Several state of Maine soccer teams are headed out on the road this week to compete on the bigger stage of national tournaments, including the Maine Black Bears women’s team who are the back to back America East Champions after shutting out UNH 3-0 on Sunday in Orono in the title game.
Maine (13-1-3) will be heading to Madison, Wisconsin to battle the Wisconsin Badgers (9-5-4) out of the Big 10 Conference at 8 p.m. on Friday. The Black Bears carry a 12-game unbeaten streak into that matchup (11-0-1), and will look to win their first ever NCAA Tournament contest after falling in the first round last season 3-0 at Harvard. The only common opponent between the two teams is Rutgers with the Black Bears falling 3-0 (only loss of the season), and the Badgers suffering a 1-0 defeat to the Scarlet Knights.
In Division III- Husson women’s soccer returns to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, as they travel to play the regional host and nationally ranked #18 New York University for a rematch of a game played earlier this season. The Eagles fell to NYU on the same field 6-1 back on September 7. The Eagles are on an eight game win streak.
Colby women’s soccer is at the MIT Regional to face Claremont-Mudd Scripps College, while the women’s team from the University of Southern Maine travels to their regional at The College of New Jersey to battle nationally ranked Johns Hopkins.
And on the men’s soccer side- Bowdoin also got an at-large bid and will have a long travel out to regional host Trinity (Texas) to take on Hardin-Simmons University, while the North Atlantic Conference Champion Thomas College Terriers will be at the Tufts Regional and their first round opponent is Buffalo State.
Here is the Division III schedule involving Maine teams:
Women’s Soccer
Saturday, November 16
11 a.m. Husson (13-7-1) at *New York University (10-2-6) *-regional host
1:30 p.m. Colby College (11-5-2) vs Claremont-Mudd Scripps College (13-3-3) at MIT Regional
1:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine (15-2-3) vs Johns Hopkins (15-2-3) at The College of New Jersey Regional
Men’s Soccer
Friday, November 15
8:30 p.m. Bowdoin College (7-5-5) vs Hardin-Simmons University (12-5-2) at Trinity, Texas Regional
Saturday, November 16
7:30 p.m. Thomas College (13-1-4) vs Buffalo State (15-2-3) at Tufts Regional
On the USCAA level- The Central Maine Community College Mustangs men’s soccer team (15-1-1), who won the Yankee Small College Conference Championship, will be competing in the national tournament when they take on Johnson & Wales (North Carolina) in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania in pool play on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. CMCC is riding a 10-game win streak.
