Women’s soccer defeats UAlbany, advances to America East semifinal

Thursday, November 5

Orono, Maine

7:00 PM

University of Maine

8-5-4, 4-2-2

UAlbany

5-8-3, 3-3-2

Team	1	2	Final F
UAlbany	0	0	0
Maine	1	1	2

Maine women's soccer celebrates a goal against UAlbany.

11/5/2026 10:21:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

The Black Bears earned a 2-0 win on Thursday night in Orono.

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team earned a 2-0 win over UAlbany in the America East Championships quarterfinal round on Thursday night at the New Balance Soccer Complex.

The third-seeded Black Bears will now travel to face second-seeded Bryant in the semifinal round at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8.

Isabella Meadows put Maine up 1-0 in the eighth minute after Audrey Palmer worked her way into the box and fed Meadows near post for a finish. In the ensuing 70 minutes, Elena Barenberg made four saves to keep the Black Bears in front. Sandrine Brault then finished off a flank service from Britta Denny for an insurance goal in the 83rd minute. Barenberg made one more save in the waning minutes to preserve the shutout.

NOTES

UAlbany had the lead in shots at 15-9.
The Great Danes had the 6-3 lead in corner kicks.
Elena Barenberg made five saves in moving to 8-5-4 on the year while posting her fifth shutout of the season.
Maine is now 16-10-2 in the all-time series with UAlbany, including a mark of 2-0-0 in postseason play.
Isabella Meadows scored her eighth goal of the season and third game-winning goal.
Sandrine Brault recorded her third goal of the year.
Lea Schroder, Hilary Washington, Olivia Grisdale and Audrey Palmer all played the full 90 minutes for Maine.
Maine now joins Binghamton as the first America East teams to advance to five straight semifinal games for the first time since Hartford in 2012-2016.