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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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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Bella Swan, a University of Maine alumna and former Women’s Basketball forward, spoke with WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) about her first children’s book titled “Do You Know Your Hair is Like Magic?” “I want people to feel good about themselves to know that all hair is good hair and there’s not one hair texture […]
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported that the University of Maine hosted its seventh annual golf fundraiser to benefit student athletes. WLOX-TV (Channel 13 in Biloxi, Mississippi), KWCH-TV (Channel 12 in Wichita, Kansas) and WBRC-TV (Channel 6 in Birmingham, Alabama) shared the WABI report.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Jason Grunkemeyer, a former Miami University (Ohio) basketball captain and assistant coach, has been named UMaine’s deputy athletic director. He will start on Aug. 8.
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CTV interviewed Norm O’Reilly, dean of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business, about Nike ending its sponsorship from Hockey Canada over allegations of sexual harassment involving the latter. “Sponsorship is really an important part of revenue for Canadian national sport organizations,” he said, “they really have to change, but they’ve got the reach. […]
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Sports Illustrated, the Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News, the Portsmouth Herald, CBS Sports, WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that University of Maine junior and second baseman Quinn McDaniel was chosen in the fifth round of the Major League draft on Tuesday by the San Francisco […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine alumni and former members of the Black Bear Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Katrine Alcaide and Margaret Honan were inducted into the Maine Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame.
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), North State Journal (Raleigh, North Carolina), News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), Herald Online (Rock Hill, South Carolina) and other outlets reported that incoming freshman Bradly Nadeau became the fourth University of Maine player in […]
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Construction for the new University of Maine field hockey complex, scheduled to open in August, is well underway, with several developments completed through the winter and spring seasons. The underground utilities, including new perimeter drainage, have been installed, and concrete walls have been erected at the team bench areas and along the grandstand. Construction on […]
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