FORT KENT — West Virginia Tech has beaten the University of Maine-Fort Kent Bengals in the last two United States Collegiate Athletic Association men’s soccer championships and beat the Bengals again 2-1 Tuesday, snapping UMFK’s 55-game home unbeaeten streak.
WVT scored two minutes into the game when Francisco Neto converted a corner kick from Harry Reilly.
The Bengals (8-2) answered just two minutes later as Ben Kluvers set up a goal by Ross Downie, who snuck the ball past goalkeeper Pol Bernaldo.
WVU (2-0) took the lead at 18:08 of the first half when Neto took the ball down the left flank and kicked it on goal, with the ball deflecting off a UMFK defender. Goalkeeper Butch Forbes dove in the direction of the original shot and had no chance at saving the deflection. Prince Idornigie picked up an assist.
UMFK outshot WVT 14-9 with Forbes and Bernaldo each making four saves.
UNE 5, UMF 4
At Farmington, Tyler Garnick scored two of the University of New England’s four first-half goals as the Nor’Easters surged to a 3-1 lead and held off UMaine-Farmington in the second half for the win.
Garnick scored unassisted 7:13 into the game and set up Will Bushey’s goal about a minute later before Dan Good scored off a Ryan Stephens assist at 18:36 for a 3-0 lead.
Luke Sterling answered for UMF at 22:27 with assists from Uriah Forest-Bulley and Henry Ametti, but Garnick scored again from a Finn Ducker assist about 15 minutes later.
UMF’s Ibrahim Achekh scored twice within 30 seconds in the second half to cut UNE’s lead to 4-3 but Stephens responded for an unassisted goal at 85:35 before UMF’s Armetti put it back to a one-goal margin two minutes later via a penalty kick.
Nate Diffin (one save) and Jake Rostkowski split the goalkeeping chores for UNE (2-3) while Matt Wilson made four saves for UMF, which was outshot 14-9.
UMM 2, UMPI 0
At Machias, Anthony Gonzalez and Haidar Al-Freihy each scored a first-half goal to help the UMaine-Machias Clippers beat UM-Presque Isle.
Alejandro Zeijas assisted on Gonzalez’s goal and Al-Freihy’s was unassisted.
UMPI’s Caleb Bragg-Grady made seven saves while UMM’s Robert Devone finished with three. UMM outshot UMPI 17-12.
Women’s Soccer
UMF 4, St. Joseph’s 2
At Standish, UMaine-Farmington scored four unanswered goals in the second half to take the win after trailing at halftime 2-0.
Bridget Humphrey scored two of the four goals. Lydia Roy started the surge from an Ashley Gleason assist at 49:54 and then Humphrey tied it with an unassisted goal four minutes later. Gleason scored the game-winner unassisted at 77:10 and Humphrey added an unassisted tally at 87:08.
Haley DaGraca scored St. Joseph’s first goal off an assist from Hannah LeBlanc at 15:06 and LeBlanc scored via a Desiree Parent pass about five minutes later.
St. Joseph’s outshot UMF 25-16 with UMF’s Sam Hatch making four saves and St. Joe’s Brooke Troup finishing with seven.
UMF is 2-2 and St. Joe’s is 1-4.