Late Comeback Lifts UMBC Past Baseball on Senior Day
May 18, 2013
UMBC scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to come from behind and beat the University of Maine baseball team 6-5 on Saturday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. Maine falls to 34-20 on the season and 20-9 in America East play. UMBC improves to 18-30 overall, 9-21 in conference action.
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Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader from UMBC; Black Bears Explode for 13 Runs in Sixth Inning of Game Two
May 17, 2013
ORONO, Maine – A.J. Bazdanes (Nashua, N.H.) threw a complete game shutout in the first game and Maine exploded for 13 runs in the sixth inning of the second game to sweep a baseball doubleheader from UMBC on Friday evening. Maine won the first game 1-0 before taking the second game 18-9. Maine improves to 34-19 on the season and 20-8 in America East play, while UMBC falls to 17-30 overall, 8-21 in conference play.
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Baseball Hosts UMBC In Final Games of 2013 Regular Season
May 17, 2013
The University of Maine baseball team hosts UMBC this weekend in an America East series to close the 2013 regular season. Maine has clinched the top seed in the 2013 America East Tournament, which will be held next week in Lowell, Mass. at LeLacheur Park. The two teams play a doubleheader on Friday and then a single game on Saturday starting at 1 PM. Be sure to stick around for post-game fireworks tonight. Prior to the game on Saturday, Maine will honor its seniors.
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Connolly One of 11 Players Featured on New Olerud Watch List
May 16, 2013
ORONO, Maine -- University of Maine pitcher / catcher Mike Connolly (Bridgewater, Mass.) was one of 11 players on the new Olerud Watch List released on Thursday afternoon. Connolly was initially one of 25 players named to an initial watch list earlier this season.
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Robbie Bickford Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
May 17, 2013
University of Maine swimming student-athlete Robbie Bickford (Milford, Maine) has been named to the 2012-13 CoSIDA Academic All-District team, as announced by the association on Friday afternoon.
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New Balance Field House Making Progress
May 16, 2013
ORONO, Maine-- The University of Maine athletics department is in the first phase of a construction project on the Field House and Memorial Gym. The first phase will focus on a renovation of the Field House and the construction of a new entry way on the west side of the building. The Field House will be renamed the “New Balance Field House” in recognition of a $5 Million gift from New Balance.
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Jesse Labreck
Jesse Labreck (Oakland, Maine) won the heptathlon at the ECAC Championships this past weekend with a score of 5,551, a new UMaine school-record. Labreck also set the school high mark in the high jump with a leap of 5-11.50. Individually, Labreck won the 100m hurdles, the high jump, the long jump and the 800m run on her way to the heptathlon title.
Eric White
Baseball's Eric White (Brewer, Maine) hit .538 in a three-game weekend series at Binghamton. He scored two runs and drove in four. White had two doubles and belted his team-leading fifth home run of the season. He was 2-for-2 in stolen bases and finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. By taking two of three games, Maine clinched the 2013 America East reguar season title.
