November 17, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Kostakis sparks Bobcats’ upset of No. 2 Polar Bears

LEWISTON – Sophomore forward Matia Kostakis went 13-for-14 at the foul line en route to a team-high 21 points to lead the Bates College Bobcats to a 56-51 upset of the Bowdoin College Polar Bears in women’s basketball action Friday night.

Bowdoin was ranked second in the most recent NCAA Division III USA Today poll.

Bates’ win ended a 31-game New England Small College Athletic Conference win streak by the Polar Bears while extending its own home unbeaten streak to 16 games.

Bates hit 18 of 21 free throws while 11-2 Bowdoin hit only seven of 16.

Eileen Flaherty led Bowdoin with 24 points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career.

UMPI 91, UM-Augusta 41

At University College in Bangor, Sarah Beasley scored 16 points to help lead the University of Maine at Presque Isle past the University of Maine at Augusta.

Jessica Cyr scored 13 points for the Owls and Julie Wescott added 10 points.

Amanda Pepin paced the Moose with 17 points.

UM-Presque Isle (7-4) 91

Phillips 3-0-7, Sloat 2-0-4, Cyr 4-1-13, Beasley 7-1-16, Maynard 3-0-8, Bubar 2-1-5, Joy 3-0-6, Wescott 5-0-10, Hopkins 2-0-4, Allan 4-0-8, Grier 1-0-2, Epright 4-0-8

UM-Augusta (2-7) 41

Virgin 0-1-1, Armstrong 1-0-2, Nadeau 1-2-4, Pepin 4-5-17, Hastings 4-0-9, Beckwith 1-6-8, Jipson

3-pt. goals: Cyr 4, Maynard 2, Phillips, Beasley; Pepin 4, Hastings

Halftime: UM-Presque Isle 55-22

UM-Fort Kent 62, Fisher 44

At Poultney, Vt., Traci Weatherhead scored 20 points to help the University of Maine at Fork Kent past Fisher College in the Green Mountain Tournament on Thursday.

Arcilla Jeffers had 14 points for the Lady Bengals and Dana Lemon added 10 points.

Tufts 61, Colby 41

At Medford, Mass., an 18-3 scoring run by Tufts University in the first half proved too much for Colby to overcome Friday night.

Valerie Krah scored 15 to lead the 7-5 Tufts Jumbos while Jessica Powers added 14.

Waterville’s Tracy Nale had 10 points to pace the Mules.

Colby (5-7) 61

Nale 4-2-10, Emery 4-0-9, McCabe 2-3-7, Williams 1-2-4, Duval 2-0-4, Grady 0-3-3, Rosbash 1-0-2, Rice 1-0-2, Wohl

Tufts (7-5) 41

Krah 6-2-15, Powers 5-2-14, Park 4-1-9, Ummah 3-0-6, Gomez 2-1-5, Miller-Stevens 2-0-4, Jasinski 2-0-4, Moynihan 0-2-2, Miller 1-0-2, Duffy-Cabana, Epshteyn

3-pt. goals: Emery; Powers 2, Krah

Halftime: Tufts 34-18

Men’s basketball

Bates 57, Bowdoin 54

At Brunswick, Bryan Wholey scored 21 points to pace the Bobcats of Lewiston.

Rob Stockwell pulled down 14 rebounds for Bates, and Zak Ray of Bangor had a game-high six assists.

Kyle Petrie topped the Polar Bears with 20 points, and Kevin Bradley and Jordan Fliegel added 10 each.

Bates (10-2) 57

Ray 2-1-6, Wholey 7-3-21, Cahill 3-3-9, Chudomel 1-1-3, Stockwell 1-2-5, Lattimer 0-2-2, Place, Halloran 1-0-3, Thayer, Westhuis 3-2-8

Bowdoin (8-5) 54

Petrie 10-0-20, Sargeantson, Hippert 3-0-7, Bradley 4-0-10, Fliegel 3-3-10, Lane 1-0-2, Goodridge 1-0-3, Jackson 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Wholey 4, Ray, Stockwell; Bradley 2, Hippert, Fliegel, Goodridge

Halftime: Bates 31-16

Lee Postgrads 128, Hebron 73

At Lee, Corey Bingham scored 19 points to lead six Lee Academy scorers in double figures.

Gordon Meadors added 15 points for the Pandas, while Kenyali Evans scored 14, Jorge Ebanks 13, Richard Starling 12 and Tauras Skripkauskas added 10.

