DURHAM, N.H. – The University of Maine women's soccer team topped New Hampshire, 1-0, on Thursday night at Wildcat Stadium to secure the No. 1 seed in the America East Soccer Championship.
 
The Buffalo Wild Wings Border Battle win also earned the first-ever regular season title in program history. Maine will host a semifinal game at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7.
 
The game's lone goal came in the 24th minute. Kristina Kelly earned a penalty kick and Abby Kraemer stepped up and delivered. Over the final, physical 65 minutes, neither team found the back of the net and the Black Bears earned the 1-0 win.
 
NOTES

• Maine had the 12-9 lead in shots and the 7-3 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears had four corner kicks while UNH had three.
• Jessica Kasacek made three saves for her sixth shutout of the season.
• Abby Kraemer scored her sixth goal of the season … it was her 10th career game-winning goal.
• Kraemer had a game-high four shots with all four landing on goal.
• Myla Schneider, Rebecca Grisdale, Emma Schneider and Anna Phillips both played the full 90 minutes.
• This marked Maine's first win over New Hampshire since Sept. 27, 2018.
• Maine is now 17-19-4 in the all-time series with New Hampshire.
• This was the sixth consecutive Border Battle decided by one goal or less.
• This marks Maine's first-ever America East regular season title.
• With a 7-0-1 record and 22 points, Maine finishes the regular season conference slate with the most points since Boston University went 8-0-0 for 24 points in 2012.

 
RECORDS

• Maine: 11-1-3, 7-0-1 America East
• New Hampshire: 11-4-1, 6-2-0 America East

 
UP NEXT

• Maine will host an America East Championship semifinal game at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 against a to-be-determined opponent.