Women’s Ice Hockey:
USM erased a one goal third period deficit to defeat the Amherst College Lord Jeffs on Sunday, February 6. USM got three early goals in a span of 1:23 of the third period to go ahead and stay ahead, defeating the Lord Jeffs by a score of 4-3 in a non-conference game at Orr Rink in Amherst, MA.
The men’s basketball team retained possession of the Costello Cup this past Wednesday after beating rival St Joseph’s College 83-69. Each year, the winner of the game takes possession of the coveted Costello Cup until the teams face each other again the next season.
USM jumped out to an early lead and didn’t look back crushing St. Joseph’s College 79-45 at home on Wednesday. The game was never close, as the Huskies coasted into their fifteenth straight victory.
USM was up 21-5 with twelve minutes remaining in the first half when the Monks clamped down on defense, holding the Huskies scoreless for the next five minutes.
Women’s Ice Hockey: The Lady Huskies bowed to nationally ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6-1 last Saturday, January 29. Junior Kari Rabaten (Brookhaven, NY) scored three goals for the Engineers, who improved to 16-3-0 on the season. Sophomore Caitlin Tassone (Woburn, MA) scored for the Huskies on a breakaway with just over three and-a-half minutes to play n the game.
Name: Ashley-Lynn Marble Age: 20 Hometown: Topsfield, Maine Parents: Butch & Marcelle Marble Year: Junior Major: Sports Medicine Position: Forward Uniform #: 23
Four athletes on the women’s basketball team were recently suspended for using cocaine over the winter break. Amanda Bryant, Dawn Ross, Tiffany Jones, and Shannon Kynoch were all suspended for four games after admitting that they had used cocaine at a party.
Women’s Basketball: USM posted an 85-62 win against Plymouth State University (PSU) in Little East Conference action in Plymouth, NH on Tuesday night. Junior Ashley Marble (Topsfield, ME) had a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds to help the Huskies to their 13th straight win (15-2).
The Lady Polar Bears of Bowdoin College got off to a slow start Tuesday night. The nationally ranked girls had just one goal in the first period before exploding in the second for seven goals, five with under eight minutes left.
Sophomore goalie Jen Arno (Westford, MA) had an outstanding first period for the Huskies, making saves on the first 24 shots fired her way.
Career stats: Goals: 21 Assists: 16 Points: 37 Games played: 64 Penalties: 42 (for 84 minutes) Career highlights: “Being elected captain as a junior. I am extremely honored to have been given the leadership role as captain of our team for the 2004-2005 season.
The USM men’s basketball team used two runs of 8-0 and 10-1 respectively in the second half to erase an eight point first half deficit and defeat the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) Beacons in a Little East Conference match on Tuesday in Gorham.
The Beacons took advantage of a flat-footed USM in the opening stages of the first half.
Women’s Basketball:
The USM women’s team cruised to their 45th straight win versus the U-Mass Boston Beacons with a 93-55 victory on Tuesday night in Gorham. Junior Ashley Marble (Topsfield, ME) had a game-high 17 points for the Huskies. A 52-point second half helped lead the Huskies to their 14th win of the season, putting them at 14-2 overall (6-0 against Little East Conference opponents).
As a sports fan, there’s nothing more perversely gratifying than when a fraud is exposed. Kobe is charged with rape. Eugene Robinson gets arrested for soliciting a prostitute on the night before the Super Bowl, shortly after receiving the Bart Starr award for high moral character.
Name: Jason Levecque Hometown: Westbrook, Maine Year: Senior Team: Basketball Position: Guard Uniform #: 15 Stats: Average 17.0 ppg Season totals: 33 Assists 7 Blocks 29 Steals 55 Rebounds Recent Highlights: Top scorer for last 3 games; 33, 24, 21 points respectively, helping USM to three straight wins.
A quick look at the past week in USM athletics.
Adversity? No problem. The USM men’s ice hockey team dominated Plymouth State College (PSC) on Tuesday while overcoming the loss of leading scorer Chris Sparkes (St. John’s, Nfld) due to a high ankle sprain and handling the Panthers by a score of 4-1. Additionally, the discouraging residuum of almost 30 penalty calls seemed to have no effect on the Huskies’ game throughout the night.
Is there anything more entertaining than watching Mike Martz self-destruct on the sidelines? The noted Civil War buff who masquerades as a football coach looked like he had just been hurled back off of Little Round Top by the 20th Maine when the St. Louis Rams were abused by the New England Patriots on November 9.
Name: Chris Sparkes. Sport: Ice Hockey. Hometown: St. John’s, Nfld. Year: Sophomore. Major: Business. Position: Forward. Uniform #: 7
The USM women’s basketball team finished last season with an impressive record of 29-2. The Huskies season ended with a disappointing loss to Bowdoin in the third round of the NCAA tournament. Bowdoin was the only team to beat the Huskies, defeating them once in the regular season as well.
USM men’s ice hockey is returning 18 players from last year’s roster, which is often a large attribution to a successful season.
Name: Colleen Dolbec. Sport: Cross Country. Year: Senior. Hometown: Newfield, ME. Major: Sports Medicine/ Health & Fitness.
Two Super Bowl Cadillac rides later and Tom Brady still can’t get a fair shake from the mainstream sports media. We’re not talking Joe Six-Pack and his 50 watt talk show in Cheboygan here, these are legitimate NFL commentators. Last January ESPN’s Chris Mortensen called Brady one of the “six or seven best quarterback’s in the NFL.
A quick look at the past week in USM athletics.
Name: Mike Bunker. Sports: Men’s Cross Country. Hometown: Bucksport, ME. Major: Exercise Physiology. Year: Senior.
Coming off a disheartening loss in Saturday’s game against Eastern Connecticut, the men’s soccer team defeated Western Connecticut State University by a score of 2-1 on Sunday. The two teams battled for control throughout the first half with the score still 0-0 as time expired.