Mayo posts 4th straight shutout in Monks’ win
NASHUA, N.H. — Katye Mayo made six saves Wednesday and posted her fourth consecutive shutout to spark Saint Joseph’s to a 2-0 women’s soccer victory over Rivier College.
Jessica Needham scored a goal in the first half on an assist from Katie Jordan while Mikayla Call added a goal in the second half for the 10-4-1 Monks.
Brittany Puleo made nine saves on 12 shots for 3-11 Rivier.
Bates 4, UM-Farmington 0
At Lewiston, Julie Brown notched two goals in the second half as Bates College shut out the University of Maine-Farmington.
Courtney Talcott netted an unassisted goal in the second half. Bates tallied its first goal with an own goal by UMF in the first half. Annie Burns made three saves to earn her first collegiate shutout for the 5-7 Bobcats.
Mckell Barnes made 11 saves on 35 shots for the 7-6 Beavers.
Field hockey
UM-Farmington 2, Thomas 1
At Waterville, Alyssa St. Pierre scored in the first overtime to lift the Beavers to a North Atlantic Conference victory over the Terriers.
Emma Deans stakes UMaine-Farmington to a 1-0 lead with 6:35 in the first half, but Amy Miles converted a Kellie Martel pass to score the equalizer in the second half.
Kaeleigh Barker made one save for UMaine-Farmington. Megan Denby posted nine saves for Thomas.
Plymouth State 2, USM 1
At Gorham, Ashley Gutowski and Sarah Smith each scored a goal to lead Plymouth State University past the University of Southern Maine.
Elyse Sedgley made seven saves on 13 shots for 8-6 Plymouth State.
Caitlin Albert scored for Southern Maine on an assist from India Lowe. Allison Hill stopped 13 of 23 shots for the 7-9 Huskies.
Football
Edsall questions instant replay
Connecticut coach Randy Edsall would like to see some changes in the Big East’s instant replay system. Edsall did not challenge a safety called during Saturday’s 12-10 loss to Rutgers, even though replays showed Connecticut running back Donald Brown may have made it out of the end zone.
Edsall said he couldn’t tell from his position if it was a bad call, and was relying on replay officials in the booth. They are supposed to examine every play, making it difficult for coaches to know when a challenge should be made, Edsall said.
“At least if it’s a controversial thing, we wish that they would just maybe stop (play), so we know that it’s being re-viewed and let (the official) go over and say, ‘No, it’s O.K.”’
Edsall said he also would like to see the reviews moved from the booth to field, as they do in the NFL.
“Nothing against the replay officials in the booth, but the guys on the field, they’re actu-ally doing this every week and they are seeing it,” he said.
UConn (5-2) hosts Cincinnati (5-1) on Saturday.
Women’s basketball
Yow spent 5 days in hospital
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Kay Yow says she’s feeling better after spending a few days in the hospital.
North Carolina State’s Hall of Fame coach said Wednesday during the ACC’s media day that she was hospitalized be-cause of a change in her cancer treatment.
Yow says it started after a round of chemotherapy about three weeks ago when “my body just couldn’t handle that combination of drugs.”
She checked into a hospital Oct. 8, the same day her players left campus for fall break. She was released the following Monday, coached the Wolf-pack’s first practice last Friday and hasn’t missed a practice.
Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and said she feels her best during basketball season because “I have tunnel vision and I forget everything else about my body.”