Colby College assistant coach Michael Latendresse coaches some of his players on the bench during a game this season. WATERVILLE — It’s been 25 years since the University of Maine won the NCAA Division I ice hockey championship, the first hockey title for any Maine school at any level. This weekend, Colby College will try […]
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Vachon's message to Black Bears —get better
It was the most accomplished women’s basketball season in 14 years for the University of Maine. Now Coach Amy Vachon wants her Black Bears to get better. Should Maine win the America East Conference next year – it certainly will be favored – Vachon wants the NCAA tournament selection committee to give her team a […]
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Women's basketball: Wadling key to UMaine overcoming size disadvantage
Fanny Wadling, left, will be a key player Saturday for Maine in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Texas, as the Black Bears’ only post player in a starting lineup that includes four guards. (John Carl D’Annibale/ The Albany Times Union via AP) When the University of Maine women’s basketball team faces nationally […]
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Maine's women's hoops teams lead the charge
The University of Maine celebrates after their victory over Hartford on Friday, March 9. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Before Gary Fifield left his Vermont high school coaching job to take over the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball program in 1987, he took a recruiting trip in February. “My first (Maine) high school tournament […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine draws Texas in NCAA first round
ORONO — They sat comfortably on couches, in front of the big-screen TV, curious to where the NCAA tournament committee would send them. They had to wait for nearly an hour into the ESPN show, but when the name MAINE finally appeared they whooped, filling the tight confines of the Alfond Family Lounge with cheers. […]
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The Hot Corner: Black Bears stir up pride in Maine girls' and womens' basketball
I’m not the world’s leading apologist for my state of origin. Invariably the conversation turns to the tax burden, job market, black fly population, mathematical certainty of a crippling snowstorm in mid-March and the fact that it took y’all decades to finally get a Krispy Kreme or a Chick-Fil-A. At that point, I can only […]
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Boys’ hockey: Old Town/Orono beats Greely in OT to win Class B state title
Old Town/Orono players show off their new Class B state championship plaque to the student section after beating Greely 3-2 in overtime Saturday in Lewiston. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — According to Ben Allan-Rahill, things were all set up for Jake Dubay to score the state championship-winning goal. Instead, Allan-Rahill took a cross-ice feed […]
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Saar steady for UMaine women's basketball team
Dor Saar advances down the court against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County during an American East quarterfinal game at the Cross Insurance Arena on Saturday. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald) Looking for a weakness on the University of Maine women’s basketball team? Don’t look at the Black Bears’ freshman point guard. When Maine played New Hampshire […]
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UMaine men's hockey looking to keep revival going
They grinded out a couple of wins last weekend with good goaltending and just enough offense. Or as University of Maine men’s hockey coach Red Gendron said, “we played to our identity.” The Black Bears, with a first-round series sweep of New Hampshire in the Hockey East playoffs, already are assured of a winning record […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine reaches America East final with win over New Hampshire
University of Maine forward Fanny Wadling and guard Blanca Millan celebrate in the closing seconds of the Black Bears’ win against UNH during an America East semifinal at the Cross Center Arena in Portland on Sunday. (Carl D. Walsh/Porland Press Herald) PORTLAND — They had skill, senior leadership and certainly motivation. But the New Hampshire […]