St. Pierre, Beavers Edged by Husson at Home

FARMINGTON, Maine – University of Maine at Farmington men's lacrosse (0-6, 0-3) senior Travis St. Pierre (Sebago, Maine/Mountain Valley) scored a pair of goals to lead the team in a 18-4 North Atlantic Conference loss to Husson University (3-5-3-0) on Wednesday afternoon at Prescott Field.

The Beavers were playing defense for most of the opening half, but only trailed 4-0 after the opening period. After the Eagles added two goals to start the second quarter, St. Pierre got UMF on the scoreboard just under the nine-minute mark.

The Beavers drew an Eagles penalty and cashed in. Cameron McAllister (Yarmouth, Maine/Hampden Academy) passed off to his left to a wide-open St. Pierre, who with two steps fired a laser into the net for his seventh goal of the season.

Justin Roberge (Sanford, Maine/Sanford) tallied UMF's first goal of the second half with 12:26

Colby Tops UMF in Back and Forth Battle

WATERVILLE, Maine – University of Maine at Farmington baseball (8-4) came back and either held a lead or tied the ballgame in four separate innings, but came up short in the end with a 7-6 non-conference loss at Colby College (4-8).

Colby jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings but UMF answered with three runs in the top of the third. With two outs in the inning, Ben Keene (Livermore, Maine/Spruce Mountain) roped a two-run single and then moved into scoring position after a Colby error. Tom Grady (Whitefield, Maine/Erskine Academy) followed with an RBI single of his own to give the Beavers their first lead of the day, 3-2.

The Mules retook the lead with two more runs in the bottom of the frame. The scoreboard would proceed to read all zeros until Farmington tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the sixth inning.

Riley Chickering (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford) lined a one-out double and then Mark Leahy (Rochester, N.H./Spaulding) drove Chickering home with an RBI single.

Sean Cabaniss (Vassalboro, Maine/Erskine Academy) launched a sacrifice fly to right field in the top of the seventh inning to plate a run and gave the Beavers a 4-3 advantage.

Colby bounced back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI groundout and a single.

Chickering hit a clutch two-out single in the top of the eighth as UMF tied the game once more. Chickering blooped a single into left center and Grayson Beressi (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) hustled home to beat the throw from the outfield

In the bottom of the eighth, the Mules drove home a run with a single for the final margin of victory.
Keene and Chickering finished 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored. Beressi was also 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Kyle Peterson (Bethel, Maine/Telstar) pitched a complete game for the Beavers with three strikeouts while giving up four earned runs on nine hits.

 

UMaine-Farmington starts conference play on Tuesday with a trip to Thomas College.

UMF Field Hockey has Six Selected to NFHCA Scholars of Distinction

FARMINGTON, Maine – The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) selected six University of Maine at Farmington field hockey team student-athletes to the 2015 ZAG Field Hockey / NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction on Wednesday.

The six Beavers include -- Lee-Anne Greenleaf (Gardiner, Maine/Gardiner); Emily Lewia (Wells, Maine/Wells); Emma Martineau (Greene, Maine/Leavitt); Torrie Nightingale (Bangor, Maine/Bangor); Patty Smith (Gorham, Maine/Gorham); and Andrea Stemm (Gorham, Maine/Gorham).

These six student-athletes also made the NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad and UMF was honored as a NFHCA National Academic Team.

The Scholars of Distinction are student-athletes who achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 2015-16 academic year.

For the complete list of Scholars of Distinction, click HERE. 

Yama Leads Beavers to Season-Opening Win at UMPI

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – University of Maine at Farmington (1-0-0) sophomore Yusuf Yama (Goma, Congo/Portland) netted a pair of goals to lead the Beavers to a season-opening victory over the University of Maine at Presque Isle with Wednesday's 4-0 shutout in non-conference action.
Yama put the first goal into the back of the net at the 7:28 mark to give the Beavers an early 1-0 edge.
Ibrahim Achekh (Aboudeia, Chad/Lewiston) doubled the UMF lead with his first goal of the season in the 26^th minute.

UMF held onto the 2-0 lead late into the second half when the offense kicked in two more goals for the final margin of victory. Yama added his second goal of the in the 61^st minute after Achekh dished the assist.

With ten minutes remaining in the contest, Tristan Price (Moultonborough, N.H./Moultonborough Academy) charted his first career goal after getting the assist from Ryan Fairbanks.

Matt Wilson (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) earned his first career win and shutout with the victory. Wilson and the UMF defense were locked down for the entire contest and did not allow a shot on goal.

UMaine-Farmington will play Pine Manor on Saturday at Leib Field for the team's home opener.