The University of Maine baseball team hopes today to continue its quest for a berth in next week’s America East tournament – if the weather will cooperate.

Although there is more rain in the forecast, the two teams are scheduled to play a 3 p.m. doubleheader today against first-place Binghamton at Mahaney Diamond in Orono.

Friday’s game was postponed because of rain and wet field conditions.

If the teams can squeeze in two games today, that likely will set up a Sunday doubleheader rather than the originally scheduled 1 p.m. single game.

UMaine (20-27, 11-9 AE) must play one more game to reach the league minimum of 21 to qualify for postseason play, while Binghamton (24-16, 15-4) is two games shy of the standard.

A decision on whether more inclement weather this weekend would force the series into Monday, to determine postseason spots or seedings, will be made by the conference office.

Stony Brook likely tourney host

Stony Brook University in New York is likely to serve as the host for next week’s America East Baseball Championship.

The four-team, double-elimination tournament is awarded to the highest-seeded school that has a field with lights and submits a bid to host.

America East Associate Commissioner Matt Bourque said Friday while the second-place Seawolves (29-21, 14-6 AE) don’t have a lighted field on campus, they have procured the use of a new, lighted FieldTurf facility at SUNY Farmingdale.

The Division III school is located 25 miles from Stony Brook’s Long Island campus.

Binghamton leads the league, but doesn’t have lights and couldn’t line up an alternate site.

The only other team in the mix to host is UMaine. However, the Bears would have to finish ahead of SBU in the regular-season standings.

That would require UMaine to go 4-0 against Binghamton and SBU to lose its last three games at last-place Maryland Baltimore County in order to play the tournament in Orono.

AE honors 3 UMaine athletes

Three members of the UMaine outdoor track and field team have been named to the America East All-Academic Team for their sport.

Eric Libby of Hampden, Clarissa Michalak of Cumberland and Erin Hatch of Saco were recognized for their efforts. Honorees must have held a 3.0 cumulative grade point average going into the spring semester and must have finished in the top three at the league championship meet.

Libby, who recently received his degree in economics and business administration, placed third in the 800 meters in 1 minute, 52.82 seconds.

Michalak, who graduated last weekend with a degree in nursing, won the hammer throw at 50.22 meters. Hatch, who earned a degree in psychology, took second in the high jump at 1.67 meters.

Michalak and Jeff Ramos will represent UMaine May 26-27 in the NCAA Regionals at the University of Florida.

Noyes named Colby ski coach

Danny Noyes, a 2002 graduate of Colby College in Waterville, will return to his alma mater as the head coach of the White Mules’ Alpine ski teams.

Noyes replaces Mark Godomsky, who is leaving Colby after 13 years to serve as the director of on-snow programs at Gould Academy in Bethel.

Noyes, who for the last two years has headed the ski teams at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, also will serve as an assistant football coach at Colby.

As an undergraduate, the New Hampshire native played football for the White Mules. He holds school records for receiving yards in a game (209), season (977) and career (2,466).

After football was over, he became a student assistant coach with the ski program and was a paid assistant the following year.

Bowdoin honors Cullen

Bowdoin College’s board of trustees elected John Cullen as women’s soccer coach emeritus at their May meeting.

Cullen, who was head coach of the Polar Bears women’s team for 22 seasons, compiled a 220-77-20 record. His teams won an NIAC championship (1987) as well as ECAC titles in 1992 and 1993. He also led the Bears to NCAA Tournament bids each season from 1995 through 2000 and qualified for the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament every year of its existence (2000-2006). He was selected NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 1992.

Cullen was co-head coach of the team in 2005 and 2006, was head softball coach and a men’s hockey assistant in the 1980’s, and more recently was Bowdoin’s assistant athletic director.