Sacred Heart shuts down UMaine men

ORONO – Jason Tessitore scored with less than seven minutes left in the second half to lift the Sacred Heart men’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory over the University of Maine Friday.

Gustavo Netto assisted on the goal when he intercepted a pass from a UMaine defender. Tessitore touched the ball past Maine goalie Chad Mongeon.

Mongeon finished with five saves on nine shots for the 1-4 Bears, while Matthew Jones had three saves on nine shots for 2-3 Sacred Heart.

SMCC 2, E MCC 1

At South Portland, Alley Smith and Dayne Varney each scored goals as Southern Maine Community College held off Eastern Maine Community College.

Jon Breard stopped eight of 10 shots as SMCC moved to 3-0.

Justin Damboise notched a goal for 2-1 EMCC and Aaron Moody made 14 saves on 23 shots.

Volleyball

TCU 3, Maine 0

At Fort Worth, Texas, Anna Vaughn had 11 kills as the Texas Christian Horned Frogs rolled to a 30-19, 30-22, 30-21 victory in the Molten/Fort Worth Plaza Invitational.

Nirelle Hampton posted 36 assists for 7-2 TCU, Loren Barry had 18 digs, and Calli Corley added 10 digs.

Shannan Fotter topped the 1-8 Black Bears with nine kills and four blocks, Kaili Jordan added seven kills, Shelly Seipp had 20 assists, Jody Connacher posted nine digs, and Ashlee Wright had seven digs.