LEWISTON — Sophomore Julia Middlebrook hit a three-pointer with three seconds left in double overtime and the Bates women’s basketball team won an 86-85 thriller over the University of New England Sunday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. In a battle of attrition, the Bobcats (3-0) prevailed in their longest game since a triple overtime contest at […]
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UMaine football coach Joe Harasymiak named finalist for national award
Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak, right, looks at an official during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Connecticut in Sept. 2016, in East Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) University of Maine head football coach Joe Harasymiak has been named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, given annually to the national […]
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College Football: Maine gets first-round bye in NCAA tournament
Jaron Grayer, left, and Kayon Whitaker photograph the championship trophy during a gathering at Sea Dog Brewery Company in Bangor on Sunday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald Photo) BANGOR — The University of Maine went from being considered preseason afterthoughts to one of the nation’s best football teams this fall. That point was clearly made […]
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College football: Maine holds off Elon for CAA title
ORONO — The University of Maine’s defense made one last stand Saturday afternoon and the Black Bears claimed the Colonial Athletic Association championship. Sterling Sheffield hit Elon quarterback Daniel Thompson as he was throwing the ball, leading to an incompletion on fourth down from the Maine 42, and Maine held on to defeat the Phoenix […]
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Oxford Hills' Carson makes UMaine baseball commitment official
Oxford Hills senior Colton Carson, center, signs his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of Maine at the In the Zone Sports Center in Paris. His father, Patrick Carson, seated on the left, and mother, Kimberly, on the right, join him at a ceremony for friends, teammates and family Friday evening. […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine fights but falls short against Duke
University of Maine’s Tanesha Sutton, left, battles for the rebound with Duke University’s Onome Akinbode-James (24) as Duke’s Haley Gorecki (2) looks for the scraps at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Thursday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) BANGOR — Before Thursday’s game, the University of Maine women’s basketball team honored Stacey Porrini Clingan. A […]
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College football: Physical defense key to UMaine's success
Maine’s Sterling Sheffield, left, celebrates with teammates Deshawn Stevens and Kayon Whitaker after Sheffield took down the New Hampshire quarterback during the season opener in August. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Sterling Sheffield can’t think of a better way to play the final regular-season game of his football career at the University of Maine. The […]
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UMaine quarterback Chris Ferguson expected to play Saturday against Elon
Maine’s Chris Ferguson fights for a first down against New Hampshire during the Black Bears’ season-opening win in August. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Sophomore Chris Ferguson is expected to be at quarterback Saturday when the University of Maine takes on Elon with a chance to clinch the Colonial Athletic Association championship. Ferguson suffered a […]
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Women's basketball: Duke coach Joanne McCallie back in Maine to face former team, former player
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie gives instructions to one of her players. McCallie, a former University of Maine women’s basketball coach, returns to the state this week when the Blue Devils take on the Black Bears on Thursday night. (Duke University athletics) It’s not that Joanne McCallie isn’t excited to bring her Duke University women’s […]
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UMaine football beats Richmond, earns at least share of CAA title
RICHMOND, Va. — Chris Ferguson threw four touchdown passes at 16th-ranked Maine defeated Richmond 28-9 on Saturday. The win guarantees the Black Bears at least a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title, their first conference championship since 2013. Earnest Edwards caught two of Ferguson’s TD passes, and finished with six receptions for 105 yards. […]