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Maine
Emily Hindle
Peter Buehner
4
Winner Harvard HARV (7-1)
1
Maine MAINE (8-1)
Winner
Harvard HARV
(7-1)
4
Final
1
Maine MAINE
(8-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Harvard HARV 1 3 4
Maine MAINE 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

No. 18 Maine Suffers First Loss of Season to No. 20 Harvard

ORONO, Maine – The No. 18 University of Maine field hockey team fell behind in the first half, and could not recover as No. 20 Harvard earned a 4-1 win on Sunday afternoon at the UMaine Field Hockey Complex.

The loss was Maine's first of the season, as the historic 8-0 record to start the 2018 season matches a program best that was set in 1975.  
 
Emily Hindle tallied the lone goal for Maine, firing in a rebound into the back of the net in the second half to make it a 2-1 contest in the 49th minute. Maddie Earle scored the Crimson's first three goals, while Natalie Sicher tallied an empty net goal with less than two minutes to go.  
 
Mia Borley tied a career-high in saves, registering four, as the loss was her first in nine career games. Harvard's Ellie Shahbo improves to 3-1 on the season after making a total of four saves.
 
MAINE GAME NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Harvard out-shot Maine 13-6, including 10-5 on shots on goal.
  • The Crimson also earned a 6-3 advantage in penalty corners.
  • The loss was Maine's first in 323 days, when the Black Bears fell to nationally-ranked Pacific, 2-1, in the America East playoffs last season.
  • Maine still leads the all-time series over Harvard by a mark of 6-3. 
  • Maine enters America East play next weekend, but will still play one more non-conference game against another Ivy League foe in Dartmouth on Oct. 9.
  • The eight-game win streak was Maine's longest since the Black Bears won 11 in a row in the 2011 season. 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • 12:13 | Harvard got on the scoreboard after Mia Borley made two consecutive saves, but the third rebound went to Earle, who deposited a shot past the Maine defenders.
  • 38:25 | On a Crimson penalty corner, Earle found the back of the net after gaining possession off  a  Maine defensive save. 
  • 49:44 | On a Maine penalty corner, Hindle prevailed in a scrum in front of the net,  putting a shot high past the diving goalkeeper.
  • 57:19 | Earle deflected a shot high and to the right for Harvard's third goal.
  • 68:27 |With Borley pulled for an empty net, Sicher tracked down possession before shooting the ball at an angle which trickled into the net.
UP NEXT:
  • The Black Bears are back in action next Friday, traveling to rival New Hampshire at 3:00 p.m. to begin America East play. Maine finishes the weekend at home against No. 24 Albany. Sunday's game will have a 1:00 p.m. start.
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