Field Hockey

USM 2, UMF 1

GORHAM — Freshman midfielder Bethany Schleh scored
the game-winning goal in the 50th minute to help the University of Southern
Maine to a 2-1 win over the University of Maine at Farmington in a
non-conference field hockey game Wednesday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.

After
a scoreless 42 minutes, Southern Maine senior forward India Lowe put her team on the scoreboard with
her second goal of the season. 
Lowe’s goal came after USM was awarded a penalty corner.  Lowe played the ball to sophomore back Bethany Bougie who
sent a long driven pass from the top of the circle for Lowe to redirect in the
43rd minute. Bougie was credited
with the assist.

USM
took a 2-0 lead minutes later on Schleh’s strike in the 50th minute. Schleh collected a redirected shot from
Lowe in a scramble in front of the net and tapped the ball past the UMaine-Farmington goalkeeper.

The
Beavers answered shortly after Schleh’s goal to cut the USM lead to a
goal. Freshman forward Lilly Barry tallied her
second goal of the season in the 51st minute. Barry deflected a pass from senior forward and Jay native Alyssa St. Pierre forthe
score.

USM
senior goalkeeper Allison Hill had a solid effort in goal making four saves and several key
defensive clears.  UMaine-Farmington freshman goalkeeper Felisha
Taylor played well in the loss making eight saves. 

Men’s soccer

Bowdoin 3, USM 1
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin sophomore Nick Powell scored a pair of goals to lead the Polar Bear men’s soccer team to their first win of the 2009 campaign, 3-1, over the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (1-1-0) avenge last year’s defeat at the hand of the Huskies, and own a 22-5-3 lead in the all-time series against Southern Maine (2-3-0). Bowdoin wasted little time getting on the board as a ball played through the middle came to the toe of Eddie Jones, who one-touched a perfectly-placed pass to Powell. Powell deposited the ball in the lower right corner to give the hosts a 1-0 lead just 7:18 into the contest.

The Polar Bears owned an 8-1 edge in shots in the opening stanza, but couldn’t find the back of the net again until the 61st minute, when Tim Prior broke in on USM goaltender David Kreps. Prior drew Kreps out of position and found Powell in the middle for an empty-net tally.

Southern Maine cut into the lead in the 74th minute, when Bowdoin goaltender Dan Hicks fumbled the ball in the box. Husky freshman Mohamed Mohamed put home the loose ball to make it 2-1 Polar Bears with just 15 minutes remaining. Bowdoin got some much needed insurance less than two minutes later, however, when Jones found Prior, who tucked it into the lower-right corner to seal the win.