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 -Maine Sports Stories Week of 2/7/99
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Huskies Hang On to Beat Anchorwomen 68-62

Colby Rebounds To Defeat Trinity

UMF Survives in 5 Overtimes - Rivers Has Career Game

Huskies Knock Off Anchormen 74-59

Bowdoin Women's Hockey Defeats Amherst, 10-0

Reid Lifts Niagara Over Colby

Amherst Edges Colby In Defensive Battle

Colby Outduels Amherst, 74-69

Colby Outduels Amherst, 74-69

Colby Blasts Trinity, 3-1

Ice-Cold Colby Gets Mauled By Amherst

Bowdoin's Women's Basketball Hits The Road For Tough Weekend

Bowdoin Dusts Colby

Bowdoin Women's Ice Hockey Looking To Clinch

Scores From Wednesday 02/10/99

White Mules Dump Polar Bears

BATES WOMEN HANDLE ST. JOSEPH'S, 69-53

Huskies Stun Panthers 81-67

Demo Scores Career-High 19 Points to Lead Huskies Past Panthers

Lovely Leads Bowdoin Over Colby

UMaine-Farmington Edges Colby, 66-60

Maine Blanks Bowdoin Wolf, Misikowetz lead Black Bears

BATES SWIMMING AND DIVING SWEEPS BOWDOIN

BATES FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS

Men's Little East Rookie of the Week

U-Maine Hockey Rank Second Best In Nation

BATE'S KING NAMED MAINE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

UMaine Football Announces 27 NLI Commitments for 1999

Scores From Saturday 6th /Sunday 7th

UMO Men's Hockey Defeats New Hampshire

WCSU Colonials Nip USM Women Huskies in Overtime, 47-46

Colby Women Victorious At Final Challenge Cup

Bates Mens Track Over Colby & U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Farmington Men Stops Maine-Presque Isle

Farmington Women Defeat UMPI - Fletcher Leads the Way

Higgins Leads Williams Over Colby

BATES WOMEN ROLL OVER CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 88-56

CONN. COLLEGE HANDLES BATES MEN, 98-63

     GORHAM, Maine  --  Senior Susan Ware (Owls Head, Maine) scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds as the University of Southern Maine Huskies hung on to beat the visiting  Rhode Island College Anchorwomen 68-62 in a Little East Conference game Saturday afternoon at the Warren G. Hill Gymnasium.
    The win was the Huskies' 15th in their last 16 games, and improves their overall record to 19-3.  Southern Maine is 11-1 in conference play and retains a share of first place with Connecticut.  Rhode Island College slips to 12-8 overall and 6-6 in the conference.
    Southern Maine led by 11 (66-55) with 2:20 to play after senior Tracy Libby (Falmouth,Maine) converted a pair of free throws.  The Huskies then proceeded to miss nine straight throws over the next two minutes as the Anchorwomen closed the gap to four (66-62) with 1:15 play thanks to a 7-0 run.  Junior Christine Martin (Middletown, R.I.) made four free throws, senior MeLeah Hall (Coventry, R.I.) tossed in a three-point shot for the seven .  Ware's two free throws with ten seconds left sealed the decision.  Overall,
the Huskies just six of 23 charity tosses.
    The game was tight throughout the first half as the Anchorwomen chipped away at USM lead.  Senior Angel Elderkin (East Providence, R.I.) gave the Huskies a three-point lead at the break (33-30) when she hit a shot from the corner at the buzzer for the last of her seven points.
    Southern Maine junior guard Julie Plant (Gorham, Maine) tossed in 14 points, and Libby  finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots.
    Hall took game-high scoring honors with 17 points and dished out a game-high assists.  Junior Jen Cook (West Warwick, R.I.) added 11 points before fouling out with 1:49 to play.  Southern Maine held a 51-35 edge on
the boards.

HARTFORD, Conn. - After a disappointing loss at Amherst last night, the Colby College women's basketball team came back strong against Trinity College, defeating the Bantams by a score of 68-53 on Saturday afternoon. The White Mules improve their record to 11-10, while Trinity falls to 11-7.
    After taking a 32-29 lead into halftime, Colby used strong defense to pull away in the second half, holding the Bantams to just nine field goals on 38 attempts. The White Mules also controlled the glass, outrebounding Trinity
by a 48-32 margin for the game.
    Colby was led by sophomore Amanda Cochrane (Arlington, Mass./Arlington), who scored a game-high 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Sophomore Kim Condon (Presque Isle, Me./Presque Isle) added
14 points for the Mules, while junior guard Jenn Freese (Veazie, Me./Orono) bounced back from a nagging ankle injury to score 10 points, grab six
boards and dish out nine assists.
    The Bantams were paced by first-year guard Allison Hadden, who nailed four of her eight three-point attempts on her way to 16 points.

Machias, Maine -- UMF junior guard Jared Rivers scored 37 points and grabbed 29 rebounds to bring UMF (12-10, 9-4) to a 122-120 five overtime victory in Machias.  UMF got its fourth win in a row with good inside work
by senior center Steve Toland who scored 33 points and 8 rebounds.  Machias was led by senior forward Zeke Bojic with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.
     UMF senior Shawn Spadea had 24 points to go with 9 rebounds in the winning effort.  Senior point guard Brian Regan added 15 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the year, while junior guard Daren Meader handed out an incredible 16 assists and had 10 rebounds and amassing 5 steals.
     UMF hosts the hot Bowdoin Polar Bears Wednesday night in Farmington at 7:30PM.  Bowdoin has recently won four in a row including Middlebury, Colby, Trinity and Amherst.

