FARMINGTON – Melissa St. Armand, Ashley Tetreault and Amber Murphy scored on penalty kicks, and goalie Melissa Demerchant made a pair of stops to lead Maine-Farmington to a 1-0 women’s soccer victory over Elms in a penalty-kick shootout in the North Atlantic Conference semifinals.

UMF (14-4-2) had to work overtime despite enjoying a 21-6 advantage in shots.

Field hockey

USM 3, Westfield St. 1

GORHAM – Mountain Valley graduate Samm Johnson scored the only goal of the first half to spark Southern Maine to a 3-1 victory over Westfield State in the Little East Conference quarterfinals.

Caitlin Albert and Rolinda Mitchell also scored for the Huskies (14-6).

UMF 2, Lasell 0

FARMINGTON – Kaeleigh Barker recorded her seventh shutout to help top-ranked Maine-Farmington to a 2-0 triumph over Lasell in the NAC semifinals.

Ashley Wentworth and Emma Deans scored for UMF (12-5).

Women’s soccer

Keene State 3, USM 1

KEENE, N.H. – The third-seeded Keene State College Owls tallied three unassisted goals in a span of 15 minutes midway through the first half en route to a 3-1 victory over the sixth-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies Tuesday night in a first-round match of the 2007 Little East Conference women’s soccer championship.

The Owls, who won their fourth straight match, move into a semifinal match Thursday in Willimantic, Conn., against second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University. The Owls improved their overall record to 12-7-1. The Huskies finished their season at 7-11-0.

Sophomore midfielder Kendra Spencer put the Owls on the board in the 21st minute with an unassisted goal. Spencer hit a 25-yard shot that Southern Maine junior goalkeeper Mindy Morneault made the save on, but the ball was ruled to have crossed the goal line when Morneault fell into the goal.