Auburn native Kathy Karlsson, who played three seasons of basketball at the University of Maine (1987-90), was named associate head coach at her alma mater Friday. Karlsson had spent the previous six seasons assisting Merrimack College (Mass.) women’s basketball coach Ann McInerney and she will… Read More
Billy Kane of Bradford, who recently concluded his four-year baseball career at Husson College in Bangor, will replace Jason Folsom as an assistant coach at Husson next fall. Folsom has taken a position at Wight’s Sporting Goods, according to Husson head coach John Winkin. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Laura Stein found herself with some rare free time and a few days to kill so, naturally, she headed for the nearest tennis court. The former Camden Hills High School tennis star was watching little brother Peter win his match and help lead the Windjammers… Read More
Stories about college athletes cheating in school, accepting payoffs, assaulting other students or breaking the law appear to be on the rise these days. It seems almost every day, at least one can be found in newspapers or on the airwaves. This is not one… Read More
The University of Maine women’s hockey team has addressed its needs by adding two goalies, a defenseman and two wingers. The five scholarship players have signed National Letters of Intent to attend the university in the fall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Athletes don’t usually benefit from injury, but for Mike Bunker, a dislocated hip may be the best thing that happened to him this season. A distance runner on the University of Southern Maine’s track and field team, Bunker has made surprisingly great strides this season… Read More
ORONO – Paul Kostacopoulos is a demanding coach. He has extremely high expectations for himself, his players and his University of Maine baseball program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Justin Spencer of Brewer and Bucksport’s Jason Harvey will be the Husson College baseball co-captains next season according to coach John Winkin, who is already looking forward to the 2006 season. The Eagles went 25-17 this past season, losing to Saint Joseph’s College in the… Read More
Mark Clapp of Blue Hill is one of those valuable unassuming role players who goes out and does his job day in and day out for the ECAC Division III Baseball Tournament-bound Saint Joseph’s College Monks. The sophomore second baseman is hitting .310 out of… Read More
ORONO – Jason Weymouth isn’t the kind of pitcher who strikes fear into the hearts of opposing hitters. What the lefthander does do is give the University of Maine a significant contrast to anybody else they send to the mound. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
The University of Maine women’s soccer team got a big recruiting kick Friday as two of the premier players in Eastern Maine committed to attend the school and play for the Black Bears this fall. Lee Academy multiple-sports star Shelby Pickering and Hampden Academy standout… Read More
Kim Corbitt’s basketball career at the University of Maine ended abruptly in March when she suffered a shoulder injury during the first half of the Black Bears’ America East tournament first-round game against Boston University. While the sting of that unceremonious exit lingered a bit… Read More
Bangor High School’s Anthony DeRosa and Hampden Academy’s Chris Pease are looking forward to pitching for Husson College baseball coach John Winkin next season. And Winkin is glad to have the two impressive right-handers on board. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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When the University of Maine baseball team hits like it is capable of hitting, it is difficult to beat. And while the Black Bears have been batting above .300 virtually all season, they need to pick up their production to make a serious run at… Read More
The University of Maine athletic department is expected to announce its next women’s basketball coach later this week, possibly as early as Thursday. UMaine athletic director Patrick Nero said he is close to choosing a successor to former Black Bears coach Sharon Versyp, who resigned… Read More
Husson College backup first baseman Andy Ham of Lee will be a graduate assistant for former Eagles head baseball coach John Kolasinski at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich., next season. “He [Kolasinski] called me up right before we left for the spring trip and… Read More
University of Maine senior football players Marcus Williams, Christian Pereira and Brandon McGowan have agreed to sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams, the school announced Monday. Williams, Maine’s all-time leading rusher (3,940 yards), will sign with the Indianapolis Colts, wide receiver Pereira is headed to… Read More
Travers Evans, the University of Maine men’s soccer coach, said his incoming nine-member class is the “strongest class we’ve brought in, from top to bottom, since I’ve been here.” The group includes two transfers, two Englishmen, and former Ellsworth High School star Jensen Rich. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The weather forecast isn’t promising, but the University of Maine softball team is hoping neither rain nor Albany’s monster offense keeps the Black Bears from gaining some ground in the America East race as the Great Danes are scheduled for a three-game series at Kessock Field this weekend. Read More