        GORHAM, Maine  --  Senior Andy MacVane (South Portland, Maine) equaled his career high of 19 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the visiting Rhode Island College Anchormen 74-59 in Little East Conference basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Warren G. Hill Gymnasium.
        The win improves the Huskies overall mark to 13-9 and 7-5 in the Little East.  The 13 wins are the most by a USM team since the 1992-93 season.  Rhode Island College drops to 6-16 overall and 2-10 in conference play.
        MacVane scored 12 first half points as the Huskies built a 40-35 lead at the break.  The Anchormen stayed close throughout the half behind the three-point shooting of sophomore Ken Payette (Woonsocket, R.I.), who hit four long-range shots in the first half.
        The Huskies broke the game open midway through the second half with an 8-0 run that ballooned an eight-point lead (52-44) into a 16-point margin (60-44).  MacVane's basket and foul shot capped the run.
        RIC made one last surge to cut the lead from 18 (68-50) to 11 (68-57) on a pair of free throws by junior Will Robinson (West Warwick, R.I.) with 1:26 to play, but the Huskies converted six-of-six free throws in the final minute to offset a lone basket by Robinson for the final margin.
        Sophomore Rodney Broussard (Casco, Maine) supported MacVane's effort with 14 points, and senior Mike Fennessy (Lewiston, Maine) added 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
        Robinson led all scorers with 25 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.  Payette, who was held scoreless in the second half, and senior Andy Tourangeau (West Warwick, R.I.) had 12 points apiece.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Corby Baumann (Excelsior, Minn.), Liz MacNeil (Lincoln, Mass.) and Amy Steel (W. Hartford, Conn.) each scored two goals to lead the Bowdoin women's ice hockey team to a 10-0 victory over Amherst on Saturday evening. With the victory, the Polar Bears move just one game away from clinching the East Division of the ECAC Women's Division III league which assures them of a playoff berth.
        Bowdoin (10-6-1) would get all it would need early in the second period when Steel and MacNeil scored goals 14 seconds apart. The lead would balloon to 4-0 by the end of the first period and five more Polar Bears goals would put the lead at 9-0 heading into the final stanza.
        Emily Ewell (Meredith, N.H.) chipped in a rebound six minutes into the final frame to round out the scoring for the evening. Katie Worthing (Brunswick, Maine) turned away 13 shots to pick up the victory while Emma Trask (Pennington, N.J.) and Sarah Evans (Columbus, Ohio) team up to stop 25 shots for Amherst (6-10-1).

WATERVILLE, Maine - Niagara University sophomore Amanda Reid (Hamilton, Ont.) recorded a hat trick on Saturday to lead the Lady Eagles' women's ice hockey team past Colby College by a score of 5-0. The win improves Niagara's season record to 7-13-1, while the White Mules fall to 0-18-0.
    The Eagles took an early lead on a short-handed goal by Jessica Tennier (Niagara Falls, Ont.) at 6:55 of the first, and Reid would add two more later in the period. After a scoreless second period, Niagara iced the win with two more goals in the final 20 minutes of play. First-year Barbara Prall (Hull, Mass.) assisted three of the Eagles' five goals on the day.
    Colby sophomore Josephine Chapman (Bristol, R.I./Moses Brown) made 67 saves in defeat, while Tania Pinelli (Hamilton, Ont.) and Vicky Topper (Kenmore, N.Y.) combined to make eight saves for Niagara.

WATERVILLE, Maine - The Amherst College men's ice hockey team scored two power play goals in the second period, and senior Chris Addesa (Andover, Mass./Phillips Exeter) stopped 18 of 19 shots as the Lord Jeffs escaped Alfond Arena with a 2-1 victory over Colby on Saturday. The Jeffs improve their season record to 17-3-0, while the White Mules drop to 11-7-4.
     After a scoreless first period, senior forward Charlie Blythe (Beaconsfield, Que./Choate Rosemary Hall) beat Colby goalie Jason Cherella (Onset, Mass./Canterbury School) on the power play at 3:20 of the second to give Amherst a 1-0 lead.
     Colby answered at 8:36 of the same period, as junior Scott Richardson (Sackville, N.B./Moncton Flyers) scored an unassisted power play goal to tie the game at 1-1. Less than a minute later, however, the Lord Jeffs took the lead for good, as senior Rob MacDonald (Walpole, Mass./Taft School) capitalized on another Colby penalty by scoring the eventual game-winner at 9:32.
     Cherella finished the game with 35 saves for the White Mules, who were outshot in the contest by a margin of 37-19.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Bowdoin College senior David Lovely (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) scored 21 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out five assists helping the Polar Bears defeat archrival Colby on Tuesday evening, 68-58. Lovely's big game not only boosted the Polar Bears, but a foul shot early in the second half allowed him to become the 15th player in Bowdoin history to score 1,000 points.

The teams came out of the gate cold as Bowdoin (11-7) held a 11-10 lead with 9:00 minutes left in the first half. The Polar Bears built a nine-point lead on back-to-back deep three-pointers from Nate Houser (Medway, Mass./Xaverian) and a fast-break layup from Hugh Coleman (Boston, Mass./Charlestown) at 27-16. After a time out, Colby (11-8) used a pair of three-balls from James Spidle (Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) to go on a 15-5
run to take a 32-31 lead at the half.

Five lead changes and five ties marked the first 10 minutes of the second half before Dave Baranowski (Amherst, Mass./Souhegan) scored eight straight points to give the Polar Bears a 57-54 lead they would never lose. Baranowski also grabbed nine rebounds and made six blocked shots in the victory.

Spidle led the way for Colby with 19 while the Bowdoin defense held the White Mules' leading scorer Ken Allen (Monson, Maine/Bangor) to just four points.

