Southern Maine beat Keene State 1-0 on Saturday, Nov. 7, to win the Little East Conference field hockey tournament and the league's automatic NCAA Division III bid. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the University of Maine women's basketball team beat Merrimack 87-62 and the men lost to Manhattan 68-62. This roundup reflects results posted as final as of 6:40 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Nov. 8. All times are Eastern.
Conference titles
Sophomore Addison Battis scored in the 22nd minute and freshman goalkeeper Haylee Romasco made seven saves for top-seeded Southern Maine (15-7), which won its second Little East title since 2023. Husson women's soccer (10-5-2) beat Lesley 2-0 for its sixth North Atlantic Conference championship, with goals from Hailey Tarbox and Jaquie Pangburn. The Husson men (8-7-3) tied Thomas 1-1 through 110 minutes and lost the NAC title game 6-5 on penalty kicks.
Bowdoin field hockey (13-4) lost 2-0 to Middlebury in the NESCAC semifinal at Tufts on Saturday. Tufts then beat Middlebury 2-0 in Sunday's NESCAC championship game. Bowdoin's release said it was likely to receive an at-large NCAA bid; the field was announced Sunday at 9 p.m. on NCAA.com.
Black Bears
Women's basketball (2-0) is off to its first 2-0 start since 2020. Maddie Fitzpatrick had 19 points and nine rebounds. The men's loss to Manhattan was 68-62 at home.
Both hockey teams won Saturday. Owen Fowler scored 19 seconds in and Albin Boija made 16 saves as the men's team won 2-0, a night after a 2-1 loss. Maine is 5-5 and 1-3 in Hockey East. The women beat Boston University 3-0 on goals from Lily Fetch, Raegan Wurm and Kendall Sundby, and are 5-6-1 overall.
Football and volleyball
On Sunday, Thomas beat Husson 5-3 in the Central Maine Collegiate Field Hockey Conference championship in Waterville. Maine-Presque Isle's men beat Fisher 109-104 and its women won 73-40, UMPI says. Norwich beat the University of New England 81-75 and Clark edged Husson 60-59 in men's basketball season openers. Thomas's women won 56-43 at Mount Holyoke. Maine women's soccer lost 2-0 at Bryant in the America East semifinals, the school's schedule shows.
Bates beat Bowdoin 10-7 on Saturday on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 1:07 left, leaving Bowdoin 0-8 and Bates 1-7. Husson beat Nichols 42-14 and the University of New England beat Curry 42-7; both are 4-5. Maine Maritime lost 70-7 at Western New England and is 0-9.
Bowdoin volleyball beat Tufts 3-2 in the NESCAC quarterfinals. Top-seeded Colby swept Hamilton 3-0. Husson split a doubleheader with Thomas and clinched an NAC tournament berth.
Week ahead
Maine's men visit Rhode Island on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 13, the Black Bears women host Oregon at 7 p.m., Bowdoin visits Colby in the NESCAC volleyball semifinal at 5 p.m., the Maine men play at Vermont at 7 p.m., and the Maine women host Holy Cross at 5 p.m. (both hockey series continue Saturday).
On Saturday, Nov. 14, Maine football plays at UAlbany at noon, Colby visits Bowdoin at 1 p.m., and Maine Maritime men's basketball opens the Jim Beaudry Classic at the University of New England at 5 p.m. The NAC volleyball semifinals are also Saturday, with times to be determined, and the title match is Sunday, Nov. 15.