The Division I college baseball season is a long one. For that reason, the University of Maine isn’t dwelling on Sunday’s disappointing 14-1 loss to Maryland Baltimore County. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
It is a unique name. So you would think University of Maine at Farmington senior pitcher-infielder Ray Doubleday would get asked about his ancestry on a regular basis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Former University of Maine women’s soccer coach David Patterson is the new men’s soccer coach and sports information director at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. “I’m very excited about getting back into coaching,” said the 41-year-old Patterson, who compiled a 21-43-5 record in his four… Read More
Four-year University of Maine assistant men’s hockey coach Campbell Blair is one of five finalists for the coaching job at Canisius College (N.Y.). Canisius was 16-15-4 in Atlantic Hockey this past season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
The University of Maine baseball team is preparing to breathe a collective sigh of relief this week. After playing 24 consecutive games on the road to open the season – a perennial challenge for the program – the Black Bears are moving into a more… Read More
University of Maine men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead is tired of ties. His Black Bears had seven ties this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
Katie Page, a former captain of the women’s track and field team at the University of Maine, has continued her athletic career as a weightlifter. The Palmyra native, who is doing graduate work with Nobel Prize winners in advanced chemical engineering at the University of… Read More
Guy Perron’s first season as the women’s hockey coach at the University of Maine didn’t go as well as he would have liked. The Bears finished fifth in Hockey East and were one of two teams that failed to qualify for the league playoffs. They… Read More
The Husson College softball team had a lot to look forward to even without the success it had on the Eagles’ recent spring trip to Florida. Husson knew it would be moving into a brand new facility, and the Eagles were looking forward to the… Read More
University of Maine senior defenseman Mat Deschamps hasn’t played his last hockey game this season. Deschamps has joined the Atlantic City (N.J.) Boardwalk Bullies of the East Coast Hockey League and said he will make his debut against the Peoria Rivermen on Friday night in… Read More
There are many phases to the season for the University of Maine baseball team. It begins with a bang – two weeks of games down in Florida. The problem is, the Black Bears have to come back to the Northeast, where winter has a way… Read More
Freshman starters Ashley Brownlee of Portland and Kara Borelli of Westbrook helped the Merrimack College women’s basketball team advance to the NCAA Div. II national semifinals Wednesday afternoon with a 79-78 victory over St. Cloud State (Minn.) in Hot Springs, Ark. Merrimack (Mass.) will face… Read More
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The University of Maine’s Bret Tyler, the top-scoring freshman defenseman in Hockey East with six goals and 14 assists in 35 games, has been named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team. He was the only Black Bear to be selected to an All-Hockey East team. Read More
Bryan Plaszcz, a 6-foot-21/2, 200-pound defenseman from Apple Valley, Minn., has verbally committed to attend the University of Maine on a hockey scholarship next fall. Plaszcz is playing for the Sante Fe (N.M.) Roadrunners of the North American Hockey League and has 11 goals and… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey team has significantly enhanced its NCAA Tournament hopes with a 6-3-1 run which has earned the Bears a Hockey East semifinal berth against Boston College Friday night at 5 at the FleetCenter in Boston. During the stretch, they have gone 5-2-1 against… Read More
ORONO – Sophomore left wing Mike Hamilton was one of the University of Maine men’s hockey team’s playoff heroes a year ago. After scoring four regular-season goals, Hamilton notched three goals in the postseason, including a pair of game-winners. His other goal triggered a four-goal,… Read More
The ballots have been sent out and University of Vermont senior Taylor Coppenrath is on them. Coppenrath is one of 23 players to make the final cut for the John R. Wooden Award official ballot mailed to 1,000 voters in 50 states this week to… Read More
The battle lines have been drawn. In what could go down as one of the most important Hockey East quarterfinal series ever, it appears as though the University of Maine’s best-of-three duel with visiting UMass Lowell beginning Friday will supply the winner with an NCAA… Read More
The addition of transfers Sean Brawn and Danny White and Jason Harvey’s decision to return to Husson College after being the starting shortstop for the University of Maine last spring has put some extra zip in Husson College baseball coach John Winkin’s step. Winkin’s Eagles… Read More