High Scool Results

Eastern Maine Preliminary Basketball Games
Class C Boys  - Piscataquis 65, Washington Acad 49
Class D Boys  - Wisdom 60, Lubec 58

Boys Basketball
Presque Isle 58, Caribou 51
Skowhegan 56, Waterville 51
Calais 84, Jonesport Beals 78 - Downeast Conference Championships
Van Buren 69, Central Aroostook 61 - Aroostook League Championships

Girls Basketball
Calais 64, Jonesport Beals 54 - Downeast Conference Championships
Messalonskee 64, Lawrence 45

College Results
Men's Basketball
UMO 102, Hartford 91
USM 81, Plymouth 67

Women's Basketball
UMO 80, Vermont 59 - McCormick six 3-pointers ties school record.
Bates 69, St. Joseph's 53
USM 69, Plymouth 54

Men's Hockey
Colby 3, Bowdoin 1

WATERVILLE, Maine - Colby College sophomore Scott Richardson (Sackville, N.B./Moncton Flyers) netted his 12th and 13th goals of the season as the White Mules defeated the Bowdoin College Polar Bears by a score of 3-1 in intercollegiate men's ice hockey action on Wednesday night. The victory improves Colby's record to 10-6-4, while Bowdoin falls to 9-9-2.

Richardson scored on a slapshot midway through the first period to give the White Mules, ranked eighth in the latest NCAA East poll, an early 1-0 lead. Bowdoin came back to tie the game late in the period, however, as junior Josh Weiner (Red Hook, N.Y./Red Hook) scored just his second goal of the
season on the power play at 18:43.

Colby regained the lead on the power play just two minutes into the second period, as Richardson's wrist shot from the corner deflected of a Bowdoin defenseman's skate and trickled in, giving the White Mules a 2-1 advantage.

Polar Bear goalie Josh Clifford (Abington, Mass./Holderness) would keep the game close over the next 36 minutes, but Colby clinched the victory with two minutes left in the game, as sophomore Chris Tashjian (Stoneham, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) fed Steve Cunningham (Hamilton, Ont./St. Louis Sting) on a 2-on-1 break to  give the Mules a 3-1 edge.

Clifford played well in place of Colin Robinson (Mason, N.H./Lawrence Academy), who missed the game with an injury, as the junior goaltender made 38 saves in defeat for Bowdoin. Senior assistant captain Jason Cherella
(Onset, Mass./Canterbury School), who was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference and New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past weekend, had another fine
game for Colby, making 19 saves on 20 shots.

WATERVILLE, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's squash team defeated the White Mules of Colby College on Wednesday by a score of 7-2, marking the second time this season that the Polar Bears took down their arch rivals.

Despite the defeat, Colby got solid performances from juniors Emily Young (Lincoln, Mass./Lincoln) and Emily Mahlman (Philadelphia, Penn.). Young came back from two sets down to win 3-2 in the number eight slot, while Mahlman won by a 3-2 margin at number nine.

The White Mules will next compete at the Howe Cup at Harvard University on February 19.

STANDISH, Maine - The Bates College women's basketball team (17-1) had one of their best shooting performances of the season, hitting 54.5 percent from the floor as the Bobcats defeated the St. Joseph's College Monks (18-5), 69-53.

The game was close buy low-scoring for the early part of the first half. With Bates leading, 15-13, with eight minutes remaining in the opening stanza, the Bobcats went on a 26-15 run over the next five and a half minutes. Bates took its biggest lead of the first half on an offensive rebound by first-year guard Sarah Williamson (Plainfield, N.J.), and Bates took a 31-21 lead into the lockerroom. In the second half, the Bobcats maintained their 10-point cushion over the first five minutes before going on an 18-8 run over an eight minute span that put the game out of reach at 53-33 with 7:50 remaining.

Bates was led by junior forward Emily King (Lebanon, N.H.), who had a game-high 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Williamson had a career-high 12 points off the bench on five-of-seven shooting, including both of her 3-point attempts. Junior guard Jolene Thurston (Post Mills, Vt.) had 12 points on six-of-nine shootiing. Sophomore Katy Dutille (Lebanon, N.H.) had eight rebounds, while senior guard Colleen McCrave (Walpole, Mass.) had seven assists and five steals.

PLYMOUTH, N.H.  --  Sophomore Wade Millett (East Waterboro, Maine) came off the bench to lead five University of Southern Maine Huskies in double figures by scoring a career-high 15 points as the Huskies stunned the second place Plymouth State College Panthers, 81-67, in a Little East Conference game Wednesday night.

The win snaps the Huskies' three-game losing skid and improves their overall record to 12-9.  Southern Maine, in the middle of red hot race for a home berth in the upcoming Little East playoffs,  is now 6-5 in conference play.  The loss drops Plymouth State to 14-6 overall and 8-3 in the  conference.

The teams played through six ties and eight lead changes in the second half before the Huskies put together a 20-5 run over the final 4:47 to take home the win and avenge an 83-65 loss to Panthers in January.  The win was the Huskies first against the Panthers since the 1995-96 season.

Southern Maine sophomore Rodney Broussard (Casco, Maine) followed Millett's 15 points with 13 points and nine rebounds.  Senior Mike Fennessy (Lewiston, Maine) contributed 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.  Junior guard Corey Zimmerman (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) added 12 points, and Scott finished with 10 points in his first start.

Martinez shared team-high scoring honors with senior Adam DeChristopher (Brockton, Mass.) as each scored 13 points.  McQueen and Pettiford-Jones each finished with 12 points.  Southern Maine did a much better defensive job in the second half limiting Martinez, McQueen and Pettiford-Jones to just six points in the second half.

PLYMOUTH, N.H.  --  Senior forward Destiny Demo (Skowhegan, Maine) scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to lead the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 69-54 victory over the Plymouth State College Panthers in a Little East Conference game Wednesday night.

