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By Joseph Bethony
Sports Editor
The University of Maine field hockey team will face host Northeastern University in the first round of the America East Conference Championships on Friday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m.
In the other semifinal, second-seeded Boston University will face the third-seeded University of Delaware Blue Hens at 5:30 p.m.
Both semifinal matches, as well as Sunday’s final, will be played at Sweeney Field at Northeastern in Boston.
UMaine finished the season 10-7-0 overall and 6-3-0 in America East conference play. Boston University, University of Delaware and UMaine all finished the season with the same conference record, but the conference determined the rankings by comparing each team’s record against the standings in descending order. All three teams lost to No. 1 Northeastern and all three defeated Drexel. Boston University and Delaware defeated Hofstra but UMaine did not. The Terriers earned the second seed by virtue of a head-to-head victory against Delaware.
UMaine fell to Northeastern 5-1 on Oct. 21 in Boston. The Huskies scored five unanswered goals after the Black Bears opened the scoring at 16:27 of the first half on a goal from Rebecca Ouellet. UMaine held the lead until the northeaster struck back with its first goal only 15 seconds before intermission. Northeastern went on to score four second-half goals from four different players.
Senior Jen Johnstone led the Black Bears in scoring this season with 25 points. She had 10 goals and five assists. Senior Morgan Brady appears to have led the country in assists, final statistics were not in at press time, with 15.
Sophomore Jaye Lance should be in net for UMaine in the playoff game. She played in all 17 of the team’s games, logging nearly 1256 minutes. She finished with a record of 10-7 and had a goals against average of 1.67. Lance also had two shutouts.
