ALBANY, N.Y. – The University of Maine eked out a 15-12 victory in the fifth game Friday night to beat Northeastern 3-2 in the semifinals of the America East Volleyball Championship.

Coach Lynn Theehs’ third-seed Black Bears (19-10) won 30-19, 19-30, 30-25, 28-30, 15-12 to advance to today’s 4 p.m. America East championship match against host and No. 1 seed Albany (26-6). Albany beat No. 4 Binghamton 3-0 in a Friday semifinal.

UMaine split two regular-season matches with Albany, which is 11-0 at home in 2004. The winner earns the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Kaili Jordan paced the Bears with 17 kills and 17 digs. Shelly Seipp registered a match-high 45 assists and added 13 digs. Leah Guidinger posted 13 kills and 13 digs and Carmen Watson contributed 12 kills and 18 digs for UMaine.

“We were determined to win,” Theehs said. “We knew that we had to be tough and showed up and played with guts and persevered at the end.”

Whitney Turner led Northeastern with 17 kills and 14 digs. Bree Peterson piled up 38 assists.

Women’s basketball

Southern Maine 84, Husson 39

At Gorham, Ashley Marble scored 24 points to push the University of Southern Maine past Husson College in the USM Tournament.

Katie Frost had 14 points, seven assists and five steals for the Huskies and Lauren Samuelson had nine points.

Crystal Martin scored 15 points for Husson of Bangor. Michelle Murray scored nine points.

Husson (0-1) 39

Martin 4-7-15, Murray 3-0-9, Noyes 3-0-6, Gracie 1-2-4, McIntosh 1-0-2, Ballard 1-0-3, Hartshorn, Bell, Merchant, Melcher, Mentel, Post, McIntyre

Southern Maine (1-0) 84

Sibley 2-4-8, Marble 8-4-24, Frost 5-0-14, Myles 1-0-3, Samuelson 4-1-9, Bryant 3-0-6, Ross 2-0-5, Sylvain 2-2-6, Kynoch 3-1-7, Lisa Welch 1-0-2, Lindsey Welch, Thibaudeau, Krausse

3-pt. goals: Murray 3, Ballard; Marble 4, Frost 4, Myles, Ross

Halftime: Southern Maine 45-19

Bowdoin 65, College of N.J. 41

At Rochester, N.Y., Eileen Flaherty had 14 points, seven rebounds, and two blocked shots to help lead Bowdoin College of Brunswick past the College of New Jersey in the Rochester Tournament.

Justine Pouravelis had 10 points and eight rebounds for Bowdoin and Alison Smith had nine points and nine rebounds.

Theresa DiMedio scored 17 points for the College of New Jersey.

College of New Jersey (0-1) 41

Shields 1-0-2, Simpkins 2-2-6, DiMedio 7-2-17, Miller 2-0-4, Hueter 0-1-1, Cuozzo 3-0-6, Ojeda 1-1-3, Depken 1-0-2, Frank, Watson, Dearing

Bowdoin College (1-0) 65

Pouravelis 4-2-10, Cummings 1-0-2, Flaherty 5-4-14, Withey 4-0-8, Smith 4-0-9, Loonin 1-0-3, Berne 3-0-8, Watson 1-0-3, Nickerson 3-2-8, Leahy

3-pt. goals: DiMedio; Berne 2, Smith, Loonin, Watson

Halftime: Bowdoin 30-18

Wellesley, Hamilton win

At Waterville, Alexandra Allukian scored 29 points and had eight rebounds to help lead Wellesley College past Colby College 75-63 and Tricia Czeski scored 18 points to push Hamilton College past Saint Joseph’s 63-42 in the Colby Tip-Off Tournament.

In the first game, Sefi Adasi had 12 points and 16 rebounds for Wellesley.

Wendy Bonner led Colby College with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Tanya Rosbash scored 11 points and Laura Williamson had 10 points.

In the second game, Jessica Barrows scored 13 points for Hamilton.

Megan Tetrault scored 12 points for the Monks of Standish and Laura Pelkey had eight points and eight rebounds.

