FARMINGTON – Megan Clement’s goal 18 minutes into the match lifted the Husson College Eagles to a 1-0 women’s soccer victory over the UMaine-Farmington Beavers in the North Atlantic Conference championship Sunday.

Husson (13-7-1) won the conference title for the second straight year and will advance to the NCAA Div. III tournament as the NAC’s automatic qualifier. The tournament field is scheduled to be released today.

UMF, which entered the match undefeated in 12 NAC regular-season and playoff matches, finished its season with a 14-5-2 overall record.

Clement scored with a looping shot just beyond the reach of UMF goalie Kerry Kowalczyk.

That lead stood up in part due to the goaltending of Husson’s Tatyana Wolterbeek, who made a leaping block of a shot by UMF’s Chelsea Norton early in the second half, then robbed the Beavers’ Jackie Mrazik later in the period.

Wolterbeek finished with three saves, while Kowalczyk and Melissa Demerchant combined on one save.

Husson’s Caitlin Nickerson was named the tournament’s MVP, and was joined on the all-tournament squad by teammates Wolterbeek, Clement, Meredith Homer and Megan LaJoie. Norton and Heidi Jackson represented UMF on the all-tourney team.

The loss ended the soccer coaching career of UMF’s Bob Leib, who is retiring with an overall record of 411-157-50. That includes 151-63-16 with the women’s soccer team since 1996 after a 260-94-34 record over 25 years with UMF’s men’s soccer squad.

SUNY-Canton wins Sunrise Title

At Portland, Lauren Ploof, Shirley DuBrey and Erin Tulip each netted a goal to lead State University of New York at Canton by the University of Maine at Fort Kent in the Sunrise Conference Championship game Sunday.

UMFK defeated Vermont Technical College 2-0 in the semifinal game on Friday.

In the semifinal, Maria Williams scored on a first half penalty kick while Brianne McGary added a second-half goal. Liz LaPlante earned the shutout, making two saves on four shots.

In the championship, SUNY keeper Brianna Sexson made six saves on 11 shots for the shutout. LaPlante made 12 saves on 22 shots for the Bengals who end at 11-6-2.

Women’s ice hockey

Clarkson 1, Maine 0

At Orono, Britney Selina scored the game’s only goal 6:44 into the first period to lift Clarkson University past the University of Maine.

Lauren Dahm stopped all 16 shots she faced for the 7-2-1 Golden Knights.

Sarah Bishop made 22 saves on 23 shots for the 1-8-1 Black Bears.

Men’s soccer

Castleton State 2, Husson 1

At Castleton, Vt., freshman Chris Mulholland set up first-half goals by Matt Buhrke and tournament MVP Ryan Hahn as host Castleton State College defeated Husson to win the North Atlantic Conference men’s soccer championship Saturday.

The win advances top-seeded Castleton (13-7-1) to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Third-seeded Husson ends its season at 10-10-1.

Jeffrey Truchon scored for Husson on the rebound of a shot by Nattapong Kongsuriya late in the first half to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Mike Anthony made five saves in goal for Castleton, while Miguel Dominguez made three stops for Husson.

Kongsuriya, Truchon and Tim Mousette each earned all-tournament honors for Husson.

UMPI 3, Green Mt. 2 (OT)

At. Poultney, Vt., Matt Petrie converted two penalty kicks, one in the second overtime, to lift the University of Maine-Presque Isle past Green Mountain College in the consolation match of the Association of Division III Independent Northeast Regional Tournament. Robert Allan also scored for the Owls, who finish with a 9-10-1 record. Bradley Mitchell scored twice for Green Mountain (9-12-1).

UMFK 3, Paul Smith’s 0

At Portland, Andy Martin scored two goals to power the University of Maine-Fort Kent by Paul Smith’s College on Sunday to advance to the Sunrise Conference Finals.

UMFK meets SUNY Canton for the league title today at 11 a.m. at Deering High School’s Memorial Field. The winner earns a berth to the NAIA National Tournament in Olathe, Kan.