The victory improves the Huskies' overall record to 18-3, and keeps them tied atop the Little East standings with Western Connecticut State University at 10-1.  Plymouth State, which had its  five-game winning streak stopped, slips to 12-9 overall and 5-6 in Little East play.

Demo hit seven of ten shots from the floor and all five free throws for her 19 points.  Her 11 rebounds was one shy of her career high established earlier this winter against Middlebury.

Sophomore Jessica Hopkins (Hampden, Maine), starting in place of senior Tracy Libby (Falmouth, Maine) who did not make the trip due to illness, tied her career-high with 14 points. Junior Julie Plant (Gorham, Maine) tossed in 12 points.

Santoli led three PSC players in double figures with 14 points.  Junior Courtney Jacques (Belmont, N.H.) scored 12 points, and Fournier added 10 points.

Southern Maine's defense held Plymouth State 20 points below its conference leading 74.4 points per game average.  The Panthers shot an ice-cold 29 percent (15 for 52) in the contest while the Huskies converted 42 percent (24 for 57) of their shots.  USM had a 41-35 edge on the boards despite the 6-foot-1 Libby's absence.

FARMINGTON, Maine - The Colby College women's basketball team's playoff hopes took a brushing blow on Tuesday night, as the University of Maine at Farmington handed the White Mules their second consecutive defeat by a score of 66-60.  The victory improves UMF's record to 12-7, while Colby drops to 10-9.

The Mules, who had battled New England Small Conference Athletic foes in their last five matchups, found no pity from the in-state rival Beavers. UMF, led by Becky Roak's team-leading 15 points, took command early in the game and held a 34-30 lead at the break.

The Mules had difficulty shooting all day, connecting on only 3-of-19 from behind the three-point arc.  Sophomore Kim Condon (Presque Isle, Me.) managed 18 points to lead the Mules, while forward Jen Hallee (Nashua, N.H.) pulled down 10 rebounds.

The Mules hope to get back on the winning track this weekend when they travel south to face Amherst on Firday night and Trinity on Saturday afternoon.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - University of Maine first-year Raffi Wolf (Vocrde, Germany) scored two goals and first-year Kira Misikowetz (Mississauga, Ontario) dished out three assists, helping the Black Bears defeat Bowdoin on Tuesday evening, 4-0.

Maine (10-13-1) scored all they would need when Esther Granville (Mansfield, Conn.) took a pass from Cristina Hedges (Rochester, Mass.) and tallied a short-handed goal late in the first period. Misikowetz set up Wolf for two more goals in the second period before Jill Marks (Winthrop, Mass.) took a Misikowetz feed midway through the third for the 4-0 final.

Amanda Cronin (York, Maine) turned away 21 Bowdoin (10-6-1) shots to pick up the victory for the Black Bears while Sue Bernard (Goffstown, N.H.) made 42 stops in the loss.

The Bates College men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the Bowdoin College Polar Bears this evening, earning an outright share of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) conference title for the men and a three-way tie for the women.

The men's meet was never in doubt, as the Bobcats won eight of the 12 events, taking the top two spots in five events for the 140-94 victory. First year diver Andrew Hastings (Weston, Mass.) was Bates' only multiple winner. The Bobcats took the top two spots in the 50-yard freestyle when junior Paul Urbanczyk (Washington, D.C) and sophomore Paul Blaney (Bar Harbor) swam a dead heat of 23.03 seconds.

The Bates women jumped out quickly, taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay, establishing a 15-2 lead. Bowdoin closed the scoring to four points, 58-54, by sweeping the top three spots in one meter diving, but the Bobcats answered by taking the top three in the next event, the 100-yard butterfly, led by sophomore Pamela Murchie (Westbrook). The Bobcats led, 102-86, headed into the final three events. Bowdoin took three of the top four spots in three-meter diving to close the lead to 107 100, and swept the top three in the 100-year breaststroke, led by first-year Liz Buell (Cheshire, Conn.), establishing the Polar Bears' first lead of the meet, 116-110, headed into the final event. The Bobcats responded, taking the 200-yard freestyle relay's first and third position to clinch the 123-120 win.

Both Bates teams finish the dual meet season with a 7-3 records. For the men, it is their highest win total since 1985-86 and their third-consecutive CBB title. The women post their highest win total since 1995-96. Bowdoin's men finish at 2-7, while their women are 4-5.

ORONO -- University of Maine head football coach Jack Cosgrove announced the signing of 27 recruits for the 1999-2000 school year.

"We are extremely pleased and very excited about the caliber of student-athletes who have committed to attend the University of Maine," said Cosgrove. "I would like to note the work of our coaching staff and the contribution of our team members to this effort. The staff worked tirelessly to identify and recruit quality young men, and our players stepped up as hosts and ambassadors of this great University. A great number of our faculty and professional staff made extensive contributions to our effort."

"The impact of Alfond Stadium and Morse Field was also very obvious throughout the recruiting process. We now have an outstanding facility that demonstrates the University's commitment to our future as a football program. When combined with a great academic opportunity, our presentation to prospective student-athletes leaves quite an impression," said Cosgrove, whose 1998 squad finished the season 6-5.

All but two of the newcomers will be freshmen next season. Jason Betts, a transfer from Nassau CC, is currently enrolled at UMaine and Jeff Whitney, of Montgomery JC will be a juniors next fall.

The incoming class is believed to be the largest at UMaine since scholarship limits were first imposed in the late 1980s. Among the 27 signed recruits are seven players for Maine, six from New Jersey, five from New York, four from Massachusetts, two from Connecticut, and one from New Hampshire, Maryland, and Vermont.

All signings are contingent upon admission to the University of Maine and compliance with NCAA rules, including registration with the NCAA Clearinghouse.

