FARMINGTON – The third-seeded University of Maine at Farmington field hockey team advanced in the North Atlantic Conference Tournament with a 3-0 first-round win over Thomas College today at Prescott Field.
The Beavers (9-7) are scheduled to visit No. 2 Castleton State College for semifinal action on Wednesday. The Terriers ended their season at 4-13.
Farmington scored twice in the first 15 minutes to gain control of the contest. Alyssa St. Pierre (Jay, ME) scored an unassisted goal at 10:36 and Ashley Wentworth (North Berwick, ME) followed at 14:57 off an Emma Deans (Gorham, ME) feed. Hattie Agnew (Guilford, ME) punctuated the Beavers’
victory with a goal from Deans at 69:14 for the 3-0 final.
Sarah Brown (Windham, ME) needed to make just one save in recording the shutout for the Beavers. Farmington outshot Thomas 15-2 and took 13 corners to the Terriers’ two.
Meg Denby (Copiague, NY) stopped six shots in the loss and was helped by teammates Alexis Evans (Embden, ME) and Nicole Grant (Lewiston, ME) with a defensive save each.
VB: Farmington 3, Green Mountain 2
FARMINGTON, Maine – The fourth-seeded University of Maine at Farmington women’s volleyball team moved on in the North Atlantic Conference tournament with a 3-2 first-round victory over Green Mountain College today at Dearborn Gymnasium.
The Beavers (10-10) advanced to the NAC championship round Nov. 7 at Maine Maritime Academy. Farmington is scheduled to face the top-seeded Mariners (20-5) at 10 a.m. The Eagles ended their season at 10-12.
After winning the first two games (25-17, 25-19), Farmington needed to fend off a Green Mountain rally to advance. The Eagles took the third and fourth games (26-24, 25-14) before the Beavers notched a 15-12 win in the decided set.
Emily Beebe (South Paris, ME) and Jenna Rowan (Kittery, ME) each notched 13 kills for Farmington. The Beavers also benefited from a solid service game with 24 aces, led by Katie Allen (Bucksport, ME) and Whitney Walls (Bar Harbor, ME) with eight apiece.
Defensively, Rowan and Walls each collected 16 digs with Beebe and Caitlin Flaherty (Plymouth, MA) each earning 12 digs.
Emma Brinley-Buckley (Lakeville, CT) led Green Mountain with 19 kills, 18 digs and nine solo blocks, while Olesea Cojohari (Balti Moldova) added 11 kills and Melanie Rodriguez (Hoboken, NJ) recorded 10 kills and 20 digs.
Castleton advances to NAC Final with 6-0 win over Farmington
Castleton, VT – Courtney Chadburn (North Clarendon, VT) scored two goals and added an assist as Castleton State College advanced to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) women’s soccer championship with a 6-0 win over University of Maine at Farmington in the semifinal round Saturday
at Spartan Stadium.
Ashley Ledoux (Swanton, VT) opened the scoring in the 15th minute of play, striking from 25 yards out for her sixth goal of the season. Ledoux received a five-yard pass from Maria Arnot (Milford, NY) and Ledoux struck a rocket just inside the far post. Chadburn made it 2-0 off a Ledoux assist just three minutes later.
An indirect kick from the six-yard line was awarded when a Farmington player was called for a
dangerous play on the goal line. Ledoux touched it towards Chadburn, who slipped it under the dive of Farmington keeper McKell Barnes (Durham, ME). Kelly Gerken (Scottsville, NY) gave Castleton a 3-0 lead when she corralled a turnover inside the 18-yard box and struck for her second
goal of the season. Sarah Ethier (Portsmouth, RI) scored the first of her two goals of the game on a nifty hook up from Chadburn. Chadburn slipped a pass back to Ethier who scored from 24 yards out inside the upper-90.
Chadburn and Ethier each scored unassisted tallies in the second half for the final margin.
Barnes was tested the entire 80 minutes she played, stopping 12 shots on net before giving way to Ashley Holshouser (Berwick, ME) for the final 10 minutes. Barnes made nine saves in the first half alone, as the Spartans applied early pressure, rifling off 20 of their 31 shots over the first 45 minutes of play.
Cady Kerin (Barre, VT) stopped the lone shot that came her way to record the shutout. Castleton has yet to yield a goal in nine games (8-0-1) at Spartan Stadium this year, outscoring their opponents 28-0.
Farmington’s season ends at 8-10-1. Castleton will host the NAC Championship game Saturday, November 7 versus the winner of the other semifinal game featuring Husson and Maine Maritime. Top-seed Castleton will take an 11-5-2 record into the game.
