Umaine recaps
Maine men's basketball bounces back after their second conference loss with home win over NJIT, the women fall to the Highlanders on the road to snap their five game win streak.
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Taylor Makar threw on his Superman cape and scored two tying goals in the third period Friday night, as Maine men's hockey salvaged a road tie at Providence College. The Black Bears took an extra conference point in the shootout. Makar now has six goals in his last four games.
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Lily Fetch scores the game winner, while freshman goaltender Kiia Lahtinen picks up her first career shutout in leading Maine women's hockey to an upset win over #13 Northeastern at Alfond Arena Friday night.
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Caroline Bornemann had a game-high 21 points on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't enough as Maine women's basketball dropped their second straight game in a road loss to UMBC.
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Maine men's basketball uses an early second half run to pull away from UMBC for their 8th conference win on February 8.
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Albin Boija stands tall, and Taylor Makar scores for a seventh time in his last five games in overtime as #5 Maine men's hockey took four of a possible six road conference points with a 1-0 Saturday night win over #7 Providence College.
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Harrison Scott ends his goal less drought in the final minute to salvage a Maine tie with UNH on Friday night in men's hockey action at Alfond Arena; the Black Bears win the shootout to take the extra conference point and are now tied with Boston College for first place.
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Justin Neely scores 29 points to rally Albany men's basketball over Maine, and in Orono the Black Bears women's team had their 19-game home win streak vs conference opponents broken in a loss to the Great Danes.
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Men's- https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/21/neely-helps-to-rally-albany-past-maine-mens-basketball/
Lynden Breen returned to the ice for #4 Maine men's hockey Friday night, and the Black Bears end their 0-32 powerplay drought with two goals on the extra man but fall short as Jake Richard scores twice including a powerplay marker in overtime as #11 UConn takes down the Black Bears 3-2 in Storrs.
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Maine women's hockey clinched the #6 seed in the conference and a bye into the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Holy Cross at Alfond Arena Friday night. Ava Stevenson scored the game winner in the second period, Stephanie Jacob had two goals, and freshman Kiia Lahtinen made 24 saves in net. Eight different Black Bears recorded at least one point. Maine (11-20-2, 10-14-2 in Hockey East) take on the Crusaders again on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the regular season finale on Senior Day in Orono.
Maine baseball and softball both picked up their first wins of the season on Friday, February 21st. Baseball opened up a three game series with a 4-2 win at the Citadel, while softball won their first game of the day at the Mardi Gras Classic in Alabama by mercy rule in six innings over Texas A&M Corpus Christi 9-1. The Black Bears were mercy ruled in Game 2 by Lipscomb.
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Softball recaps- https://goblackbears.com/news/2025/2/21/softball-maine-tops-texas-am-corpus-christi-falls-to-lipscomb.aspx
On Saturday, February 22nd- Maine women's basketball rallies from 12 down in the fourth quarter to shock Binghamton at home, while the men's team loses a tough one on the road to the Bearcats.
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Blauenfeldt, Gallego spark Maine women's basketball to a win over UNH
Asta Blauenfeldt and Paula Gallego both scored in double figures Thursday night, as Maine held off UNH 62-48 in America East women's basketball action on Skip Chappelle Court at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono. It was the final home game of the regular season for the Black Bears.
Maine shot a blistering 56% from the field in the first half and led by as many as 16, taking a 34-18 advantage to the halftime break. UNH fought back as the Black Bears only shot 30% in the third period, outscoring the hosts 18-7 to cut it to 41-36 heading into the final 10 minutes. The Wildcats were still within six with 7:20 to play, before Maine used a run of 11-4 to put it away. The victory also gives head coach Amy Vachon the most wins in program history, surpassing Joanne Palombo-McCallie with 168.
Blauenfeldt had a team-high 18 points (4-8 three-pointers) in the win, also adding two rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Gallego had 13 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Sera Hodgson, Caroline Bornemann, and Olivia Rockwood contributed eight points a piece. Bornemann also chipped in 10 rebounds, six assists, and four steals. Eva DeChent had a game-high 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds for UNH in the loss. The Wildcats will now get ready for postseason as they end their regular season at 10-19 and 4-12 in America East.
