If the University of Maine women’s soccer team is going to host an America East quarterfinal, it will probably have to win its last two games. The first of those two games is today against New Hampshire at 3 p.m. The Bears finish at Stony… Read More
CASTINE – Time was running out on the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners. The men’s soccer team was trailing the visiting Owls from the University of Maine-Presque Isle 1-0 with just under a minute remaining. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
The Husson College women’s soccer team will be gunning for its third consecutive North Atlantic Conference Tournament championship and NCAA Division III Tournament berth. The Husson men’s soccer team would like to annex a NAC title after falling a goal short a year ago. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORONO – The streak is over. University of Maine freshman midfielder Alex Rickett’s goal 6:29 into the first overtime off a Jimmy Velas pass ended the school’s 22-game losing streak and 26-game winless skein (0-24-2) as the Maine men’s soccer team nipped the University of… Read More
ORONO – Laura Harper and McKayla Bell each netted an unassisted goal Sunday as the University of Maine women’s soccer team remained undefeated with a 2-0 victory over Rhode Island. Jasmine Phillips recorded her fourth shutout of the season with four saves on eight shots… Read More
The Maine Maritime Academy women’s soccer team was spoiled the last couple of seasons to have a prolific goal-scorer and a dependable goalkeeper. Replacing the offensive production of Amy Asselin and the strong goalie play of Meghan Marshall are the key challenges for the Mariner… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine men’s soccer team will play two Atlantic Coast Conference teams this season and will also travel to California for a pair of games against Big West opponents Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State-Fullerton. The ACC opponents will be Boston… Read More
Seventh-year head coach Scott Atherley and his Maine Black Bears are hoping their third consecutive trip to an America East women’s soccer final will yield a championship when they face Boston University at Nickerson Field at 1 p.m. Saturday. Meanwhile, the Maine field hockey team… Read More
When they first set foot on campus, the seniors on the University of Maine women’s soccer team became part of a program that had compiled a 53-131-12 record in its 12-year varsity existence. Forty-four wins later (44-22-6), the Bear seniors are hoping to win their… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine’s women’s soccer team won the statistical battle against defending America East champ Binghamton at rain-swept Alumni Field Sunday. But the Bearcats won the most important category. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine sophomore midfielder Marie-Andree Canuel, the 2004 America East Rookie of the Year and a first team All-AE selection, has been having a relatively quiet season statistically. But that all changed on Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – Husson College center midfielder Dani Billings of Hampden admits that taking corner kicks isn’t an exact science. “I look for someone open, but more often than not, I just try to put it on a spot and someone just needs to get there… Read More
BANGOR – If you give up three goals in a soccer game, you probably aren’t going to win too many of them. But the Husson College men’s soccer team may defy the odds this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
STANDISH – Steve Jette scored an unassisted goal at 35:44 to lead Saint Joseph’s College to a 1-0 season-opening men’s soccer win over Curry College. Brian White made eight saves on nine shots for 1-0 Saint Joseph’s. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – There’s nowhere to go but up for the University of Maine men’s soccer team this season. After all, when you’re picked to finish last in the America East coaches’ preseason poll, how can you underachieve? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
FORT KENT – Donatas Sumyla, stationed at the back post, one-timed Rob Rochester’s skim header from the front post off a Derrick Cooper corner kick into the goal, lifting the UMaine-Fort Kent Bengals by UMaine-Machias 1-0 Saturday for their second straight Sunrise Conference championship. The… Read More
BANGOR – After a game that saw bright afternoon sunshine turn to dusk and 110 minutes of college soccer go by without a single score, participants on both teams managed to find a silver lining to Wednesday afternoon’s double-overtime, scoreless tie. For the Husson College… Read More
Last fall, the University of Maine men’s soccer team used a dramatic 4-1 win over America East regular season champion Maryland-Baltimore County on the last weekend of the regular season to earn its first post-season berth since 1994. The Bears have 15 returnees off last… Read More
BANGOR – There is no shortage of optimism surrounding the Husson College men’s and women’s soccer teams. In fact, fourth-year men’s coach Scott Warman and sixth-year women’s coach Keith Bosley feel they have their best teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
When you ask University of Maine men’s soccer coach Travers Evans who have been the catalysts behind the Bears first postseason berth since 1994, he won’t give you a name. He insists it has been a total team effort. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Adrian Moreno’s first-half goal and Bill Watts’ second half goal gave Army a 2-0 men’s soccer win over Maine Monday. The win was Army’s third win against five losses and three ties. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ORONO – Contrary to his last name, the University of Maine’s sophomore midfielder was having no problems with his memory on a balmy and breezy Saturday afternoon. The image of missing a point-blank shot at the net with a kick that sailed about two feet… Read More
BANGOR – It was another happy homecoming for University of Maine-Farmington goaltender Noah Peet. The junior from Hampden Academy played a standout game between the goalposts to help the UMF Beavers beat his former school – Husson College – 1-0 at Boucher Soccer Field on… Read More
ORONO – University of New Hampshire senior Nick Mello displayed his versatility and goal scoring touch Wednesday afternoon against Maine. Mello scored with a header off a Tyler Jackson corner kick with 32:40 remaining to give the Wildcats a hard-fought 1-0 win in a mutual… Read More
If you ask fourth-year University of Maine men’s soccer coach Travers Evans who his starters will be for this weekend’s St. Bonaventure Invitational Tournament (N.Y.), he probably can’t tell you yet. That’s because he used 18 field players in last weekend’s two games and feels… Read More
They were archrivals in high school. But Hampden Academy graduate Justin Groshon and Bangor High School’s Miles Levy are now junior teammates at the University of Maine-Farmington and they have been two of the keys to the soccer team’s 12-4-1 season and top seeding for… Read More
BANGOR – The University of Maine at Fort Kent men’s soccer has a certain international flavor. The team has players from Antigua, Argentina, Jamaica, Lithuania, Morocco, Portugal and Uruguay. But it’s their home grown defensemen who have played an integral part in the Bengals’ shutout… Read More
BANGOR – Husson College sophomore goalie Matt Goodman made a pivotal save and he was rewarded with an important insurance goal. Goodman robbed Thomas College’s Ryan Buttice with 11 minutes remaining and, 1:42 later, junior striker Dave Richard scored Husson’s second goal as the Braves… Read More
STANDISH – Krissie Whiting scored three goals to lead the Bates College Bobcats to an 11-0 women’s soccer win over the Saint Joseph’s College Monks Tuesday. Kathleen Nugent and Katie Carroll both added two goals for the 4-3 winners of Lewiston. Jenna Benson chipped in… Read More
ORONO – There is no shortage of optimism when it comes to the women’s and men’s soccer programs at the University of Maine. Coach Scott Atherley returns nine starters from his women’s team that registered the first winning season (7-6-3 overall, 4-5-2 in America East)… Read More
FORT KENT – Gintaras Lemkutis scored two goals and added an assist to power the University of Maine-Fort Kent Bengals to a 7-1 men’s soccer victory over the Husson College Braves Saturday. Josh Roy added two goals for 5-2-1 UM-Fort Kent and Aadil Mootassem had… Read More
There were plenty of growing pains for Travers Evans in his first season as the head coach of the University of Maine men’s soccer team. Five goals and one tie was all the Bears had to show for their nine America East games. Maine was… Read More