The following is a list of players from Maine who have signed letters of intent as of Feb. 3:

Hampton Clarkson: 6-1, 200 - RB - Bangor HS - Bangor, ME
HONORS/STATS: Rushed for 1,790 yards and 21 Touchdowns as a senior. First Team All-State and Fitzpatrick Trophy Finalist

Scott Holton: 6-3, 220 - DE - Marshwood HS - So. Berwick, ME
HONORS/STATS: First-Team All-State Linebacker, Semi-Finalist for Fitzpatrick Trophy, two-time state wrestling Champ.

Calvin Hunter: 5-8, 175 - TB - Edward Little HS - Auburn, ME
HONORS/STATS: 1,300 yards rushing in '98/ 3,164 career rushing yards. First Team All-State RB

Darren Lewis: 6-1, 175 - WR/DB - Oxford Hills HS - Hebron, ME
HONORS/STATS:Honorable mention All-State, All-Pine Tree Conference

Pat Munzing: 5-11, 215 - FB - Gardiner HS - Gardiner, ME
HONORS/STATS: First Team All-State, Fitzpatrick Award Finalist. Led Team to state championship game.

Peter Richardson: 6-5, 285 - OL - Stearns HS Millinocket, ME
HONORS/STATS: First Team All-State, Led Team to Class C State Title.

LEWISTON, Maine - Bates College junior forward Emily King of Lebanon, N.H., has been named Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 7.

King started the week with a 27-point, 15-rebound game against the University of Maine-Farmington, both season-high performances for the Bobcats this season. She also had a personal season-high four assists in the 88-69 Bates victory. In the Bobcats' next game, with her first basket, also the first of the game in a 79-67 win over Wesleyan University Feb. 5, King reached the 1,000-point mark for her career. She reached the milestone as a junior in her 67th career game, faster than any other player in Bates women's history, surpassing Sarah Bonkovsky (Class of 1997), who reached the milestone in 73 games. Bonkovsky went on to become the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,407 points. With 1,022 career points, King is the seventh all-time leading scorer at Bates. She is also 11th on the all-time list with 549 career rebounds. King rounded out the week with a 10-point, eight-rebound performance in an 88-56 defeat of Connecticut College Feb. 6. In all, King averaged 17 points, 8.3 rebounds and two assists in the week.

Rodney Broussard, Forward, University of Southern Maine. The first-year forward from Casco, Maine, averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in the Huskies two losses last week.  He shot 50 percent (12 of 24) from the field.

LEWISTON, Maine - Sophomore alpine skiers Caroline Damon of Concord, N.H., and Janel Ippolito of Rumford Point have been named Bates Female Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 7.

Damon placed eighth overall in the women's giant slalom (GS) at the University of Vermont skiing carnival in Stowe, Vt., on Feb. 5, with a combined two-run time of 2:12.56. She placed 25th in the slalom on Feb. 6 with a two-run time of 1:59.69. Her top 10 finish in the GS was the first by a Bates woman since 1995.

Ippolito was the Bobcats' top performer in the slalom, finishing 16th with a combined time of 1:53.08. She finished 11th in the GS less than half a second behind Damon, with a time of 2:13.00.

Together, Damon and Ippolito helped Bates to a seventh-place finish overall at the Vermont carnival, just one point behind sixth-place St. Lawrence University. The women's alpine team posted a fourth-place finish in the GS, the best performance by a Bates alpine team since 1995.

Bates will host the 1999 NCAA Skiing championships, March 10-13, at Sunday River and Black Mountain in Newry and Rumford.

Highschool Scores
Boys Basketball
Waterville 58, Medomak Valley 54
Brewer 59, Presque Isle 48
Waterville 58, Medomak Valley 54

Girls Basketball
Presque Isle 64, Brewer 61
Mt. Blue 48, Gardiner 40
Nokomis 69, Caribou 36

State Cheerleading Competition
Oxford Hills - Class A State Champions
Bonny Eagle - Class A Runners Up
Old Town - Class B State Champions
Scarbrough - Class B Runners Up
St. Dominic - Class C State Champions
Mattanawcook - Class C Runners Up
Monmouth - Class D State Champions
Fort Fairfield - Class D Runners Up

Wrestling Championships
CLASS A
WESTERN MAINE
Noble 186 - Massabesic 16 - Sanford 135 - Bonny Eagle 116
EASTERN MAINE
Gardiner 150.5 - Morse 144.0 - Mt. Blue 126.5 - Cony 124.5

CLASS B
WESTERN MAINE
Marshwood 218 - Mountain Valley 161- Kennebunk 113 - Lisbon100
EASTERN MAINE
Camden-Rockport 233 - Belfast 176.5 - Winslow 166 - Medomak 92.5

CLASS C
WESTERN MAINE
Dirigo 188 - Wiscasset 145 - Monmouth 107 - Traip Academy 63
EASTERN MAINE
Dexter 234 - Foxcroft 176 - Penobscot Valley 105 - John Bapst 75.5
 

College Scores
Men's Basketball
UM-Farmington 74, UM-Presque Isle 67
Western Conn. State University 76, USM 56
UMO 85, Boston University 73 - Attendance Record 4,760!
Williams College 72, Colby 59
Conn. College 98, Bates 63
Bowdoin 57, Middlebury 52
UM-Presque Isle 76, UM-Machias 66 - Sunday

Women's Basketball
UM-Farmington 58, UM-Presque Isle 53
UMO 91, Boston University 61
Western Conn. State University 47, USM 46
Williams College 78, Colby 63
Bates 88, Conn. College 56
Bowdoin 73, Middlebury 68
UM-Presque Isle 83, UM-Machias 31 - Sunday

Men's Hockey
UMO 4, New Hampshire 3 - Sunday
USM 4, Skidmore 1
Colby 1, Middlebury 1
Bowdoin 5, Norway 3

Women's Hockey
Northeastern University 8, Colby 0
USM 9, Holy Cross 0

ORONO, ME- In a matchup between the second and third place teams in the Nation, according to American Hockey Magazine the University of Maine Black Bears deafeat the University of New Hampshire 4-3.  The Black Bears allowed only 16 shots on the goal for the win. (Goals for Maine) Cory Larose - Jim Leger - Brendan Walsh - Dan Kerluke.

