So much for first-time jitters. On a team making its third consecutive trip to the USCAA Women’s Division II Basketball Tournament, the freshmen came up big Thursday night. Gabby Foy and Samantha Bruce helped lead the Mustangs to a 79-58 win over Warren Wilson at Penn State Fayette. It was the first-ever quarterfinal win for […]
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Women’s college basketball: French’s follow up
AUBURN — Susie French had a tough act to follow. After taking 18 months off from playing basketball, French arrived at Central Maine Community College last season and produced a tremendous year. She helped lead the Mustangs to a YSCC title and a trip to the USCAA National tourney. It was going to be a […]
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College Basketball: CMCC’s Medina knows how to deliver
AUBURN — Luis Medina went from a UPS employee to top delivery man in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. This weekend, Medina hopes to deliver a national championship for Central Maine Community College, which on Thursday enters the USCAA DII National Championships as the top seed. On a team that regularly rotates 14 players […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs enter USCAA tournament as top seed
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College coach Dave Gonyea doesn’t think the USCAA Division II national tournament will come down to five-on-five as much as a combination of 12-on-12 and three-in-three. “It’s a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule,” Gonyea said. “The way we play, the amount of guys we use, I think it benefits us to […]
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Women’s college basketball: CMCC ready for next step
AUBURN — A year ago an appearance in the USCAA Division II National Championship was a bit of a humbling experience for the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team. The Mustangs hope it ultimately proves to be a learning experience as well. CMCC was the top-seed last season and that earned them a game […]
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Women’s college basketball: CMCC women repeat
AUGUSTA — The Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team was taking nothing for granted. With two comfortable wins already in the books against the Moose from the University of Maine at Augusta, the Mustangs weren’t making assumptions about a third Sunday. “We know in a tournament, none of that matters,” said forward Susie French. […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs headed to YSCC finals
SOUTH PORTLAND — Central Maine Community College rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half to win its Yankee Small College Conference tournament semifinal game over University of Maine-Machias, 102-95, on Saturday. Shaun Hill scored 16 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Mustangs’ comeback. Kazre Cummings added 15 […]
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Colleges: Stony Brook tops Maine
STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Ahmad Walker scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to power Stony Brook to its sixth straight win Sunday, this time rolling past Maine, 79-61 to remain undefeated in America East Conference play. Stony Brook (15-6, 7-0) now has won 13 straight conference games, a streak that dates back to last […]
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CMCC faculty contribute to publications
AUBURN — Two faculty members from the nursing program at Central Maine Community College were contributing authors for two recent nursing publications. Peter Miller, M.S., was recently published in Potter, Perry and Elkin’s 5th Edition of “Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills,” published by Elsevier. Miller authored Chapter 27 titled “Therapeutic Use of Heat and Cold.” […]
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Cooper named director
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College President Scott Knapp has announced the appointment of Lisa MacDonald Cooper as the college’s director at the Western Maine University and Community College Center in South Paris. Cooper is responsible for the coordination of CMCC classes offered at the center and other locations in Oxford County. She provides advising […]