Steve Ramos scored a game-high 31 points for Hebron Academy, while Mike Barrow added 23.

Hebron Acad. (2-6) 73

Ramos 9-9-31, Barrow 9-2-23, Chatman 5-3-13, J. Gumbs 1-0-2, Campbell 1-2-4, Flint, Frenk, G. Gumbs, Akerson

Lee Acad. (10-6) 128

Bingham 6-3-19, Starling 5-0-12, Ebanks 5-3-13, Meadors 6-0-15, Evans 7-0-14, Skripkauskas 3-2-10, Harper 2-1-6, Young 1-0-2, Whittaker 4-0-8, Francis 2-0-4, Origias 4-0-9, Folkes 1-0-2, Wilcher 3-2-8, Simmons 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Ramos 4, Barrow 3; Bingham 4, Starling 2, Meadors 3, Skripkauskas 2, Harper, Origias

Halftime: Lee 60-31

Holland 73, NMCC 66

At Presque Isle, Patrick Havard scored 23 points to help lead Holland College of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to victory on Friday.

Andrew MacIntosh scored 15 points for Holland College.

Buck Pineau led Northern Maine Community College with 22 points and Peter Bates added 18 points.

Holland College 73

Havard 8-1-23, McKenna 2-0-6, Deveoux 3-0-7, MacIntosh 7-0-15, Bentley 4-0-9, Lawlor 1-0-2, Perry 3-0-6, Reagh 2-1-5, Boswell, Gay, Bowen

Northern Maine CC 66

Chasse 1-0-3, Brewer 4-1-9, Jon. Poisson 1-2-4, Jos. Poisson 1-0-2, Bates 7-4-18, Pettengill 1-0-2, Pineau 8-6-22, Aa. Pelletier 3-0-6, A.J. Pelletier, Gagnon, Wood

3-pt. goals: Havard 6, McKenna 2, Deveoux, MacIntosh, Bentley; Chasse

Halftime: Holland 43-40

Tufts 78, Colby 57

At Waterville, Dan Martin scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Jumbos earned the NESCAC victory over host Colby.

Jeremy Black added 11 points for the Jumbos, while former Bangor High standout Aaron Gallant added six points.

Jon Bandi had 14 points and eight rebounds for Colby, while Mark Gaudet of Bingham scored eight points.

Tufts University (10-2) 78

Martin 6-4-16, Black 4-0-11, Kumf 4-2-10, Sullivan 2-2-7, Gallant 1-3-6, Fitzgerald 2-0-5, Grauer 1-2-5, Weitzen 1-1-4, Shepherd 2-0-4, O’Keefe 1-0-3, Trethewey 1-1-3, Moehrke 1-0-3, Onubogu 0-1-1, Adhanom, Sears

Colby College (6-8) 57

Bandi 5-4-14, Gaudet 3-0-8, Featherston 2-3-7, Simpson 1-4-7, Dick 3-0-7, Farrell 2-0-4, Decker 1-1-3, Cutrone 0-2-2, Planeta 1-0-2, Shers 1-0-2, Lemmons 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Black 3, Gallant, Moehrke, Sullivan, O’Keefe, Weitzen, Moehrke; Gaudet 2, Simpson, Dick,

Halftime: Tufts 36-27

Women’s hockey

Maine 5, New Hampshire 5 (OT)

At Orono, the Black Bears scored three power-play goals in the third period en route to the tie with the No. 1-ranked Wildcats.

UNH’s Shannon Clement had to score with 1:15 remaining to salvage the tie.

Patricia Gagnon, playing her first game for the Bears, knotted the score at 1 with her first goal, then earned her first assist when Sonia Corriveau scored to tie the game at 2-2.

With UNH leading 4-2 in the third period, power-play goals by Brigitte Laflamme, Gagnon, and Vanessa Vani gave the Bears a 5-4 lead for 36 seconds.

Kelly Law had two assists, and Genevieve Turgeon recorded 29 saves on 34 shots for Maine, which is now 10-4-5 (2-4-3 in Hockey East).

Clement scored three times for the Wildcats (16-2-1, 7-1-1), and Leah Craig and Jenniger Hitchcock had the other two goals. Melissa Bourdon made 20 saves on 25 shots.

The two teams meet again today at 3 p.m.

Correction: A shorter version of this article appeared in the State and Coastal editions.

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