Despite a win and a tie at Northeastern, Maine men's hockey drops one spot to #7 in the country in the latest USCHO poll on Monday. Here is the top 20-

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/

Maine men's and women's basketball set to open the season on Monday, November 4. Here are the team previews-

https://easternmainesports.com/2024/10/31/maine-mens-and-womens-basketball-set-to-open-their-season-on-monday/

Husson football is home Saturday in a big Conference of New England game; Maine football takes a huge step up to play Southeastern Conference opponent Oklahoma for the first time ever. Read more here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2024/11/01/husson-football-hosts-western-new-england-in-an-important-cne-game-maine-football-steps-up-to-play-sec-foe-oklahoma-in-norman/

America East announces end of the season women's soccer award winners. Maine for a second straight year wins Coaching Staff of the Season-

https://americaeast.com/news/2024/11/5/2024wsocmajorawards.aspx

#7 Maine men's hockey looks to bounce back as they host #11 Boston University for a two game series this weekend; The Black Bears also looking to snap their six game losing streak to the Terriers. Read the story here- https://easternmainesports.com/2024/11/13/maine-mens-hockey-looks-to-bounce-back-at-home-against-boston-university/

Two schools that rank in the top 60 out of 339 Division I women's soccer teams in goals allowed are set to collide in the Midwest on Friday night, as Maine is at Wisconsin in a First Round NCAA Tournament game.

Read the preview here- https://easternmainesports.com/2024/11/14/defensive-minded-black-bears-and-badgers-to-square-off-in-the-ncaa-tournament-in-wisconsin-friday-night/

The latest USCHO National Rankings and Pairwise as released on Monday, November 18. Maine is tied for #5 in national rank, and is at #5 by themselves in the pairwise. Full polls below-

National Rank:

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/

Pairwise:

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/

Border Battle this weekend as #5 Maine men's hockey tries to break a seven game winless streak in Durham against #21 UNH, and Maine football will host the #24 Wildcats and will look to take back the Brice-Cowell Musket for the first time since 2021.

Previews here- https://easternmainesports.com/2024/11/21/maine-unh-to-renew-border-battle-rivalry-in-hockey-and-football-this-week/

The University of Maine Athletics Department held a ground breaking ceremony for Morse Arena and the New Balance Track and Field/Soccer Complex on Saturday.

Read the story here- https://goblackbears.com/news/2024/11/23/alfond-fund-maine-athletics-hosts-groundbreaking-celebration-for-morse-arena-new-balance-track-field-and-soccer-complex.aspx

#5 Maine men's hockey travels to New York this Saturday and Sunday afternoon for a non-conference series against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Black Bears head coach Ben Barr was a player and a volunteer assistant coach with the Engineers.

Read the preview here- https://goblackbears.com/news/2024/11/25/mens-ice-hockey-preview-5-maine-heads-to-rpi-for-non-conference-series.aspx

Maine women's hockey with a unique opportunity this weekend, welcoming in the #1 team in the country the Wisconsin Badgers (15-1) for a two-game series beginning tonight at Alfond Arena.

Preview here- https://goblackbears.com/news/2024/11/26/womens-ice-hockey-preview-maine-womens-ice-hockey-set-to-host-the-no-1-ranked-wisconsin-badgers.aspx

Maine men's hockey stays #5 in the country in the poll released today, December 2 by USCHO. Black Bears now ranked #3 in the pairwise.

Here is the poll with the Top 20 national rankings-

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/