13 points, Betsy Pratt scored 11 and Courtney Corbett grabbed 10 rebounds for the Terriers.

Heidi Fisher paced the Bengals with 12 points.

UM-Fort Kent (3-22) 41

Gagnon 0-1-1, Doucette 2-0-4, Glass, Hare 1-3-5, Fisher 5-2-12, Bourgoin 2-2-6, Lutz 1-2-4, Gervais 2-2-6, Brown 1-1-3

Thomas (13-10) 76

Pratt 4-2-11, Leclerc 1-0-2, Lovely 6-3-18, Morrell 5-3-13, Corbett 4-0-8, Lessard 1-0-3, Kolis 3-0-7, Cray 4-6-14

3-pt. goals: Pratt, Lovely 3, Morrell 2, Lessard, Kolis

Halftime: Thomas 46-21

UM-Farmington 65, UMFK 51

At Fort Kent Saturday, the Beavers were led by four players in double figures as they notched their 14th win of the season.

Rachel Bard had 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists to pace UM-Farmington in the victory. Jocelyn Sawyer added 12 points, Megan Woodcock 11 points, and Cheryl Kempton 13 points for the Beavers. Melissa Hare led the Bengals with 19 points.

UM-Farmington (14-7) 65

Bard 4-2-10, Sawer 5-2-12, Woodcock 3-5-11, Haines 2-0-4, Hunt 3-0-6, Reitchel, Pepin, Bean 0-1-1, Kempton 5-0-13, Stanley 1-0-2, LaHaye 2-2-6

UM-Fort Kent (3-21) 51

Gagnon 1-0-2, Hare 7-1-19, Fisher 3-3-9, Bourgoin, Brown 2-2-6, Doucette 2-2-8, Glass, Lutz 1-1-3, Gervais 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Kempton 3; Hare 4, Doucette 2

Halftime: UM-Farmington 30-17

UM-Farmington 79, UMPI 53

At Presque Isle Sunday, four UM-Farmington players reached double figures in the win over UMaine-Presque Isle.

The Beavers shot 12-for-23 from behind the 3-point arc and seven different players made 3-pointers.

Desirae Haines led the offense with 15 points, Megan Woodcock scored 13 and Rachel Bard and Sam Hunt logged 12 apiece.

For UM-Presque Isle, Rachel Larlee tallied 18 points and Erica McGary netted 15.

UM-Farmington (15-8) 79

Bard 4-2-12, Sawyer 3-0-6, Pepin 2-0-6, Woodcock 5-1-13, Bean 2-0-4, Kempton 1-2-5, Stanley, LaHaye 2-0-6, Haines 4-5-15, Hunt 5-1-12

UM-Presque Isle (8-14) 53

Schloeman 0-2-2, Noonan 1-0-3, Amero 2-0-4, Sutherland, Clayton, Renault, Willey 1-0-2, McGary 4-6-15, Dickinson, Murray 2-0-5, Larlee 5-8-18, Berry 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Bard 2, Pepin 2, Woodcock 2, Kempton, LaHaye 2, Hainese 2, Hunt; Noonan, McGary, Murray

Halftime: UM-Farmington 43-31

Saint Joseph’s 86, UM-Machias 55

At Standish Saturday, Sue Picard and Abbie Rice fired in 18 points apiece and Stacey Gelinas scored 15 points and handed out 10 assists as Saint Joseph’s downed UMaine-Machias.

The Monks earned the top seed for the Maine Athletic Conference tournament. Tara Gagnon added 12 points for the winners.

For UM-Machias, Sara Ricker and Christina Rich tossed in 10 points apiece.

UM-Machias (12-11) 55

Robb 2-0-5, Nuite 2-0-4, Welles 2-3-7, Ricker 3-3-10, Guest 2-0-4, Aziz, Rich 3-2-10, Richardson 2-1-5, Magnussen 2-1-5, Willett 2-1-5

Saint Joseph’s (22-2) 86

Pelkey 2-0-6, Gagnon 5-2-12, Picard 8-2-18, Rice 7-4-18, Gelinas 4-6-15, Gagnon 1-0-3, Young, Suprenant, Blauvelt 1-0-2, Marcotte 3-2-8, Regan 1-0-2, Ahern 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Robb, Ricker, Rich 2; Pelkey 2, Gelinas, Gagnon

Halftime: Saint Joseph’s 44-27

Colby 66, Amherst 44

At Wadsworth Gym in Waterville on Saturday, the Polar Bears overcame a four-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Lord Jeffs 40-14 in the second half.

Sarah Walsh paced Colby with 25 points and 10 rebounds, while Bianca Belcher netted 14 and Katy Lawson had 11.

Hallison Putnam led Amherst with 12 points.

