Sunday, October 18
Durham, N.H.
2:00 PM
University of Maine
at
New Hampshire
Photo by: Seth Poplaski
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The rivalry renews in Durham on Sunday, Oct. 18.
ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team will travel to New Hampshire this weekend to take on the Wildcats in America East action.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium, with the match also streaming live on ESPN+.
Game 13 | Maine at New Hampshire
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Durham, N.H. | Wildcat Stadium
ABOUT MAINE
• Maine will bring an overall record of 5-4-3 and a conference mark of 2-1-1 into Sunday's rivalry game.
• This past weekend, the Black Bears topped NJIT, 2-0, at home … Abbey Thornton and Isabella Meadows scored for Maine, with Meadows and Luise Reinwald also picking up assists on Thornton's goal … Maine allowed just three shots in the contest while Elena Barenberg made two saves for her fourth shutout of the season.
• Meadows now has a team-leading 11 points on five goals and one assist while Reinwald is second with seven points on three goals and one assist … Thornton (1-3-5) is tied with Aja Turner (2-1-5) for third on the team in scoring.
• Eight Black Bears have at least one goal on the year, including three with multiple goals in Meadows (4), Reinwald (3) and Turner (2).
• Meanwhile, nine Black Bears also have assists … Victoria Dungey and Abbey Thornton have three each while Hannah Wehmeyer, Sandrine Brault and Britta Denny have two each.
• Elena Barenberg has made 40 saves for Maine while holding a .784 save percentage, 0.92 goals against average and posting four shutouts.
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE
• The Wildcats enter Sunday's game at 3-7-2 overall and 0-4-0 in America East play.
• New Hampshire last played on Oct. 4, falling at Binghamton in a hard-fought 2-1 match.
• Ava Vanbuskirk leads the Wildcats with three goals and one assist for seven points … Elizabeth Finn has one goal and a team-high four assists for six points while leading the team with 26 shots.
• Sonja Zeepvat has played the majority of minutes in goal … she has a 3-7-2 record while posting a .750 save percentage and 1.72 goals against average to go with two shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY vs NEW HAMPSHIRE
• Maine holds an all-time record of 20-19-4 in the series with New Hampshire.
• The Black Bears went 2-0-0 against the Wildcats last season, earning a pair of 2-1 wins in Orono … the rivals clashed to close out the regular season and then met again three days later in the quarterfinal round of the America East playoffs.
• Eight of the last 10 and games and 17 of the last 20 have been decided by one goal or less.
• Luise Reinwald (1-0-2 and Victoria Dungey (0-1-1) have both recorded at least point against the Wildcats in their careers.
• The first-ever meeting in the series came in 1990, with UNH picking up a 6-1 win.
WEEKLY AWARDS ROUND UP
· Five Black Bears have earned America East weekly awards this season.
· Isabella Meadows has earned two Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Aja Turner has earned one.
· Olivia Grisdale has earned two Defender of the Week honors, while Meghan Bernetti has earned one.
· Goalkeeper Elena Barenberg has earned one Goalkeeper of the Week honor.
FAMILY TIES
• Sophomore Stella Jarvais is the second in her family to play soccer for head coach Scott Atherley … her mom Nikki played four seasons at Maine (1996-2000) and captained the squad as a senior … Stella's father, Kregg, was a member of the baseball team.
• Junior Olivia Grisdale is the second in her family to play soccer at Maine … older sister Rebecca played three seasons at Maine, including two with Olivia, and was a captain on the 2025 squad.
• Freshman Ashley Kraemer is the third member of her family to play at Maine, joining older sisters Kayla (2020-24) and Abby (2021-24) … they have a fourth sister, Caitlin, who plays ice hockey at Minnesota Duluth.
• Teagan Atherley is the daughter of head coach Scott Atherley, who was a four-year letterwinner on the men's soccer team at Maine (1984-88).
