Athletics

UMaine men’s rugby heading to regional playoffs with zero losses

The University of Maine Men’s Rugby Team will enter the regional playoffs for Division II of National Collegiate Rugby with a 7-0 record so far this season.  Black Bears, the third-ranked team in the country, are among four teams playing in the East Regionals Friday-Sunday, Nov. 17-19 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Whichever team wins will compete […]

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Media report Black Bears winning America East soccer championship

The Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), WFVX (Channel 7) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on the University of Maine women’s soccer team winning the program’s first-ever America East Championship. The UMaine team will advance to play in its first NCAA Tournament.   

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UMaine Dining brings back Luke’s Lobster to hungry Black Bear football fans

Continuing its dedication to providing local food to its visitors, University of Maine Dining announces that Portland-based Luke’s Lobster will once again be available at the Homecoming Black Bear football game in the concessions area. Luke’s Lobster will offer its Maine-style 4-ounce and 6-ounce lobster rolls, 8-ounce bowls of New England-style clam chowder along with […]

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MBS Corps to host March Against Domestic Violence on Oct. 13

The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps at the University of Maine will host its tenth annual March Against Domestic Violence at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 beginning outside of Cumberland Hall. The march will occur along Long Road and the Mall and conclude at Fogler Library. Speakers at the event will include Amanda Cost, executive […]

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A photo of UMaine's softball field

UMaine hosting upcoming college softball, baseball championships 

The University of Maine will host the 2024 America East Softball Championship and the 2025 America East Baseball Championship. That last softball championship hosted at UMaine was in 2010. The 2024 competition follows the opening of the university’s new softball complex. UMaine previously hosted baseball championships in 2022 and 2018.  Read the full story on […]

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A photo of people cutting a ribbon at the new field hockey facility at UMaine

New field hockey complex opens at UMaine 

The University of Maine officially unveiled its new field hockey complex at a grand opening ceremony on Aug. 18. The 70,000-square-foot, $8.3 million complex features a synthetic turf playing surface, two new scoreboards, LED lights, brick dugouts and bleacher seating for up to 512 patrons, with chairback seats placed in the center of the stadium […]

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Media report on grand opening for new field hockey complex

The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), News Center Maine and BVM Sports reported on the grand opening of the new field hockey complex at the University of Maine. “The women you see here are a part of a great legacy at the University of Maine and they continue to burnish and advance that legacy […]

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