LEWISTON — Lily Peterson headed in the game-winning goal with 3:47 left in the second overtime, giving the Bates College women’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Trinity College on Sunday at Russell Street Field.

Bates (1-3-0, 1-3-0 NESCAC) received both of its goals from rookies, in the Bobcats’ first conference win of the season. Trinity (1-3-0, 0-3-0 NESCAC) remained winless in NESCAC play.

Karen Lockhart put Bates on the scoreboard first in the 20th minute, when she kicked a loose ball in from five feet away from the goal line, after Trinity goalkeeper Monika Difiorio deflected Bates midfielder Sam Rose’s initial shot from the outside perimeter of the box.

Trinity erased Bates’ 1-0 halftime lead in the 48th minute, when Abbey Lake stole the ball from a Bobcat defender near the right baseline, then was able to free up a left-footed shot that passed in front of Bates goalkeeper Anabel Schmelz and into the far left corner of the goal.

With both teams playing their second game in as many days, fatigue played a factor in the late minutes of regulation time and into overtime. Although the team with the wind at its back outshot the opposition in the three other periods, the Bobcats played a tough first overtime with the wind in their faces, matching the Bantams with three shots in the 10-minute period, while Schmelz came up with one of her six saves to stop Elisa Dolan’s bid to end the game.

Difiorio made a save of her own in the second overtime, on a shot by Bates first-year Maggie Coco, to preserve the 1-1 tie. But a foul called on Trinity with four minutes left in the game gave Bates’ Camille Smith a free kick from just inside the midfield line, on the left side of the field. With the wind at her back, Smith boomed the ball into Trinity’s penalty area, where it took one large bounce toward the right post. The 5-foot-10 Peterson got behind her defender, outleaped her for the ball and pushed it past the advancing Difiorio and into the net.

Bates outshot Trinity by a 3-0 margin in the final 10-minute period, and 19-14 in the game.

Difiorio made eight saves, while Schmelz came up with six for Bates.

Bates plays host to Brandeis in a non-conference game on Friday at 6pm. Trinity will host Connecticut College in a NESCAC match Saturday at 11 a.m.

UMF 3, MMA 1

CASTINE – The University of Maine at Farmington scored goals on both sides of intermission to hand Maine Maritime a 3-1 setback in the North Atlantic Conference women’s soccer opener for both squads.

Shelby Bryant  netted the game-winning goal to lift the Beavers to 3-1 (1-0 NAC), while dropping the Mariners to2-4 (0-1 NAC).

A hard collision between a Farmington striker and a Maine Maritime defender and keeper late in the 42nd minute set up a goal kick for the Mariners. An errant strike put the ball on the foot of Bryant at the top of the box. She arched it over the head of Mariners’ starting keeper, Taylor O’Malley to break a 1-1 deadlock.

Local product, Alida Peake put Maine Maritime on ice finishing a scramble in the 57th minute. Kayla Tuttle  played a back heel in the box that left the Mariners’ defense unsettled. The initial foray appeared to be lodged between keeper Kelsie Hilton and a defender, but Peake pried the ball loose and pooped it over the prone players for the 3-1 final.

Meryl Bond and Rachel Clement  combined for Farmington’s first goal, which was answered by the NAC’s leading scorer, Annie Koensgen. Dani Holt served a corner that was headed home by Koensgen for her seventh goal of the season.

Koensgen’s header was one of the Mariners’ five shots in the game, and the only one on target. Farmington peppered the Mariners’ cage throughout. Keepers O’Malley and Hilton combined for 16 saves. Working the duration of the second half, Hilton stopped 11 shots.

Maine Maritime returns to action on Tuesday when Maine-Fort Kent pays a visit. Farmington returns to action on Tuesday when the Beavers host Colby.

Men’s soccer

MMA 3, UMF 1

CASTINE —  Nicholas George factored in all of Maine Maritime Academy’s goals in a 3-1 men’s soccer win Sunday over the University of Maine at Farmington.

George netted the first two and assisted on the insurance marker to get the Mariners (3-2, 1-0) off to a winning start in North Atlantic Conference play. The Beavers dropped their fourth consecutive contest.

Abduallah Alkhayyat’s  through ball at the top of the box late in the 16th minute was sent to the lower left corner by George to give the Mariners an early jump. It was the only goal scored in the first half, but not the only time Alkhayyat set up for George.

With the game knotted at 1-1, Alkhayyat inserted a ball into the box from the right side for a George finish. His fifth goal of the season held up as the game-winner, however, he tacked on the helper on a late insurance marker finished by Kyle Haslam who punched in for the fourth time in his freshman campaign.

Dahir Muktar  accounted for the Beavers tally. A nifty give-and-go down the left side of the box left Mariners’ keeper, William Trace Lacour with little shot to stop the Beavers’ advance. Lacour posted a pair of saves, including a dandy from point blank to seal the victory. Farmington keeper, Paul Dupre turned away seven Mariners’ shots. Maine Maritime fired off 21 shots to Farmington’s five.

Maine Maritime returns to action on Tuesday against Maine-Fort Kent. Farmington hosts St. Joe’s on Wednesday.

Bates 0, Trinity 0

LEWISTON —  There was plenty of action in a well-played and even game between the Bates College and Trinity College men’s soccer teams on Sunday at Russell Street Field, but no goals scored, leaving the NESCAC rivals with a 0-0 tie to show for all their effort.