DANBURY, Conn.  --  Senior Yolanda Harris (East Hartford, Conn.) made two free throws  with 14.1 second left in overtime to give the Western Connecticut State University Colonials a 47-46 victory over the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies in a contest between the top two  women's basketball teams in the Little East Conference at Feldman Arena Saturday afternoon.

The lost snapped the Huskies 13-game winning streak, and was their first lost to a Little East opponent since February 1, 1997, a span of 34 games.  Southern Maine is now 17-3 overall.  Western Connecticut improves to 16-4 overall.  The win was the Colonials first against the Huskies after nine straight losses dating back to February 1996.  The two teams are now tied for first place in  the conference with 9-1 records.

After Harris made her two free throws, the Huskies had a difficult last second shot by junior guard Julie Plant (Gorham, Maine) bounce out at the buzzer.

The game was a defensive struggle throughout as neither team shot well from the field.  Southern Maine was held to a season-low 29 percent (17 for 59) from the floor.  Western Connecticut shot just 30 percent (16 for 54) and committed 28 turnovers.

The Huskies trailed by as many as eight (18-10) in the first half before a 14-0 run over the final nine minutes gave them a 24-18 lead at the break.

Western Conn. came back in the second half to regain the lead (31-30) with 9:50 to play on a three-point hoop by freshman Stacey Kurtyka (Derby, Conn.).  There were three more lead changes before Plant buried two free throws with 1:05 left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

The Huskies took their only lead (46-45) in the overtime with 33 seconds to go when Plant converted a lay-up off a pass from freshman Niki Dominiczak (Dixfield, Maine).

Plant led the Huskies with 14 points, and senior center Tracy Libby (Falmouth, Maine) added 10 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots.

Senior Lillian Rembert (New Haven, Conn.) was the only Western Conn. player to reach double figures with 14 points to share game-high scoring honors with Plant.

LEWISTON, Maine  - Led by junior Faith Anderson's (Caribou, Me.) four-event total of 24 points, the Colby College women's indoor track team won the fourth leg of the 1999 Challenge Cup held at Bates College on Saturday. Colby finished with 189 team points, winning easily over the five-team field which included the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (154), the host Bobcats (138), Rhode Island College (71), and UMass-Dartmouth (26).

LEWISTON, Maine  - The Colby College men's indoor track team competed at Bates College on Saturday, taking third place out of five teams in the fourth leg of the 1999 Quad Cup. The White Mules' 138 points placed them behind the hosting Bobcats, who won the event with a score of 204 points, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which took second with 184 points.

Waterville, Maine -- Junior guard Jared Rivers had a team high 15 points and Shawn Spadea scored 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds as UMF (10-10, 7-4) defeated the pesky Owls of Presque Isle (6-13, 3-6). UMPI was led by  freshman guard Mike Rodriguez with 16 points and 5 assists. UMF led 40-34 at the break, but UMPI came out storming and took the lead briefly by two points. Rivers then grabbed some key offensive and defensive rebounds and finished with 11 boards and handed out 6 assists. Junior forward Daren Meader and senior center Steve Toland both finished with 14 points and 5 rebounds apiece.

UMF men travels to Castine to face MMA at 7PM on Thursday February 11th.

Farmington, Maine--Junior co-captain Rebecca Fletcher tallied 20 points, 4 assists, and 5 steals as UMF (10-6, 8-2) beat Presque Isle 58-53 saturday evening.  Sophomore guard Jen Robertson added 13 points and junior co-captain Cara Moir had 10 points and 9 rebounds in the winning effort. UMF faces the Colby White Mules tuesday February 9th at 7PM in Farmington.

WATERVILLE, Maine - Senior co-captain Kathleen Higgins (Worcester, Mass.) hit seven of 10 three-point attempts on her way to a game-high 29 points as the Williams College women's basketball team defeated Colby by a score of 78-63 on Saturday afternoon. The victory improves the Ephs' season record to 17-1, while the White Mules fall to 10-8.

After the two teams traded baskets for the first five minutes of the game, Higgins nailed a three to begin a 12-0 Williams run that gave the Ephs a 19-9 lead. Colby would answer with a 10-0 spurt of its own to tie the game, and the teams remained close throughout the rest of the half. Williams carried a 35-30 advantage into the locker room.

The White Mules pulled to within two at 39-37 early in the second half on a Kim Condon (Presque Isle, Me./Presque Isle) jumper, but Higgins again stepped up for the Ephs, connecting on consecutive baskets in the midst of a 9-0 run that gave Williams an eleven-point edge.

Colby made its final push with seven minutes remaining, as Erin Cole-Karagory (Caribou, Me./Caribou) put back a Jen McGonagle (Pepperill, Mass./North Middlesex) miss to cut the deficit to five. However, Colby would get no closer, as Higgins and senior Laura Brenneman (Washington, D.C) combined to score 13 of their team's final 15 points as the Ephs
cruised to the 78-63 win.

In addition to her 29 points, Higgins also grabbed six rebounds, while Brenneman added 14 points and five boards. Junior Rebecca Brooks (Simsbury, Conn.) also had a huge game for the Ephs, scoring 15 points and pulling down nine rebounds.

The Mules were led by McGonagle's 12 points, while Cole-Karagory and Amanda Cochrane (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) added 11 points apiece.

