ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team won its second consecutive America East Championship with a 3-0 win over rival New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.
 
Jordane Pinette opened the scoring just three minutes into the contest, firing home a loose ball in the box for her sixth of the season. Abby Kraemer doubled the lead eight minutes later when she finished off a wing service from Kayla Kraemer. Lara Kirkby capped the scoring in the 68th minute, sending a pass from Abby Kraemer under the crossbar.

Lara Kirkby earned the Elite 18 Award for having the highest GPA among student-athletes competing in the championship. Abby Kraemer, Myla Schneider, Emma Schneider and Kirkby earned spots on the All-Tournament Team while Myla Schneider was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
 
NOTES

• New Hampshire had the 12-9 lead in shots while the teams were even in shots on goal at 5-5.
• Maine had eight corners to three for New Hampshire.
• Abby Kraemer and Lara Kirkby each had three points with one goal and one assist.
• Maine is the first team to win back-to-back tournament titles since Stony Brook in 2019 and 2020.
• Jordane Pinette scored her sixth goal of the season … it was her sixth game-winning goal of the year.
• Grace Wilson made five saves for their third shutout of the season.
• Myla Schneider, Emma Schneider and Anna Phillips all played the full 90 minutes.
• Maine is now 18-19-4 in the all-time series with New Hampshire.
• Maine's 13 wins on the season mark the most for the Black Bears since going 14-4-2 in 2006.
• This was the first-ever championship game Border Battle.

RECORDS

• Maine: 13-1-3
• New Hampshire: 12-5-1

UP NEXT

• Maine will find out their NCAA Tournament opponent during the selection show tomorrow at 4 p.m. on NCAA.com.