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WOOLWICH — Buckfield is moving on in the Class D soccer playoffs.

Kyle Chabe broke a deadlock with 15 minutes to play in regulation with an unassisted goal to lift the Bucks to a 2-1 victory over Chop Point in a boys’ Class D soccer quarterfinal on Wednesday, moving them on to face No. 2 Pine Tree Academy in a semifinal matchup this weekend.

Garrett Hamann also scored for the Bucks, notching the first goal of the game 20 minutes into the opening half.

Gable Stevens squared the match when his corner kick redirected into the Buckfield cage off a defender for an own-goal 10 minutes before Chabe’s winner.

Calvin Downey made six saves to secure the victory for the Bucks.

Men’s soccer

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Colby 3, Bates 2

LEWISTON — Nick Aubin found the upper left corner of the goal from 25 yards out to give Colby College a 3-2 overtime victory over the Bates College men’s soccer team in the season finale for both teams Wednesday.

Colby took a 2-0 lead in the early part of the second half, but Bates closed the gap to less than five minutes later, then sent the game into overtime with 3:54 left in regulation.

Colby outshot Bates 8-1 in the first half, and took a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute when Matt Giron received the ball in the left corner of the Bates penalty area, with his back to Bates’ goal. Giron was able to turn and shoot with his right foot, and the ball appeared to glance off a Bates defender before finding the narrow gap between the left goalpost and Bates goalkeeper Joe Maffly-Kipp.

More Colby pressure resulted in an own goal and a 2-0 lead in the 50th minute. Andrew Woonton’s shot struck the crossbar, and a Bates defender, who was standing on Bates’ goal line, attempted to head the carom out of the goal, but the ball found the wrong side of the goal line for the home team.

College field hockey

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Colby 4, Bates 3

LEWISTON — Colby College netted three goals in the opening 15 minutes and built a 4-0 lead before holding off Bates College’s second-half rally for a 4-3 NESCAC field hockey victory Wednesday night at Campus Avenue Field.

Megan Fortier scored two goals for Colby (6-8, 2-8 NESCAC), which received all of its scoring from first-year players. Misha Strage and Ellie Donohue also scored.

For Bates (4-10, 1-9 NESCAC), Caroline Falcone, Riley Kundtz and Lexie Carter all scored in a four-minute span of the second half.

Just over five minutes into the game, at the 5:25 mark, Bates goalkeeper Cristina Vega saved an initial shot by Fortier, but fellow Strage was there to put away the rebound.

USM 3, NEC 2

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GORHAM — Junior Cristina Mountain (Dexter, Maine) knocked in the game-winning goal in the fourth minute of the overtime period to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 3-2 overtime win over the New England College Pilgrims Wednesday evening at Hannaford Field in Gorham, Maine.

The win is the third straight for USM and improves its overall record to 8-11. Suffering its second consecutive loss, New England College falls to 8-11 on the season with the loss

The Huskies grabbed a 1-0 lead despite being outshot and out-cornered by the Pilgrims 16-6 and 11-0 respectively in the first half. Junior forward Ariel Kaplan scored her fifth goal of the season in the 20th minute off of an assist from junior Natalie Harkins.

Women’s soccer

Colby 2, Bates 0

WATERVILLE — The Colby College women’s soccer team ended the regular season with a 2-0 victory over rival Bates College and earned the sixth seed in the New England Small College Athletic Conference playoffs on Wednesday.

Annie Papadellis scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season to power the Mules, who had a 17-11 shot advantage. She scored just 3:35 into the game on Colby’s first chance with the ball over midfield. Amanda Findlay pushed a perfect pass to the middle and Papadellis ran on to it about the 18-yard line.

With a defender on her back and Bates goalkeeper Anabel Schmelz coming out, Papadellis calmly shot the ball into the left corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. Papadellis used her speed on the first goal, but her second goal was her footwork. Maddie Tight passed the ball to Papadellis on the left side about 12 yards out. With a defender on her, Papadellis ripped a left-footed shot into the right corner of the net at 53:15.

She is up to 17 points on the season.

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