LEWISTON - The Bates College women's basketball team placed five players in double figures as the Bobcats easily handled the Connecticut College Camels, 88-56, here today.

The Bobcats (16-1) limited Connecticut College (2-14) to just two field goals in the first 10 minutes of the game, racing out to a 20-9 lead. After going up by 40-19 with 4:14 left in the half, the Bates starters came out, and the Camels cut the lead to 43-29 at halftime. But a 23-3 charge out of the locker room over the first 7:31 of the second half put the Bobcats up 64-32, and they never looked back.

Bates was led by senior guard Amy Taylor (Orono), who had 14 points, and sophomore Kate McLaughlin (Laconia, N.H.), with 13 on four of-seven shooting from the floor and five-of-seven from the line. First year guard Sarah Williamson (Plainfield, N.J.) had 11, while juniors Jolene Thurston (Post Mills, Vt.) and Emily King (Lebanon, N.H.) each had 10 points. Connecticut College was led by Jessica Nowlin (St. Paul, Minn.), who had game-highs with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

The Bobcats forced 32 turnovers, marking the 13th time in 17 games in which they have exceeded that mark. Bates extends its winning streak against New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) opponents to 18 games.

NEW LONDON, CT. -- Senior guard Dwayne Stallings (New London, CT) scored 24 points for the second consecutive game to lead Connecticut College to a 98-63 win over Bates this afternoon at the Charles B. Luce Field House.

Stallings also had 24 points in an 81-51 win over Tufts last evening. His performance helped the Camels extended their school record winning streak to 17 and ran their record to 17-0. Stallings was 8-of-13 from the field and 5-of-9 from three point range.

The Camels used the three-point field goal to its advantage connecting on 11-of-19 attempts. The Bobcats struggled shooting, hitting just 23 percent from the floor in the first half, and two for 13 from the line in the second.

Connecticut College is ranked first in the NCAA New England Division III poll and third in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III poll.

The Camels are 22-1 at home in their last 23 games and have won 42 of their last 47 at the Charles B. Luce Field House since the start of the 1995-96 season.

Bates fell for the second time in as many nights and dropped to 9-9. The Bobcats were led by freshman forward Alex Wilson (Duxbury, MA) who had 16 points. Sophomore forward Rommel Padonou (Libreville, Gabon) added 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's ice hockey team is two wins away from clinching its fourth-straight berth in the ECAC Women's Division III Tournament heading into this weekend. If the Polar Bears are to seal a bid to the postseason, they will have to get by two of their divisional foes. Bowdoin hosts Amherst College on Saturday at 7:00pm before entertaining the University of Southern Maine on Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm.

Bowdoin will be facing a pair of teams they have seen already this season. On January 9th, the Polar Bears headed to Gorham, Maine, and used a 14-save effort from Katie Worthing (Brunswick, Maine) to blank the Huskies, 4-0. First-year Carrie Simonds (Belmont, Mass.) netted a pair of goals in the winning effort.

Beth Fulton (Exeter, N.H.) is Southern Maine's (6-7-1, 4-7-0) top scorer with four goals and 19 assist for 23 points. Molly Duer (Montreal, Quebec) has played most of the minutes in the Huskies' goal with a .892 save percentage and a 2.64 goals against average.

On January 10th, Bowdoin (10-6-1, 9-2-1 ECAC) traveled to Amherst and routed the Lady Jeffs, 8-0. The Polar Bears outshot Amherst 76-11 on the afternoon and used two goals by Jane MacLeod (Deerfield, Mass.) and three assists from Kim Mimnaugh (Darien, Conn.) for the victory while Kate Connelly (Belmont, Mass.) turned away all 11 shots she faced.

Genny Furst (Deephaven, Minn.) is one of the most dangerous scorers in the league and leads Amherst (6-8-0, 3-8-0) with 16 goals and 14 assists for 30 points. She is supported by Sarah O'Keefe (W. Hartford,
Conn.) and Gretchen Bowe (Hampstead, N.H.) who both have 22 points. Emma Trask (Pennington, N.J.) made 68 saves in the first meeting between the two schools and has a 5.93 goals against average.

"We played very well against those two teams the first time," said Bowdoin Head Coach Michele Amidon. "It is important that we not let down this weekend because not only can we clinch, but it will keep us in the running for a first round bye."

The ECAC Women's Division III League Tournament will consist of the four divisional winners plus two at-large selections. On Wednesday, March 3, the preliminary round of the tournament will begin, with the No. 6 team playing the No. 3 team at the highest seed and the No. 5 seed traveling to the No. 4 seed (the top two teams receive byes). After the preliminary games have been decided, the final four teams will play at the No. 1 seed on March 6th and 7th.

WATERVILLE, Me. ­- The Bowdoin College women's squash team defeated the White Mules of Colby College on Wednesday by a score of 7-2, marking the second time this season that the Polar Bears got the better of their arch rivals.

Despite the defeat, Colby got solid performances from juniors Emily Young (Lincoln, Mass./Lincoln) and Emily Mahlman (Philadelphia, Penn.). Young came back from two sets down to win 3-2 in the number eight slot, while Mahlman won by a 3-2 margin at number nine.

The White Mules will next compete at the Howe Cup at Harvard University on February 19.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team has been ranked No. 6 in the latest NCAA Division III Northeast region poll and the Polar Bears must travel to two tough conference opponents this weekend. Bowdoin will put its 12-5 record and regional ranking on the line this Friday night when they travel to New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) foe Trinity College for a 7:00pm game before facing Amherst on the road Saturday at 3:00pm.