Believe it or not, there is a scenario in which the University of Maine men’s hockey team can win Hockey East’s regular-season championship. Maine is one of four teams that can still win the title as New Hampshire, Boston College, Boston University and Maine are… Read More
Bangor’s Derek Damon was back in the University of Maine men’s hockey team’s lineup Friday night against the University of Massachusetts Lowell after being benched for last Saturday night’s 6-2 win at Providence College. Damon, the Bears’ leading scorer with 24 points on 11 goals… Read More
The University of Maryland Baltimore County will host the 15th annual America East swimming and diving championship meets at the UMBC Natatorium Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Northeastern University is gunning for its sixth straight women’s title, and will get most of its opposition from UMBC… Read More
All good things must come to an end. That was the case Tuesday night when the Bowdoin College men’s basketball team snapped Husson College’s 15-game winning streak 75-73. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Mike Keller, most recently the men’s head soccer coach at Maine Maritime Academy, has been named to the same post at the University of Southern Maine. Keller, who previously served as the Huskies’ head coach in 1992 and guided the team to a 9-7 record,… Read More
Linebacker Robert Admire was one of the 26 players who signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Maine on a football scholarship Wednesday. But the fact the Catawissa, Pa., native is coming to Maine was announced more than a week ago… Read More
The University of Maine women’s basketball team is looking to get on a serious roll as it moves into the second half of the America East season. If there is one player on the squad who is capable of sparking the Black Bears to success,… Read More
ORONO – They have 12 forwards in goal-scoring droughts. They are tied for 17th in the PairWise Rankings that are used in choosing the NCAA Hockey Tournament’s at-large teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
It’s tough to make a name for oneself these days in the Maine Division III women’s basketball ranks. This week, Bowdoin College of Brunswick, Bates College of Lewiston, and the University of Southern Maine in Gorham are all ranked in the top 10 in one… Read More
Coming into this season, the University of Maine women’s basketball team had lost only one America East regular-season game during the previous two seasons combined. Thus far in 2004-05, the Black Bears own an 8-8 overall record that includes a 4-2 mark in conference play. Read More
Warner Nickerson of Colby College in Waterville earned a silver medal for the United States on Wednesday in the FIS World University Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Nickerson, a senior All-American from Tilton, N.H., finished second in the giant slalom, posting a two-run time of 1… Read More
Play hard. Play together. Play smart. That has become the mantra of the University of Maine women’s basketball team this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
In high school, he was a tall shooting guard who could also play the point. In college, he put on some height and weight and became a standout center. And if he gets a chance to play at the professional level, he’ll likely make another switch, this time… Read More
Husson College has added a pitching coach and a football player. And it’s the same person. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if… Read More
Bowdoin College of Brunswick finished as the NCAA Division III national runner-up last season. The University of Maine-Farmington captured its first North Atlantic Conference title. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
ORONO – Coming into the 2004-05 college basketball season, depth figured to be a particular strength for the University of Maine men. Recent developments have done nothing to disprove that notion as the 7-4 Black Bears have managed not only to cover up some holes… Read More
Former Bucksport High basketball and baseball star Jason Harvey, who transferred from Bangor’s Husson College to the University of Maine a year and a half ago, has returned to Husson. Harvey played both sports at Husson during the 2002-2003 season and was the starting shortstop… Read More
Rachel Gettings knew she would have an opportunity to become the University of Maine women’s hockey team’s starting goalie this season since workhorse Lara Smart had graduated. She won the job by beating out freshman Jayme Wilmann and has responded with a solid season so… Read More
The members of the University of Maine women’s basketball team returned home for the holidays last week for a little rest, relaxation and family time. Many promptly came down with colds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Meghan Marshall of Madawaska joked that Maine Maritime Academy’s 6-to-1 ratio of men to women has its benefits. While that might be enticing, she explained the continued growth of the MMA women’s basketball team and the close-knit atmosphere within the program are the real reasons… Read More