UP NEXT
• Maine will play two games next week, traveling to face Bryant on Thursday, Oct. 22 before returning home to host Binghamton on Sunday, Oct. 25.
• Both matches will stream live on ESPN+.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium, with the match also streaming live on ESPN+.
Game 13 | Maine at New Hampshire
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Durham, N.H. | Wildcat Stadium
ABOUT MAINE
• Maine will bring an overall record of 5-4-3 and a conference mark of 2-1-1 into Sunday's rivalry game.
• This past weekend, the Black Bears topped NJIT, 2-0, at home … Abbey Thornton and Isabella Meadows scored for Maine, with Meadows and Luise Reinwald also picking up assists on Thornton's goal … Maine allowed just three shots in the contest while Elena Barenberg made two saves for her fourth shutout of the season.
• Meadows now has a team-leading 11 points on five goals and one assist while Reinwald is second with seven points on three goals and one assist … Thornton (1-3-5) is tied with Aja Turner (2-1-5) for third on the team in scoring.
• Eight Black Bears have at least one goal on the year, including three with multiple goals in Meadows (4), Reinwald (3) and Turner (2).
• Meanwhile, nine Black Bears also have assists … Victoria Dungey and Abbey Thornton have three each while Hannah Wehmeyer, Sandrine Brault and Britta Denny have two each.
• Elena Barenberg has made 40 saves for Maine while holding a .784 save percentage, 0.92 goals against average and posting four shutouts.
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE
• The Wildcats enter Sunday's game at 3-7-2 overall and 0-4-0 in America East play.
• New Hampshire last played on Oct. 4, falling at Binghamton in a hard-fought 2-1 match.
• Ava Vanbuskirk leads the Wildcats with three goals and one assist for seven points … Elizabeth Finn has one goal and a team-high four assists for six points while leading the team with 26 shots.
• Sonja Zeepvat has played the majority of minutes in goal … she has a 3-7-2 record while posting a .750 save percentage and 1.72 goals against average to go with two shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY vs NEW HAMPSHIRE
• Maine holds an all-time record of 20-19-4 in the series with New Hampshire.
• The Black Bears went 2-0-0 against the Wildcats last season, earning a pair of 2-1 wins in Orono … the rivals clashed to close out the regular season and then met again three days later in the quarterfinal round of the America East playoffs.
• Eight of the last 10 and games and 17 of the last 20 have been decided by one goal or less.
• Luise Reinwald (1-0-2 and Victoria Dungey (0-1-1) have both recorded at least point against the Wildcats in their careers.
• The first-ever meeting in the series came in 1990, with UNH picking up a 6-1 win.
WEEKLY AWARDS ROUND UP
· Five Black Bears have earned America East weekly awards this season.
· Isabella Meadows has earned two Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Aja Turner has earned one.
· Olivia Grisdale has earned two Defender of the Week honors, while Meghan Bernetti has earned one.
· Goalkeeper Elena Barenberg has earned one Goalkeeper of the Week honor.
FAMILY TIES
• Sophomore Stella Jarvais is the second in her family to play soccer for head coach Scott Atherley … her mom Nikki played four seasons at Maine (1996-2000) and captained the squad as a senior … Stella's father, Kregg, was a member of the baseball team.
• Junior Olivia Grisdale is the second in her family to play soccer at Maine … older sister Rebecca played three seasons at Maine, including two with Olivia, and was a captain on the 2025 squad.
• Freshman Ashley Kraemer is the third member of her family to play at Maine, joining older sisters Kayla (2020-24) and Abby (2021-24) … they have a fourth sister, Caitlin, who plays ice hockey at Minnesota Duluth.
• Teagan Atherley is the daughter of head coach Scott Atherley, who was a four-year letterwinner on the men's soccer team at Maine (1984-88).
UP NEXT
• Maine will play two games next week, traveling to face Bryant on Thursday, Oct. 22 before returning home to host Binghamton on Sunday, Oct. 25.
• Both matches will stream live on ESPN+.
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