Maine (14-14, 9-6 in the conference) conclude their regular season with a road trip to Rhode Island to battle Bryant University on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Tynes, Lopez, Burns help Maine men's basketball end three game losing streak
Kellen Tynes, AJ Lopez, and Quion Burns all scored in double figures on Thursday night as Maine ended a three game losing streak by topping UNH 73-66 in America East men's basketball action at Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, New Hampshire.
UNH held the lead several times in the first half as did Maine, but neither team had more than a three point edge until the Black Bears made a run of 11-2 over the final 4:31. Christopher Mantis made a three-pointer, Jaden Clayton nailed a jumper, and Lopez buried a three-pointer and completed a three-point play during the spurt to give the guests the lead for good 38-30 at the break. Maine took their biggest lead of the night on another three-pointer by Lopez at 56-44 with 11:45 left to play, but the pesky Wildcats wouldn't go away using a run of their own of 18-10 in cutting their deficit all the way down to 66-62 with 1:22 remaining. A three-pointer by Tynes and a homerun inbound pass for a layup by Quion Burns would seal it in the final minute for the Black Bears.
Tynes led the way in the win with 16 points (3-4 three-pointers), also adding seven rebounds and five assists. Lopez finished with 15 points, while Burns put in 13 points (3-5 three-pointers) and filled up the stat sheet with nine rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocked shots. Maine shot 52.2% from three-point range (12-23). Mantis (3-7 three-pointers) and Killian Gribben also contributed nine points a piece, with Mantis also hauling in six rebounds. Sami Pissis led all scorers with 24 points and five rebounds in the loss for UNH. The Wildcats fall to 8-22 and 6-9 in America East.
Maine is now 17-12 and 9-5 in conference play, and will return to Orono to play their final two regular season games starting with Bryant University on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Bulldogs handed the Black Bears an 81-55 setback in the America East opener in Rhode Island back on January 4th.
Makar records first career hat trick, as Maine men's hockey upends Vermont on Friday night
ORONO- With his parents in attendance on Friday night, senior forward Taylor Makar got Senior Weekend off to a great start as he netted his first career hat trick and #5 Maine defeated Vermont 4-1 in men's Hockey East action at Alfond Arena.
Makar scored his first of the night on the powerplay at 19:14 of the first period, off a terrific pass from Frank Djurasevic for a 1-0 Maine lead. Vermont had a great opportunity to tie it or take the lead as they had a 5 on 3 powerplay for a 1:21 in the second. The Black Bears though did a great job to kill that off, and minutes later got a 5 on 3 of their own that they cashed in on to double their advantage. A shot from the high center point by Djurasevic went off the leg of Makar and into the net at 10:01 for the eventual game winner to make it 2-0. The Catamounts did cut into the deficit after Charlie Russell took a goaltender interference penalty in the third period. Isak Walther put the guests on the board with a powerplay tally at 9:04. Makar completed his three goal night just over two minutes later, slamming home a rebound after a pad save on a shot by Brandon Chabrier at 11:10. Just 1:31 later at 12:41, Grayson Arnott also scored on a rebound for his second goal of the season to put it
Makar led all point getters in the Maine win with his three goal performance. Makar now has scored 10 goals in the last nine games (16 on the season), and the two powerplay goals are the first two of the year in the extra man situation. Djurasevic had two assists, while Oskar Komarov, Nicholas Niemo, Nolan Renwick, Josh Nadeau, Chabrier, and Russell had one each. Albin Boija made 26 saves, and the Black Bears went 2-5 on the powerplay. They have now gone 4 for their last 7 on the extra man in their last two games, after the 0-31 slump over the nine games previous to that. Simon Jellus and Sebastian Tornqvist had an assist each on the goal by Waltham in the loss for Vermont. The Catamounts went 1-6 on the powerplay, and Axel Mangbo stopped 34 shots. UVM is now 11-17-3 and 6-13-2 in Hockey East. Maine (20-6-5, 12-4-5) will battle Vermont again to finish off the regular season home schedule on Senior Night on Saturday. Face-off is set for 7 p.m.
