League names UMaine’s Rybalko top performer

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BOSTON – 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.

Rybalko won the long jump with a leap of 6.07 meters and took the triple jump by covering 12.80 meters. She was UMaine’s only event winner.

The Northeastern men and BU women won the league’s team titles. The Maine men placed fifth and the Maine women also finished fifth.

Women’s hockey

Princeton 3, Maine 1

At Orono Saturday, Princeton racked up all three of its goals in the second period en route to the victory over Maine.

Gretchen Anderson, Lisa Rasmussen and Jessica Fedderly fired in a goal apiece for the 14-6-3 Tigers. Aviva Grumet-Morris tallied three assists and Susan Hobson and Melissa Deland had an assist each. Goalie Magan Van Beusekom stopped 27 of 28 shots.

For the 14-13-3 Black Bears, Cindy Biron scored on a pass from Meagan Aarts. Amanda Cronin made 23 saves on 26 shots.

Men’s basketball

UM-Fort Kent 92, Thomas 80

At Waterville Sunday, Andrew Clavette poured in 22 points and Morris Young and Stafford Bente added 12 and 11, respectively, as UM-Fort Kent toppled Thomas.

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

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

At Newton, Mass., Saturday, Dwayne Okantey and Gregory Walker poured in 17 points apiece to lead Lasell by Maine Maritime Academy.

For Maine Maritime, junior forward Jed Johnson scored 12 points and reached the 1,000 point mark. The former Lawrence High star also hauled down 16 rebounds.

Matt Clement paced the Mariner offense with 18 points and Corey Streams added 16.

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

Maine Maritime 92, Mount Ida 61

At Newton, Mass., Matt Clement poured in 24 points to lift Maine Maritime.

Jed Johnson contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds, Corey Streams pumped in 20 and Peter Pitula chipped in with 13.

Matt McGaughran netted 20 points for Mount Ida.

Maine Maritime (13-8) 92

Underwood, Kalloch 1-0-2, Newland 1-5-7, Stupinski 3-0-6, Russell, Johnson 7-6-20, Streams 8-0-20, Pitula 5-0-13, Clement 9-6-24

Mount Ida (11-14) 61

Cobb 3-0-6, Fredette 3-0-9, Cullen, Prisinzano, McLaughlin 1-0-2, Andrews, Delisi 1-0-2, Didick 5-1-11, McGaughran 7-4-20, Sailsman 4-1-11

3-pt. goals: Streams 4, Pitula 3; Fredette 3, McGaughran 2, Sailsman 2

Halftime: Maine Maritime 38-31

U-New England 80, Endicott 78

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas 84, Lyndon State 53

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

Colby 66, Amherst 44

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