Football

Fitchburg St. 30, MMA 22

At Fitchburg, Mass., Marlon Thornton rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns as Fitchburg State earned the New England Football Conference victory.

MMA pulled within 23-22 on a 6-yard TD run by Brandon Goodrich with 3:38 left in the contest, but Thornton put the game away with a 63-yard scoring run.

Goodrich led Maine Maritime Academy of Castine with 133 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

Maine Maritime (5-4) 0 14 0 8 – 22

Fitchburg State (3-6) 13 0 7 10 – 30

F-Francis fumble recovery in end zone (Georgopoulos kick)

F-Thornton 6 run (kick blocked)

M-Moulton 1 run (Cunningham kick)

M-Goodrich 1 run (Cunningham kick)

F-Thornton 5 run (Georgopoulos kick)

F-Georgopoulos 32 field goal

M-Team, safety

M-Goodrich 6 run (rush failed)

F-Thornton 63 run (Georgopoulos kick)

Colby 19, Tufts 16

At Waterville, Mike Poplaski’s 25-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter rallied the Mules to the upset victory.

The recovery was one of two on the day for Poplaski, a nose tackle who also had a quarterback sack to help Colby rally from a 16-6 deficit.

Justin Candon added nine pass receptions for 105 yards and two touchdowns for the Mules, while Billy Ryan completed 19 of 33 passes for 208 yards.

Tufts (5-2) 6 10 0 0 – 16

Colby (2-5) 6 0 7 6- 19

T-Black 23 pass from Russo (kick blocked)

C-Candon 16 pass from Burns (kick failed)

T-Russo 1 run (Stewart kick)

T-Stewart 21 field goal

C-Candon 9 pass from Prunier (Gagne kick)

C-Poplaski 25 fumble return (kick failed)

UM Football Club 24, Exeter 0

At Orono, Brett Davison scored two touchdowns as the University of Maine Football Club won its NIFL East-West Wild Card playoff game.

Eddie Perkins added a 6-yard scoring run for Maine, while Nick Nadeau and Dan Sprogis combined for a quarterback sack in the endzone good for a safety.

Maine (6-3) advances to the NIFL East Division Championship Game against the 8-0 Mass Fury at 2 p.m. Sunday at Leicester, Mass.

Exeter Gamblers 0 0 0 0 – 0

Maine FB Club 6 10 0 8 – 24

M-Perkins 6 rush (rush failed)

M-Safety, Nadeau and Sprogis sack quarterback in endzone

M-Davison 25 run (Ballesteros rush)

M-Davison 13 run (Whitman rush)

Field hockey

UMF 3, Husson 1

At Farmington on Sunday, the University of Maine at Farmington jumped out to a 3-0 lead and cruised past Husson College in the North Atlantic Conference championship match.

The win advances UMF (13-5) to the NCAA Div. III championships for the second straight year with its fourth conference title in the last five years. Husson finishes 12-5.

Tournament MVP Kristen Chambers had a goal and an assist for UMF while Elyse Cole and Rebecca Roy also had first-half goals.

Krystal Doughty scored for Husson.

UMF goalie Kaeleigh Barker made 10 saves, ,while Kelly Bocchio made seven saves for Husson.

UMF’s Ashley Wentworth, Erika Lukas, Nicole Lyons and Renee Trafton joined Chambers on the all-tourney team, as did Elisha Dorso, Michelle Barden and Erin Nason of Husson.

Keene State 2, USM 1

At Keene, N.H., Erin Dallas scored nine minutes into overtime to lift top-seeded Keene State College to victory over the second-seeded University of Southern Maine in the championship game of the Little East Conference tournament on Saturday.

After a scoreless first half, Southern Maine struck first when India Lowe notched a goal in the 42nd minute off a pass from Alyson Lumino. Allie Hill made seven saves on 19 shots for the 15-7 Huskies.

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Saint Joseph?s 4, Ramapo 2

At Standish, Kayla Nowell tallied two goals in the second half to spark Saint Joseph?s College by Ramapo College.

Jillian Kimball and Alyssa Dunn each added a goal while Julia Ostrowski grabbed two assists for 12-6 Saint Joseph?s.