Bowdoin has been relying on the play of junior co-captain Samantha Good (Haverhill, Mass.) to boost the team of late. In the Polar Bears' last game against Middlebury - a 73-68 victory - Good showed her versatility,
scoring 12 points, grabbing seven rebounds, dishing out seven assists and making seven steals. Good is currently second on the team in scoring with a 12.3 average behind sophomore Lauren Myers (So. Boston, Mass.) who is leading the team in scoring (16.1) and rebounding (7.4).

The Polar Bears have also used a pair of first-years in pivotal roles. Point guard Jessie Mayol (Westbrook, Maine) has started every game and is averaging 4.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game while nailing a team-high 19 three-pointers. Jess Farmer (Longmeadow, Mass.) has provided Bowdoin with a strong inside threat off the bench. She is leading the team, and the conference, in field goal percentage accuracy by making 66-of-101 shots (65.4 percent). The Polar Bears will need all their weapons this weekend.

"Being ranked sixth puts our goals in a perspective that we haven't had until now," said Bowdoin Head Coach Stefanie Pemper, who is in her first year with the Polar Bears. "We still control our own destiny and we're very fortunate to be able to say that. We have five important games in the next two weeks before our rematch with Bates. We have to continue to improve as a team in terms of playing smart, complimenting each other, and
playing with confidence."

After this weekend, Bowdoin will again be on the road when they travel to Farmington, Maine, to take on Maine-Farmington at 5:30 on February 17th.

 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - In a battle of nationally ranked teams, the Williams College Ephs (19-1) held off a pair of rallies to hand the Bates College Bobcats (17-2) their first loss in the   last 19 NESCAC games with a 60-49 victory.

  The Bobcats trailed by as many as seven points early, but made a furious rally to take a 22-21  lead into the half. In the second, with the score tied at 29 with just over 15 minutes remaining,  Williams went on a run that put them up 12 with 6:46 to play. The Bobcats cut the lead back      down to four with under 2:30 left, but the Ephs hit their free throws down the stretch and hung   on for the win.

           The Bobcats were held to their second-lowest shooting percentage of the season, hitting just 26.8 percent from the field (19-70). Sophomore Kate McLaughlin (Laconia, N.H.) tied for     game-high honors with 14 points. Junior Emily King (Lebanon, N.H.) was the only other Bates    player in double figures with 10. Williams' biggest advantage came from the free-throw line, where they outscored the Bobcats 14-3 in the second half.

WATERVILLE, Maine - Colby College junior Brian Hansen (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) hit a three-pointer with just under a minute left to snap a
69-69 tie and lift the White Mules to an eventual 74-69 victory over the
Amherst College Lord Jeffs on Friday night. The win pushes Colby's season
record to 12-8, while Amherst falls to 11-6.

The Lord Jeffs jumped out to a quick 31-19 lead early in the contest, but
the White Mules came back to take a 32-31 lead behind the outside shooting
of junior guard Ken Allen (Monson, Me./Bangor). Allen hit consecutive
three-pointers to cap the 13-0 run, and, after the Jeffs answered with two
quick baskets,  converted a three-point play to tie the game, 35-35, at the
half.

The two teams remained close throughout the second half, with Amherst's
Brian Daoust (Dover, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) hitting a triple with 1:50
left to even the score at 69-69. After the teams traded empty possessions,
White Mule sophomore David Forsyth (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills) found
a wide-open Hansen, who knocked down just his second field goal of the game
to give Colby a three-point advantage. The assist was Forsyth's
team-leading sixth of the game.

On the ensuing possession, the Lord Jeffs managed to get off four shots,
including two long-range attempts by Daoust, before Colby senior Nahum
Meisner (Skowhegan, Me./MCI) finally pulled down the rebound. The White
Mules' co-captain then sank two free throws to ice the victory, 74-69.

WATERVILLE, Maine - The Colby College men's ice hockey team exploded for three goals in a five-minute span of the second period, and senior goalie
Jason Cherella (Onset, Mass./Canterbury School) made 20 saves in net as the White Mules defeated Trinity College by a score of 3-1 on Friday night. The win gives Colby (11-6-4 overall, 8-2-4 ECAC) some breathing room over the Bantams in the ECAC East, as the Mules earn their 19th and 20th points to hold on to fifth place, while Trinity (10-10-0 overall, 8-6-0 ECAC) remains
in sixth place with 16 points.

After the two teams combined for just ten shots on goal in the first
period, the White Mules' offense came alive in the second. Senior Masood
Dehnavifar (Chicago, Ill./Westminster School) started things off with an
unassisted goal at 9:22. Then, at 13:04, first-year James LaLiberty
(Waterville, Me./USA National Under 18 Team) lit the lamp for his third
goal of the season, and 58 seconds later, sophomore Chris Tashjian
(Stoneham, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) scored to give Colby a 3-0 edge.

Trinity would finally dent the scoreboard three minutes into the third
period, as junior Alexander Sullivan (Plymouth, Minn./Lawrenceville) beat
Cherella on the power play to cut the Mules' lead to two. However, the
Bantams would not score again in the final 17 minutes, as Colby went on to
take the 3-1 victory.

AMHERST, Mass. - In women's basketball action on Friday night, Amherst
College went on separate runs of 17-3 and 20-6 to bury the visiting Colby
College White Mules, 66-50. Down only eight at the half, Colby went cold in
the second frame, shooting just 20.6 percent from the field after the
intermission and 27.4 percent for the game.

The Jeffs were led by senior Katie Hersey (Westford, Mass.), who dominated down low for game-highs of 26 points and 14 rebounds. For the White Mules, sophomore Kim Condon (Presque Isle, Me./Presque Isle) scored a team-high 19 points, while junior Erin Cole-Karagory (Caribou, Me./Caribou) and sophomore Amanda Cochrane (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) finished with eight a piece.  Condon, Cole-Karagory and Cochrane each grabbed six rebounds as well.