Canuel sparks Maine Black Bears earn trip to AE final

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VESTAL, N.Y. – America East Rookie of the Year Marie-Andree Canuel broke a scoreless tie 14:50 into the second half as the University of Maine topped New Hampshire 2-0 Friday and earned its second consecutive trip to the conference’s women’s soccer championship game.

Heather Hathorn added an insurance goal 8:50 later for the Black Bears.

The 13-5-1 Bears will play 14-5-1 Binghamton, a 3-0 semifinal winner over Northeastern, in Sunday’s noon final.

“It was our best game of the year,” said Maine coach Scott Atherley, whose Bears outshot the Wildcats 20-2. “Our performance, from start to finish, was as thorough and calculating as any game I’ve ever been associated with. Our players were highly motivated and very focused and they executed our game plan to perfection. UNH never threatened our goal.”

Midfielder Canuel’s 11th goal of the season came on a diving header off a free kick taken by Emily Stevens.

“She was on her knees when she headed it. It was a world-class goal,” said Atherley.

Erin Corey’s through ball resulted in Hathorn’s 10th goal.

“Heather had her back to the goal. She turned and hammered it home. It was a great finish,” said Atherley.

The Bears’ Tanya Adorno wasn’t required to make a save, while Lynn Gugliuzza made six saves for UNH, which finished at 11-8-2.

Keene State 3, USM 2 (OT)

At Keene, N.H., Courtney Gately scored the winning goal off a Michelle Harmon assist 6:36 into overtime to give No. 1 Keene State College the victory over No. 4 University of Southern Maine in a Little East Conference semifinal match.

Katie Stevens and Renee Halsey each scored a goal for the 12-5-2 Owls and Harmon added two assists. Michelle Mason made two saves.

Keene State will face No. 2 Eastern Connecticut State University for the Little East Championship.

Liz Brunton and Evan Hanson each scored a goal for 8-8-4 Southern Maine. Marcy Ansley stopped seven shots.

Field hockey

Northeastern 2, Maine 1

At Cambridge, Mass., Lauren Edelmeier scored the game-winning goal at 61:31 off a corner kick from Natalie Singelais and Whitney Shean to lead No. 2 Northeastern University to the America East final past No. 3 Maine.

Edelmeier combined with Singelais and Shean at 40:24 to give 16-3 Northeastern its first goal. Diana Nelson made six saves on 11 shots.

Northeastern will face No. 1 Boston University for the America East Championship at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. BU beat No. 4 New Hampshire 3-0.

Rachael Hilgar scored her team-leading ninth goal at 31:00 for the 12-7 Black Bears. Jamie Morin stopped 11 of 26 shots.

“We felt like we played a tremendous game, but unfortunately Northeastern made two great shots,” said Maine head coach Terry Kix. “We need to give them credit for making big plays. We played our best game of the season and I am very proud of the team effort today.”

Volleyball

Maine 3, Hartford 0

At West Hartford, Conn., Leah Guidinger had 10 kills and nine digs to help lead the University of Maine past Hartford, 30-13, 30-20, 30-25.

Shelly Seipp had 43 set assists and 10 digs for the 13-10 Black Bears. Kaili Jordan had 17 kills and Shannan Fotter added 12 kills.

Jennifer Monroy had 10 kills for 5-24 Hartford. Brianne Paulson had 23 set assists and Mary Frances Feldman had seven kills and five digs.

Men’s basketball

UM-Machias 78, St. Mary’s 75

At Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Jeremiah Johnson scored 22 points to lead the University of Maine-Machias past Saint Mary’s University of Halifax in the Mickey Place Tournament.

Nedrie Simmons netted 17 points and had six assists for UM-Machias, Joel Davila had 14 points and four steals, Phil Munro had 10 points and seven rebounds, and Gary Dussard added 11 points.

Jerome Goodman scored 30 points for St. Mary’s. Nelson Carvery scored 18 points, and Geoff Williams had 12.

UM-Machias 78

Simmons 6-5-17, Davila 4-0-14, Morgan 2-0-4, Johnson 11-0-22, Munro 5-0-10, Dussard 4-3-11, Midgley, Holyfield, Kardish, Rodriguez, Calligan

St. Mary’s University 75

Goodman 10-10-30, Williams 5-0-12, Thibault 1-0-2, Carvery 6-4-18, Ross 1-0-2, Cole 1-2-4, Gay 2-2-7, Smith, Gallagher, Jones

3-pt. goals: Davila 2; Williams 2, Gay

Halftime: UM-Machias 39-35

Eastern Maine CC 80, Unity 68

At Unity, Mark Rivers poured in 30 points to lead EMCC to the win.

Richard Korhonen added 14 points and Justin Allen chipped in with 12. Kris Douglas had a team-high five rebounds.

Jeremy Kervin scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Rams.

Eastern Maine CC (1-0) 80

Allen 5-2-12, Erickson, Rivers 13-2-30, Alley, Boyington 3-0-7, Jarrell 1-0-3, Dyer, Willett 0-2-2, Chasse 1-0-2, Korhonen 6-0-14, Douglas 4-0-8, Lindahl 1-0-2

Unity (0-1) 68

Mitchell 1-0-2, Kervin 8-1-17, Giroux, Olsen 2-0-5, Ferguson 4-2-10, Erskine 9-0-18, Bearce 7-2-16

3-pt. goals: Rivers 2, Korhonen 2Boyington, Jarrell; Olsen

Halftime: Unity 36-35