ORONO, Maine — New Hampshire’s Emma Compagna scored off a rebound in overtime to give the Wildcats a 3-2 field hockey victory over the Maine Black Bears Friday.
UNH opened the scoring at the 15:14 mark when Jackie Hozza scored off a rebound, then the Bears equalized just over 15 minutes later when Marissa Shaw connected on a pass from Nicole Sevey.
Zoe Berkey gave Maine the lead at 36:45 when she scored off a pass from Hannah Keating.
Lindsey Nerbonne tied it for UNH at 46:50, sending the game into overtime.
Emma Cochran made nine saves on 12 shots for Maine, now 10-9 overall and 3-2 in America East heading into next Thursday’s league semifinals in Albany, New York.
Carlie Tarbell made six saves on eight shots for UNH (7-11, 4-1).
Men’s Soccer
Thomas 3, Castleton 0
At Waterville, Dakota Duplissie scored off a William Nilson goal in the 31st minute and Thomas went on to add two second-half goals en route to the North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal victory.
Duplissie added Thomas’ second goal in the 65th minute when he converted a free kick from about 30 feet away. London Steede Jackson added the final goal off a John Flores-McKenna pass in the 89th minute.
Joakim Sternas made four saves for Thomas (9-4-3, 5-2-2 NAC) while Amir Pasic made three for Castleton (8-10-1, 5-3-1).
Husson 3, MMA 1
At Bangor, Husson used a strong second half to beat Maine Maritime and advance to a semifinal date next Tuesday at 4 p.m. at New England College.
Husson took an early lead in the 12th minute on an own goal, but MMA equalized five minutes later with a Tom Samson goal off a David Clough assist.
Husson then outshot MMA 19-5 in the second half with Stephen Berenyi connecting for a blistering goal from a Matthew Milliard pass.
Husson added its final goal on an Andy Stevick penalty kick in the 90th minute.
MMA’s Marshall Spear made nine saves and Husson’s Brian Potter made nine, also.
Husson is now 11-7 and MMA finished at 8-8-1.
Football
Stoops gets new deal
Kentucky extended the contract of coach Mark Stoops for the second time in six months.
The school announced an agreement that adds six months to the deal, from June 30, 2019, to the end of 2019. No mention was made of any possible changes to Stoops’ salary.
In Stoops’ second season at Kentucky, he has taken the program form two wins in 2013 to a 5-3 record this year. One more win and the Wildcats will be bowl eligible for the first time since 2010.
Cook returning to MSU
Michigan State junior quarterback Connor Cook said on The Dan Patrick Show this week that he intends to bypass the 2015 NFL Draft and return to the Spartans for his senior season.
“My goal, my main priority is to use up my years here at Michigan State,” he said.
Cook is currently ranked as the No. 3 draft-eligible quarterback for the 2015 NFL Draft by NFLDraftscout.com and a possible first-round pick.