It didn’t pay to be the higher seed in Tuesday’s Sunrise Conference women’s soccer semifinals.

Top-seeded UMaine-Farmington was knocked off by fifth-seeded UMaine-Machias 1-0 and No. 3 Lyndon State pulled off the upset by beating No. 2 UMaine-Presque Isle 2-0.

Erin O’Callahan scored a breakaway goal in Farmington within the first 10 minutes of the game as the Clippers (6-3-0 league, 10-5-1 overall) edged the Beavers (6-1-1, 13-2-1).

Tricia Farrell had nine saves on 27 shots for the winners.

Alyson Pontbriand made two saves against five shots for UMF.

Jess Tetreault had an unassisted goal in the second half in Presque Isle, and Maggie Scott stopped all four shots she faced to propel (6-1-2-, 11-5-2) Lyndon State of Lyndonville, Vt.

Johanna Wright scored off a pass from Jen Hayes in the first half for the Hornets.

Noreen Marcino stopped eight out of 10 shots for the Owls (4-2-2, 8-4-3).

Lyndon State and UMaine-Machias will meet for the conference championship Saturday at UM-Farmington.

Men’s soccer

Maine 1, Dartmouth 0 (OT)

At Orono, Patrick Kelly scored off a pass from Rob Dow 4:44 into overtime to give the Black Bears the win.

Chad Mongeon and Josh Sjostrom combined to make three saves against 12 shots for 3-11-2 Maine.

Doug Carr had one save on seven shots for 7-7-1 Dartmouth.

Men’s basketball

UM-Augusta 135, KVTC 29

At Augusta, the University of Maine-Augusta Rebels built a 54-point halftime lead, never looked back, and placed five players in double figures for scoring as they drubbed Kennebec Valley Technical College.

Coop Nickerson led the way with 32 points, 12 rebounds, and six steals for UMA. Phil Berryhill had 25 points, eight steals, and six assists; Antrone Moore had 24 points, eight assists, and six steals; Martese Brown had 18 points; and Otis Reaves added 17 points.

Nate Lake led KVCT with 10 points.

Kennebec Valley Tech (0-1) 29

Lake 5-0-10, Harris, Goff 2-0-6, MacKenzie 1-0-2, Sousa 2-0-4, Goggins, Hodd 1-2-4, Bertone, Goodrich 1-0-3

UM-Augusta (3-0) 135

Harbin 2-0-4, Nickerson 15-2-32, Berryhill 11-1-25, Moore 9-6-24, Brown 8-2-18, Reaves 6-4-17, Mulgard 4-0-9, Joseph 2-0-4, Blodgett 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: Goff 2, Goodrich; Berryhill 2, Reaves, Mulgard

Halftime: UMA 63-9

Women’s soccer

Player dies after collapsing

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – A female freshman soccer player at Bowling Green died at the hospital after collapsing five minutes into a game Tuesday.

Leslie Dawley was away from the action when she fell during a Mid-American Conference tournament game against Buffalo. Trainers rushed on the field and tried to revive the 18-year-old player.

Teammates covered her with jackets before she was taken by ambulance to Wood County Hospital, where she died, nursing supervisor Mary Davis said. Bowling Green players were hugging and crying while Dawley lay on the field.

Davis said she did not know what caused Dawley’s death. She said an autopsy would be done in the next few days.

Dawley, a 5-foot-4 midfielder from the Columbus suburb of Westerville, had six assists in 18 games this season.

Women’s basketball

Beard tops All-America team

Her team is No. 1, and so is Alana Beard.

The Duke junior was the only player on all 44 ballots Tuesday for The Associated Press preseason All-America team in women’s basketball.

In addition to the 5-foot-11 Beard, the national media panel selected Vanderbilt’s Chantelle Anderson (42 votes), Connecticut’s Diana Taurasi (41), Mississippi State’s LaToya Thomas (35), and Stanford’s Nicole Powell (24).

“It is an honor to be considered one of the best in the country,” Beard said. “It is very exciting, but I have other focuses right now and that is on our team. We are working to get better and trying to teach our freshmen the system.”

Duke was ranked No. 1 for the first time Monday in the AP’s preseason poll.

Beard, Anderson and Thomas made the preseason team last year and were first-team All-Americans at the end of the season. Powell and Taurasi were second-team picks.

Beard can post up, spot up and slash to the basket. She averaged 19.8 points and 6.1 rebounds last season in leading Duke to a 31-4 record and its second Final Four appearance.

She shot 57.2 percent from the field, and her 694 points were a school record.

Beard got few breaks last season because Duke had only eight players. She spent the offseason hitting the weights to get stronger.

“She took a beating last year,” Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said. “We knew she had to get stronger and be able to finish with contact. We didn’t want her to be quite so fatigued at the end of the game. That has been her biggest improvement.”