Amherst (11-12) 44

Putnam 2-7-12, Walker 3-2-8, Diamond 1-0-2, Barboza 1-0-3, McGuire 1-0-2, Bergman 1-3-5, Russell 4-1-10, Farrell 1-0-2

Colby (11-13) 66

Belcher 6-2-14, Burrows, DeAngelo, Lawson 3-5-11, Chuprevich 1-2-4, Bonner 0-1-1, Parisella, Henley 2-1-5, Bourque 0-3-3, O’Donnell 1-0-2, Walsh 8-9-25

3-pt. goals: Putnam, Barboza, Russell

Halftime: Amherst 30-26

Thomas 84, Lyndon State 53

At Waterville Saturday, Erin Lovely poured in 21 points to pace Thomas by Lyndon State of Lyndonville, Vt.

Kati Morrell chipped in with 12 and Betsy Pratt and Courtney Corbett added 10 each for the Terriers.

For Lyndon State, Sarah Gagnon and Rachel Maxwell recorded 16 apiece.

Lyndon State (8-17) 53

Dickinson, Bartlett 2-1-5, Martin 1-0-2, Gagnon 6-0-16, Krumm, Leblanc, Kangas 1-0-2, Golden 2-0-4, Maxwell 6-3-16, Powell 2-4-8

Thomas (12-10) 84

Pratt 4-1-10, Leclerc 1-1-3, Lovely 7-1-21, Morrell 3-4-12, Corbett 4-2-10, Lessard 3-0-9, Kolis 1-0-3, Cray 6-4-16

3-pt. goals: Gagnon 4, Maxwell; Pratt, Lovely 6, Morrell 2, Lessard 3, Kolis

Halftime: Thomas 40-29

Eastern Conn. 75, Southern Maine 56

At Willimantic, Conn., Allison Coleman poured in 23 points Saturday to lift Eastern Connecticut State to the win and a share of the Little East Conference regular-season title.

ECSU and Southern Maine split on the season, finishing with 13-1 league records and sharing regular-season honors. The Huskies won a coin toss and will be the top seed in the conference tournament.

Megan Cressler paced Southern Maine with 12 points.

Southern Maine (23-2) 56

Dominiczak 3-2-8, Cressler 4-3-12, Jackson, Zahm 2-4-8, Crockett 3-3-9, Allen 2-0-6, Libby 3-0-7, Noonan 1-0-2, Tong 2-0-4

Eastern Connecticut (24-1) 75

Burdelski 4-4-12, Mund 1-0-2, Coleman 11-1-23, Debicki 6-2-19, Grassi 6-0-12, Prior 1-0-2, Rosso 1-2-5, Phelps, Ayers

3-pt. goals: Cressler, Allen 2, Libby; Debicki 5, Rosso

Halftime: Eastern Connecticut 45-31

Bowdoin 82, Trinity 50

At Brunswick Saturday, Kristi Royer tossed in 15 points, Lora Trenkle scored 14 and Jessie Mayol added 10 more as Bowdoin topped Trinity of Hartford, Conn.

The Polar Bears improved to 22-1 and clinched the top seed for next week’s New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament.

Michelle McCaffrey sparked Trinity with 15 points.

Trinity (12-11) 50

Heil 2-0-5, McCaffrey 5-5-15, Dullea 4-0-8, Hadden 0-7-7, McCloskey 2-1-5, Nesbit, Corby 1-1-3, Bontempo, Landry 1-0-2, Toman, Iandoli 1-0-2, Bell 1-0-3

Bowdoin (22-1) 82

Bramwell 3-2-9, Mayol 2-5-10, Trenkle 5-3-14, Royer 6-3-15, Smith 2-0-4, Trotta 1-0-3, Reuben 3-0-6, Damon, Fugate 4-0-9, Pellegrini 2-0-4, Nickerson 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: Heil, Bell; Bramwell, Mayol, Trenkle, Trotta, Fugate

Halftime: Bowdoin 43-35

U-New England 53, Endicott 48

At Biddeford, Amanda Rodgerson of Hampden scored 17 points Saturday to become the all-time leading scorer in University of New England history. Rodgerson broke Wendy Atwood’s record of 1,720 points.

Endicott (10-15) 48

Callahan 1-1-3, Milowsky 2-1-6, Lang 0-2-2, Welch, Bedard 4-4-12, Curcio 3-0-6, Gilbert 1-0-2, Pacione 1-0-2, Grace 3-3-9, Cotter 3-0-6

U-New England (16-9) 53

Roller 2-3-9, Melcher, Calkins 1-3-5, Peterson, Brown 1-1-4, Bartolome 2-0-4, Dyer 1-0-2, Rodgerson 4-9-17, Stults 4-4-12

3-pt. goals: Milowsky; Roller 2, Brown

Halftime: UNE 24-19

Women’s track & field

Rybalko AE Outstanding Performer

Viktoriya Rybalko of the University of Maine was selected as the Women’s Most Outstanding Performer during Saturday’s America East Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Boston University.

Rybalko, a junior from Zaporzhye, Ukraine, took first place in the long jump and the triple jump to help the Black Bears finish in fifth place.


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