ORONO — The University of Maine football team has a starting quarterback, and it’s not who most expected. UMaine head coach Joe Harasymiack named redshirt freshman Chris Ferguson as the team’s starter, the school announced Saturday. Ferguson will be under center for the Black Bears when they open the season Aug. 31 at New Hampshire. […]
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Former UMaine hockey captain Cam Brown signs with ECHL team
Quinnipiac’s K.J. Tiefenwerth, left, looks back at the puck over his shoulder after losing it to University of Maine’s Cam Brown during their game at Alfond Arena in Oct. 2016. Former University of Maine men’s hockey captain Cam Brown has signed a contract with the ECHL’s Wheeling (West Virginia) Nailers, the organization announced Wednesday. The […]
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Former UMaine defenseman Brian Flynn signs one-year deal with Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars will now have a trio of former University of Maine hockey players on their roster this fall thanks to the signing of Brian Flynn. Flynn, a former Black Bear defenseman who was released by the Montreal Canadiens earlier this summer, has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Stars, t he team […]
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UMaine softball player Alyssa Derrick wows social media with football toss
All Alyssa Derrick was doing on May 3 was tossing a football around an apartment complex parking lot. Little did the the third baseman for the University of Maine softball team know that her strong arm would lead her to become an internet sensation. Derrick, a sophomore for coach Mike Coutts’ Black Bears, has been […]
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UMaine expects to welcome largest incoming class this fall
ORONO (AP) — The University of Maine says it expects to welcome the largest incoming class in its history this fall. The Orono university says the number of new students confirmed for admission by the May 1 deadline topped 2,500. The school says 2,512 students paid their deposit fee to attend in the fall. That’s […]
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UMaine wants to train more lawyers for rural parts of state
PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Maine School of Law is looking to train more lawyers for the vast rural parts of the state. The school is launching the Rural Lawyer Pilot Project, which is kicking off with a workshop for attorneys and law students on Saturday. It will be a three-year project to place […]
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Vachon appointed UMaine women’s basketball coach for 2017-2018; Barron remains in treatment
Amy Vachon speaks at a press conference Wednesday after the University of Maine announced she will serve as interim head coach for UMaine women’s basketball’s 2017-2018 season as head coach Richard Barron continues to battle a debilitating illness. ORONO — With head coach Richard Barron continuing to battle a debilitating illness, Amy Vachon, who led […]
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Three Maine-based hockey players choose pro hockey futures
One former University of Maine hockey player has signed a deal with an ECHL team, while another will enter free agency this spring. Brian Morgan has signed a standard-player contract with the ECHL’s Adirondack Thunder, an affiliate of the Calgary Flames, while Blaine Byron, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins before attending UMaine, will […]
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Women's basketball: Albany overcomes slow start to beat UMaine for sixth straight America East title
Albany’s Jessica Fequiere, left, shoots while covered by Maine’s Anita Kelava during the America East Conference women’s basketball championship Friday, March 10, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y. — The University of Maine women’s basketball team got off to a terrific start in Friday’s America East championship game at the University of Albany’s SEFCU Arena, […]
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Interim coach Amy Vachon guides UMaine women’s basketball team to title game
ORONO — Amy Vachon didn’t want to make her collegiate head coaching debut under the circumstances she did. On Jan. 6, head coach Richard Barron announced he was taking an indefinite medical leave of absence with an undisclosed illness. Two months later, he has not returned. That thrust associate head coach Vachon into the director’s […]