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.

Read the full recaps here- https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/06/maine-mens-basketball-beats-njit-at-home-women-fall-on-the-road-to-the-highlanders/

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.

Read the full recap here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/07/makar-steps-up-huge-in-the-third-period-as-maine-ties-and-steals-a-point-in-providence/

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.

Read the recap here- https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/07/fetch-lahtinen-lead-maine-womens-hockey-to-upset-win-over-northeastern/

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.

Read the recap here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/08/maine-womens-basketball-drops-second-straight-game-in-road-loss-to-umbc/

Maine men's basketball uses an early second half run to pull away from UMBC for their 8th conference win on February 8.

Read the full recap here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/08/maine-mens-basketball-pulls-away-from-umbc-for-eighth-conference-win/

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.

Read the full recap here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/08/boija-comes-up-huge-and-makar-scores-again-as-maine-mens-hockey-wins-in-overtime-in-providence/

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.

Read the recap here-

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/14/a-late-third-period-goal-by-harrison-scott-propels-maine-to-a-tie-and-shootout-win-over-unh/

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.

Recaps:

Men's- https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/21/neely-helps-to-rally-albany-past-maine-mens-basketball/

Women's- https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/21/maine-womens-basketball-drops-fourth-straight-conference-game-for-the-first-time-in-12-years/

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.

Recap here- 

https://easternmainesports.com/2025/02/21/richard-scores-two-goals-including-the-game-winner-in-ot-as-uconn-tops-maine-mens-hockey/

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.

Baseball recap- 

https://goblackbears.com/news/2025/2/21/baseball-takes-down-the-citadel-for-their-first-win-of-the-season.aspx

Softball recaps- https://goblackbears.com/news/2025/2/21/softball-maine-tops-texas-am-corpus-christi-falls-to-lipscomb.aspx