Women's soccer season ends in America East semifinal

Sunday, November 8

Smithfield, R.I.

4:30 PM

University of Maine

8-6-4, 4-2-2

Bryant

7-6-4, 4-2-2

Team	1	2	Final F
Maine	0	0	0
Bryant	0	2	2

Luise Reinwald gets ready to kick the ball.

11/8/2026 7:02:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

The Black Bears were playing in a fifth consecutive semifinal.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The University of Maine women's soccer team fell to Bryant, 2-0, on Sunday night in the America East Championship semifinal round.

The Black Bears end the season at 8-6-4 overall. Maine was playing in its fifth consecutive America East tournament semifinal round, marking the first team to do so since Hartford in 2012-2016.

After a scoreless first half, the Bulldogs struck in the 55th minute. Maine went on to out-shoot Bryant 15-4 in the second half in search of the equalizer. The Bulldogs, though, put the game away with an insurance goal in the 81st minute.

NOTES

Maine had the 18-8 advantage in shots.
The Black Bears had nine corner kicks to Bryant's four.
Elena Barenberg made two saves in moving to 8-6-4 on the year.
Maine is now 10-4-2 in the all-time series with Bryant … this marked the first-ever America East tournament meeting for the two squads.
Maine was making its fifth consecutive America East championships semifinal appearance.
Olivia Grisdale and Luise Reinwald played the full 90 minutes for Maine.
Isabella Meadows led Maine with four shots.