The University of Maine men’s basketball program has received letters of intent from two recruits. Junior Bernal, a 6-foot-4 player from Manhattan, N.Y., who played high school ball at the Hyde School in Bath and is currently a prep school player at Maine Central Institute… Read More
The Husson College men’s basketball team isn’t used to losing seasons. In fact, the Eagles pretty much head into each season expecting to win a conference title and secure a berth in the national tournament. When your program is averaging 21 victories a season over… Read More
A deal for a $750,000 air-pressurized bubble-enclosed facility with a FieldTurf surface that will be used as a practice facility for University of Maine athletic teams is close to being finalized, according to UMaine athletic director Patrick Nero. “We still have some research to do… Read More
The University of Maine’s future goaltending picture has gotten a little clearer. And much taller. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice())… Read More
After spending three years as a defenseman, Bangor’s Jared Gordon has returned to forward for the Colby College hockey team this season and the senior is off to his best start. Gordon is the team’s second-leading scorer with three goals and six assists in five… Read More
Bracey Barker spent most of her freshman season at the University of Maine working, watching, and waiting for her opportunity to shine. This season, the sophomore from Bar Harbor continues to emerge as one of the Black Bears’ most promising young players. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey program has received two verbal commitments from players who are leading their respective teams in scoring. Left winger Ted Purcell, a native of St. John, Newfoundland, and Jeff Marshall, who is from Kyle, Saskatchewan, have announced their intentions to… Read More
ORONO – Before the college hockey season began, referees were instructed by the various league commissioners and NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee members to crack down on all obstruction infractions. They wanted to create more offense and a better flow to the game. They wanted… Read More
The Husson College football team’s attempt to gain a spot in a conference was dealt a blow last week when the six Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference schools in the 14-team New England Football Conference put a proposal to form their own league on hold. Read More
With the Dead River Co. Classic championship trophy securely in its hands for the first time in nine years, the University of Maine women’s basketball team hopes the performance will propel the Black Bears into the second half of their nonleague schedule. Coach Sharon Versyp’s… Read More
The Husson College football team’s aspirations to get into a league may gain some momentum Monday at the New England Football Conference meetings. Maine Maritime Academy athletic director Jim Dyer said there is a move on behalf of the Massachusetts State Conference Athletic Conference’s schools… Read More
Matt Duffy, a defenseman from Windham, has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the University of Maine men’s hockey program next fall. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Duffy currently is playing for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. He has… Read More
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ORONO – Kim Meagher was asked, tongue-in-cheek, if she had circled this past weekend on her calendar. “I actually did circle it,” chuckled the Hampden native and former John Bapst High School defenseman, who returned to the Alfond Arena this past weekend with her Boston… Read More
FORT WORTH, Texas – Bangor’s Jesse Speirs is one of four standout golfers who have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Texas Christian University next fall. All four of the Horned Frogs’ signees have reached the match play portion of the U.S. Golf Association’s… Read More
As the University of Maine women’s basketball team winged its way to Baton Rouge, La., on Wednesday, the program announced it had signed four high school standouts to National Letters of Intent. Coach Sharon Versyp said the Black Bears have received commitments from Brittany Boser… Read More
Can the AstroTurf on the University of Maine’s Morse Field at Alfond Stadium be lifted and installed between Mahaney Diamond and Kessock [softball] Field for field hockey use in a couple of years? That will be explored by University of Maine athletic director Patrick Nero… Read More
For the first time, the University of Maine placed three players on the America East All-Rookie women’s soccer team including midfielder Marie-Andree Canuel, who was named the league’s Rookie of the Year Thursday night. The 5-foot-5 Canuel, who was also selected to the All-AE first… Read More
University of Maine field hockey coach Terry Kix will readily admit that when Palmyra’s Liz Mendell first came to Maine, “I never thought she’d see the field.” But Mendell had wanted to play for the Black Bears ever since her parents, Don and Susan, started… Read More