Wellesley (1-0) 75

Romasco 3-0-7, Adasi 6-0-12, Weslander 4-1-11, Allukian 10-8-29, Johnson 5-1-12, Pelley 2-0-4, Beaver, Harris, Kelly

Colby (0-1) 63

Wohl 3-0-9, Nicholson 3-0-7, Bonner 6-3-15, Rosbash 5-0-11, McCabe 3-1-7, Williamson 4-2-10, Rice 0-2-2, Davis 0-2-2, Riley, Chanin, Harris

3-pt. goals: Weslander 2, Romasco, Allukian, Johnson; Wohl 3, Nicholson, Rosbash

Halftime: Wellesley 35-32

St. Joseph’s (0-1) 42

Regula 2-0-4, Pelkey 3-2-8, Tetrault 4-3-12, Dumais 3-1-7, Blauvelt 3-1-7, Coffin 1-0-2, Lint 1-0-2, Drown, Rauscher, Farrell

Hamilton (1-0) 63

Giglio 3-2-10, Daugherty 4-0-8, Czeski 7-3-18, Sathula 3-2-8, Steppe 1-0-2, Barrows 2-7-13, Massaro 1-0-2, Simonds 1-0-2, Pisegna, Whitebean, Harrington

3-pt. goals: Tetrault; Giglio 2, Barrows 2, Czeski

Halftime: Hamilton 40-20

Wentworth Inst. 66, Thomas 49

At Waterville, Whitney Alvarez and Cheyenne Noble tossed in 20 points each to pace Wentworth Institute of Technology to victory over Thomas College.

Tammy Fowler led the Terriers with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Amanda Godley grabbed 11 boards.

Wentworth Institute (1-0) 66

Alvarez 4-10-20, Havey, Corda 3-0-8, Thomas 3-3-9, Coderre, Ouellette, Cring 3-3-9, Noble 8-4-20, Neales

Thomas (0-1) 49

Hathaway 2-2-6, Godley 0-2-2, Hayes 1-2-4, Drosdik 2-1-7, Dyer, Demers, Lessard, Butler 1-0-2, Fowler 6-4-17, Davis 2-4-9, Searles 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Alvarez 2, Corda 2; Drosdik 2, Fowler, Davis

Halftime: Wentworth 39-23

Men’s basketball

Western Conn. 88, MMA 61

At Middletown, Conn., Brice Assie scored 16 points to help push Western Connecticut State to the victory over Maine Maritime Academy in the Courtyard by Marriott Tip-Off Tournament.

Wesleyan University defeated Wentworth Institute 92-76 in the second game.

Brandon Hall scored 11 points for Maine Maritime and Neil Stewart had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Maine Maritime (0-1) 61

Brown 1-0-3, Dunlap 2-0-5, Stewart 3-4-10, McCorrison 1-3-5, Russell 4-0-9, Hopkins 1-0-2, Lambert 1-0-3, Schmidt 0-2-2, McCarley 0-1-1, Kenniston 3-0-7, Farrin 1-0-3, Hall 4-2-11, Nickerson, Heath, Haskell

Western Connecticut (1-0) 88

Assie 5-6-16, Cole 4-0-11, Gene 5-1-12, Crawford 3-1-7, Reginatto 2-2-7, Norfleet 3-0-8, Druke 2-0-4, Courneen 1-4-6, Barnett 3-0-6, Peluso 3-1-7, Robinson 1-2-4, Kendall, Pasqucco, Snell, DiVito

3-pt. goals: Brown, Dunlap, Russell, Lambert, Kenniston, Farrin, Hall; Cole 3, Norfleet, Gene, Reginatto

Halftime: Western Connecticut 43-30

Palm Beach Atlantic 90, USM 72

At Farmington, Jonathan Maples and Matt Bringman each scored 16 points to lead Palm Beach Atlantic University past the University of Southern Maine in the Hight Tournament.

Jake Smith scored 14 points for Palm Beach Atlantic.

Ryan Garland led Southern Maine of Gorham with 22 points and Jason Levecque scored 13.

Southern Maine (0-1) 72

Garland 7-5-22, Levecque 6-0-13, Oakley 3-0-9, Daniels 2-3-8, McKinnell 2-3-7, Francoeur 2-1-5, Goodale 1-0-3, Sayward 0-2-2, Kaneko 1-0-2, Hardwick, Casterella, Donar

Palm Beach Atlantic (2-0) 90

Maples 5-6-16, Bringman 6-0-16, J. Smith 6-2-14, Lee 5-1-13, Brooks 3-5-11, McCue 4-0-8, Turi 3-0-7, Jackson 1-0-2, Pigniatello 1-0-2, Willingham 0-1-1, McNabb, B. Smith

3-pt. goals: Garland 3, Oakley 3, Levecque, Daniels, Goodale; Bringman 4, Lee 2, Turi

Halftime: Palm Beach 45-28