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Sports Briefs: Black Bears fall in home opener

Women's hockey loses in shootout, Williams among CAA honorees

Posted on Nov. 25, 2009, at 11:54 a.m.

Men’s Basketball

The University of Maine men’s basketball team fell behind early and never recovered Tuesday night, falling in their home opener 59-46 to Quinnipiac University at Alfond Arena.

After Quinnipiac (3-1) built an early 19-6 lead, UMaine (2-3) cut into the lead and only trailed by six points at the half.

To begin the second half, the Black Bears went on a 7-to-2 run to close the gap to 33-32, but that’s as close as they would get as the Bobcats pushed the lead to double digits midway through the half and held on.

The Black Bears shot just over 30 percent from the floor in the game and were led by junior forward Sean McNally who had nine points and 10 rebounds. Troy Barnies had a team-high 11 points.

Quinnipiac shot over 45 percent from the field and were led by Justin Rutty who had a game-high 14 points.

The Black Bears are back in action on Dec. 3 when they travel to take on Colgate University at 7 p.m.

Women’s Hockey

Brittany Ott made 33 saves for the University of Maine women’s hockey team to preserve a 1-1 tie, but Black Bears lost in a shootout on Tuesday night against Boston University at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston.

UMaine now stands 3-9-3 on the season and 1-5-3-1 in Hockey East play. BU moves to 6-4-6 overall and 4-3-1-2 in the conference.

After the Terriers struck first on a Jill Cardella goal a few minutes into the second period, UMaine responded Dominique Goutsis scored her second goal of the season minutes later.

No more goals were scored in regulation or overtime, but in the second round of the penalty shootout Jenelle Kohanchuk scored to give BU the victory.

UMaine returns to action on Nov. 27 when they travel to the University of North Dakota for a pair of games.

Football

The University of Maine football season has wrapped up and the team is not heading to the playoffs, but a few Black Bears were honored earlier this week.

Senior wide receiver Landis Williams was named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team, while senior left tackle Tyler Eastman was named to the second team.

Senior defensive end Jordan Stevens, sophomore linebacker Donte Dennis and junior defensive back Steven Barker were all on the third team.

UMaine was 5-6 on the season and 4-4 in the conference, finishing second in the CAA North Division.

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