With each side generating its fair share of scoring chances, Bates (1-2-1, 0-2-1 NESCAC) outshot Trinity (2-1-1, 1-1-1 NESCAC) by a 21-14 margin, including a 4-0 edge in the first overtime period, when the Bobcats had the wind at their backs.

The teams switched ends for the final 10-minute overtime, and both sides got off two shots apiece, though the Bantams tested Bates first-year goalie Zach Shabman, forcing him to make two saves to preserve the stalemate.

Shabman made five saves in all to earn his first collegiate shutout, a 110-minute one at that. Meanwhile, Trinity’s James ciano was credited with eight saves in his shutout effort.

Trinity was whistled for 22 fouls to Bates’ nine, and the Bantams were yellow-carded three times in the contest.

Jason Symonette put both of his two shot attempts on goal for Trinity; Alex Harvey led the Bantams with three shots taken. For Bates, Ethan Hirshberg put two of his five shots on goal, and John Murphy put two of his four attempts on net.

Bates plays a non-conference game at Thomas College next Sunday, Sept. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Trinity hosts Connecticut College in a NESCAC game on Saturday at noon.

UM-Machias 3, CMCC 1

AUBURN — The Central Maine Community College men’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 decision to the University of Maine Machias on Sunday afternoon.

Just over two minutes into the match Clippers midfielder Tyler Troup accepted a pass from Franck Zeba and put Machias up 1-0. That score held through the first half.

Juan Soles scored next with an assist coming from Christian Olmedo. At 10:20 into the second half a Mustang defender was called for a trip in the box. Troup stepped up and netted the penalty for Machias putting them up 3-0.

With just five minutes to go a flurry of offence from the Mustangs (4-1) ended when Kaleb Davis headed the ball to Kulmiye Idris who fired a shot into the goal. The game concluded 3-1 in favor of Machias who also outshot the Mustangs 14-10.

Sam Hobson had 10 saves in goal for CMCC while Luis Herrera had five for UMM. Co-captains Jeremy Remeika and Josh Brien played well defensively for Central Maine Community Colleg, which picked up a 2-1 road win at Northern Maine CC on Saturday.

Field hockey

Colby 2, UMF 1

WATERVILLE — Megan Fortier scored 9:32 into the second half to break a tie and lead the Colby College field hockey team to a 2-1 non-conference win over University of Maine at Farmington on Sunday at Bill Alfond Field.

The Mules, who had a 28-2 shot advantage, move to 1-2 overall. Maine-Farmington falls to 1-3 on the season.

All three goals came off penalty corners, with Colby’s Caitlin Murray  getting the first one off assists from Kellie Walsh and Lucy Gerrity. Gerrity struck the corner, Walsh did the stop, and Murray ripped a hard shot to the right corner just 5:49 into play.

Chelsea Morley answered back for UMF about seven minutes later on a corner. Morley ripped a shot from the right side off assists from Emma Daniel and Lily Barry.

Natalie Fischer picked up the assist on Colby’s game-winning goal. Her blast was deflected by Fortier, who scored her second goal of the young season.

Michelle Burt played the first half and first-year Sarah Evans played the second half in combining for no saves. UMF keeper Curran Brierley  stopped 11 shots.

Maine 3, Pacific 2

DURHAM, N.H. — In a game dominated by the Black Bears in which they held a 20-1 edge in penalty corners and a 34-13 advantage in shots, the No. 23 University of Maine field hockey team was able to narrowly escape with a 3-2 overtime win against Pacific (3-5) on Sunday afternoon.

Cassidy Svetek was able to score the difference maker 14:41 into the overtime to give Maine its fourth-straight victory as the Black Bears improve to 5-4 overall.

The Tigers struck first as Jenna Vivian tallied her third goal of the season 29:48 into the contest. Hannah Bettencourt started the action as she sent a pass to Vivian at the top of the left circle. Vivian carried the ball into the middle of the circle and sent a low shot that snuck past Maine goalkeeper Sydney Kolysher.

Hannah Keating knotted the score at 1-1 just under five minutes later with her second goal of the season. Keating carried the ball into the Pacific circle alone and fired a shot through traffic and into the top right of the cage.

Maine grabbed its first lead of the contest at the 54:58 mark when Zoe Berkey hit the back of the cage for the first time this season. Zoe Adkins began the play for Maine as she inserted on the penalty corner. Berkey made the stop at the top of the circle and slid a low shot past Tiger goalkeeper Maggie Corder.

With just 38-seconds remaining in regulation, Dinah Compton tied the game once again. Kolysher was able to make the initial save in the action on Emily Trudeau’s shot but the rebound kicked out to Compton who took advantage and scored her first goal of the season, sending the game into overtime.

Svetek ended things 14:41 into the extra time period as she tallied her fourth goal in two days to win it for the Black Bears. Berkey assisted on the play as the sophomore began things by sliding a pass from the top of the circle down to Svetek. Svetek, set-up in the middle of the circle, was able to take advantage of the open cage, recording her fifth goal of the season to give Maine a 3-2 victory.

Kolysher picks up her first win of the year as she moves to 1-3 overall after making six saves in the cage for the Black Bears. Corder falls to 3-1 for Pacific after making 17 saves in the loss.

The Black Bears return to action on Friday, Sept. 21 when they host Quinnipiac in a contest scheduled for 6 p.m.