By Jacob Posik
The University of Maine women’s soccer team sees their record even up at 3-3-3 on the year following a draw and a loss over the weekend. The Black Bears managed just 12 shots, seven of them on goal, during the two game weekend set.
UMaine fights to 1-1 draw with Northeastern
The University of Maine women’s soccer team tied Northeastern University 1-1 in double overtime Friday night, UMaine’s third straight double-overtime draw.
The Huskies remain winless at 0-5-3 following Friday’s contest.
The first half of regulation play was scoreless, with Northeastern edging the Black Bears in shots 6-2.
UMaine struck first in the second half when senior forward Nikki Misener sent a pass into the box. Receiving Misener’s pass was junior forward Jordan Pellerin who was able to settle the ball before firing a shot past Huskies junior goalkeeper Paige Burnett. It was Pellerin’s first tally of the season.
Northeastern tied the game just eight minutes later on a goal by sophomore midfielder Morgan Hilby, who sent a rocket past UMaine freshman netminder Claudia Dube-Trempe. Dube-Trempe was making her collegiate debut for UMaine, and finished with four saves on five shots.
Neither team was capable of scoring for the remainder of regulation or either of the overtime periods.
The Huskies finished the game with a 12-6 advantage in shots. Burnett made two saves in net for the Huskies.
Sophomore midfielder Charlene Achille led UMaine in shots with three, including two on net.
Black Bears fall to Big Green 1-0
The Dartmouth College Big Green improve their record to 2-3-1 on the season following their 1-0 victory over UMaine on Sunday.
Both teams were scoreless throughout the first half of play. Dartmouth struck in the 63rd minute of action when Big Green sophomore defender Jackie Friedman assisted on senior midfielder Emma Brush’s third goal of the season.
Each team put six shots on net in the game. The Black Bears managed four shots on goal to Dartmouth’s three.
UMaine sophomore netminder Lauren Swant saved two shots in net during the 90 minutes of play, moving her to 3-2-2 in net this season. Junior goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders stopped all four shots in net for Dartmouth.
UMaine now moves into America East play with a home matchup against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Sept. 29 at 12 p.m. Dartmouth stays home to host University of Massachusetts-Lowell Sept. 26 at 7 p.m.