The goal of reaching the playoffs is what drives players on college teams across the country. The University of Maine football team has been no different, especially since sharing back-to-back Atlantic 10 championships and making consecutive trips to the NCAA national quarterfinals in 2001 and… Read More
It will be a homecoming for Brown University assistant women’s ice hockey coach Ryan Stone Friday night when Brown faces the University of Maine at the Alfond Arena. Stone is a 1988 Orono High School graduate whose goaltending helped lead the Riots to three Eastern… Read More
ORONO – While the football team moves into the home stretch of its season and the field hockey and women’s soccer teams prepare for America East postseason play, the University of Maine’s basketball teams have begun preparations for the 2004-05 season. Black Bear basketball fans… Read More
The University of Maine field hockey team, which is coming off a 2-1 double-overtime victory Sunday over Albany, has qualified for its fourth consecutive America East tournament. Coach Terry Kix’s Black Bears, who are 12-4 overall and 4-1 in league action, will be among the… Read More
University of Maine men’s hockey winger Wes Clark has been granted immediate eligibility. The freshman is taking a full course load at Maine, but he wasn’t expected to become eligible until the second semester. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Ed Flaherty has been a fixture as the baseball coach at the University of Southern Maine since 1984. During that time, the Huskies have won 569 games, made 16 trips to the NCAA Division III tournament, earned six regional title and won two national championships. Read More
Statistics don’t always provide an accurate picture of what happened during a football game. Such was the case Saturday for the University of Maine, which rallied to beat Richmond 29-25 despite another unspectacular performance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
The University of Southern Maine always features several student-athletes who are products of Maine high schools. This fall, the Huskies are benefiting from the talents of two former Calais High standouts, as juniors James Frost and Katie Welch are making an impact in their respective… Read More
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The college football season is a long, difficult one. The University of Maine has lived that reality during the first third of its 2004 campaign. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey team has been picked to finish second in Hockey East in the coaches’ preseason poll while the women have been predicted to finish fourth. Boston College was chosen to defend its regular-season title, earning 68 points including five first-place… Read More
Bill Mottola, who served in various capacities at Castine’s Maine Maritime Academy for 37 years, was the charter inductee into the school’s Hall of Fame Saturday night. He was joined in the first class by Rob Marchitello, Kenneth ‘Swede’ Erickson and the late John Hoctor. Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine football and men’s ice hockey teams aren’t the only nationally ranked teams on the Orono campus. Despite having their only two 2003 All-America East selections graduate (Rebecca Ouellet, Karen Magno), the field hockey team is tied for 17th in… Read More
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Bill Lund, an assistant football coach at Colby College in Waterville, has been named one of 10 “hot” coaches in NCAA Division III football by American Football Monthly magazine. Lund, entering his fifth season with the Mules, was one of 10 coaches, and the only… Read More
Lauren Steblen, a 2002 University of Maine graduate who spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the women’s ice hockey program at Bemidji State (Minn.), has returned to her alma mater as the full-time assistant under first-year head coach Guy Perron. Perron… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey program will gain a talented recruit a semester early. Billy Ryan, a third-round draft pick of the New York Rangers who verbally committed to attend Maine beginning next fall, is taking four classes at Maine that will enable him… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine football team has generated plenty of excitement among its fans in recent years. Coach Jack Cosgrove’s Black Bears, who are amidst one of the most successful four-year spans in program history, made consecutive NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances in… Read More
The University of Maine football team would certainly have preferred to open its season with a victory Saturday at Montana. Instead, on the heels of a 27-20 loss, coach Jack Cosgrove’s Black Bears will turn their attention to the next opponent. Northern Colorado (1-0) visits… Read More
ORONO – The season-opening game at Montana is only eight days away for the University of Maine football team. With such a big challenge in front of them, the Black Bears weren’t about to go out and beat themselves senseless Thursday afternoon during their final… Read More
University of Maine hockey center Derek Damon, the team’s fourth-leading scorer last season, is recuperating from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. Bangor’s Damon said he doesn’t expect to miss any time and should be ready for… Read More