His senior season ended in defeat on March 4, but Julian Dunkley’s basketball career took a big step forward on Tuesday … though he may not know it yet. University of Maine coach John Giannini said Dunkley has earned an invitation to the prestigious Portsmouth… Read More
The University of Maine has fielded a baseball team since 1881. During those 120 years, there have been several great Black Bear teams, but none has ever started a season with a 9-0 record. That is the challenge at hand for the 2001 UMaine squad,… Read More
The Eastern Maine Technical College Golden Eagles haven’t been playing too many official basketball games lately, but coach Tom Libby hopes a steady diet of scrimmages has prepared his team for the National Small College Athletic Association tournament. The NSCAA split into two divisions this… Read More
Husson College sophomore Robert Pilsbury impressed fans and coaches all season long with his long-range shooting skills and explosive offensive abilities. This week the nation’s coaches rewarded Portland’s Pilsbury by naming him a third-team National Intercollegiate Athletic Association All-American. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The University of Maine cheerleading squad will return to competition after a long hiatus next month and is hoping to bring a national title to Orono. The Black Bears will head to Daytona Beach, Fla., for the National Cheering Association’s championships on April 4-5. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORONO – Mike Schutte had been a defenseman his entire career starting with his youth hockey days. But University of Maine coach Shawn Walsh moved Schutte to forward last season to try to capitailize on his offensive abilities. Walsh also played him occasionally on the… Read More
The University of Maine’s Black Bear hockey team has battled its way back into NCAA Tournament contention with its 7-1-1 regular season finish. But Maine coach Shawn Walsh and his players know there is still a lot of work to be done in order to… Read More
Wednesday will be an exciting day for Maine’s Division III women’s basketball community. Three of the state’s small-college programs – the University of Southern Maine, Bowdoin College and the University of New England of Biddeford – are taking part in the 50-team NCAA Division III… Read More
Waterville striker Kyle McMorrow, the Gatorade and Adidas Player of the Year in the state of Maine, headlines a list three men’s soccer recruits who signed National Letters-of-Intent to attend the University of Maine. The other two are midfielders Matthew Bernal from Wallkill, N.Y., a… Read More
They have totally different styles but there is a common denominator: they both stop the puck. Sophomore Dawn Froats hails from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; junior Amanda Cronin is from York. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Katie Whittier always marveled at the play of University of Maine women’s basketball stars Cindy Blodgett and Jamie Cassidy. Now, she hopes to follow in their footsteps. Whittier, a junior at Class B Gray-New Gloucester High School, has verbally committed to accept a basketball scholarship… Read More
For the past three seasons, the University of Maine men’s basketball season has enjoyed record success. Since the beginning of the 1998-99 season the Bears have racked up a 59-23 record. They’ve established themselves as a league contender. They’ve drawn program-record crowds to Alfond Arena. Read More
Raffi Wolf, a junior center on the University of Maine women’s hockey team, will play in the 2002 Olympics for her native Germany. She will become the first Maine women’s player to ever compete in the Olympics. Wolf returned Tuesday from a pre-Olympic tournament in… Read More
ORONO – Recruiting Division I-AA football players amounts to a bidding war between schools. These days, University of Maine coach Jack Cosgrove and his staff go into the recruiting game armed with the kind of financial resources, facility, academic opportunities and quality people to attract… Read More
Fresh off Sunday’s momentous America East victory at Vermont, the University of Maine women’s basketball team is taking a much-needed breather. Coach Sharon Versyp has rewarded the Black Bears, giving them Monday and Tuesday off before beginning preparations for Sunday’s 1 p.m. game against New… Read More
Shawn Walsh, the University of Maine men’s hockey coach, will seek other forms of cancer treatments after a pair of tests revealed that the two 20-day immunotherapy treatments he underwent at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles did not eliminate the cancerous tumors under his breastplate. Read More
The State University of New York’s campuses at Albany and Stony Brook have scheduled press conferences today to officially announce that their athletics programs will join the America East Conference beginning next season. Stony Brook is in its second season as a member of NCAA… Read More
ORONO – With an NCAA Tournament at-large berth slowly slipping away and a Hockey East tournament berth far from a certainty, the University of Maine men returned to the practice ice on Monday with several positions up for grab. The Bears will host archrival New… Read More
Paul Falco, a rugged winger who plays for former Bear Dave LaCouture, has verbally committed to the University of Maine men’s hockey program. Falco, who plays for LaCouture’s Walpole Stars in the Eastern Hockey League, said his decision to attend Maine wasn’t a difficult one. Read More
The University of Maine women’s hockey team has made significant strides in its 31/2 varsity seasons to date. But there is one major accomplishment they have yet to attain: a win over a Big Five team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
A compromise has been reached between America East administrators that will allow the four departing schools to leave the conference a year early without penalty while also admitting two institutions for next season. Delaware, Hofstra, Drexel, and Towson will join the Colonial Athletic Association for… Read More
University of Maine women’s basketball coach Sharon Versyp tried a bit of a different approach during Sunday’s America East game at New Hampshire. In the hope of cutting down on turnovers, a facet of the game which has plagued the Black Bears all season (24… Read More
The American College Hockey Coaches Association has adopted the Coaches Foundation as its charity. The foundation is designed to help defray the medical costs incurred by coaches and their families who are stricken with serious diseases or illnesses. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Karen Droog wasn’t sure what to expect when she stepped onto the ice at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena for the first time in her career. The only thing the freshman right winger did know was “I would do my best.” googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The offensive woes of the University of Maine men’s hockey team continue and they have carried over to the power play. Maine has only three power-play goals in its last 31 opportunities (9.7 percent) and that is being addressed in practice this week as the… Read More
Coach Sharon Versyp and the University of Maine women’s basketball team are dealing with considerable frustration these days. The Black Bears are coming off Sunday’s tough 67-64 loss in a winnable game at Northeastern and have slipped to 4-9 overall, including a 1-4 America East… Read More
Maine and Vermont have dominated America East women’s basketball in recent years, combining to win 10 of the last 11 conference championships. Along the way, the Black Bears and Catamounts have developed a heated rivalry in their perennial battle for the top spot. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO – Less than 24 hours after his freshman point guard was carried from the Alfond Arena hardwood, University of Maine coach John Giannini was breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday afternoon. Tory Cavalieri’s leg injury has been diagnosed and the 5-foot-11 speedster will likely… Read More
The University of Maine women’s basketball team rang in the New Year with a toast of sparkling apple cider and potato chips while riding on a Cyr bus on its way back from Virginia Tech’s Lady Luck Classic. Coach Sharon Versyp and the Black Bears… Read More