DURHAM, New Hampshire — Kaitlin Saulter picked up a loose ball at the 18 and scored 2:59 into overtime on Thursday night, lifting the University of Maine to a 2-1 America East women’s soccer victory over New Hampshire.
Jenna Soucy had scored the equalizer for the Black Bears (8-5-1 overall, 3-1-1 AE), when she converted a Charlene Achille pass at the 28:04 mark of the first half.
Brooke Murphy had given the Wildcats (6-7-3, 4-2 AE) a short-lived 1-0 advantage when she scored off a Caroline Murray assist at 26:43.
Claudia Dube-Trempe made three saves for UMaine, while Mimi Borkan had three stops for UNH.
UM-Farmington 3, Thomas 0
At Farmington, Bridget Humphrey scored a goal and assisted on another to lead UM-Farmington past Thomas College of Waterville.
Kaiti Kinney scored the only goal of the first half off an assist from Lydia Roy before Humphrey and Haley Murano added second-half goals.
Kiana Thompson made two saves on six shots for UMF, which is now 5-8-1 overall and 2-4-1 in the North Atlantic Conference. ively.
Paige Leary made 15 saves on 40 shots for Thomas (6-7, 3-3).
Men’s Basketball
UNC, Kentucky share No. 1 spot in poll
There’s room for two at the top of the preseason men’s basketball Top 25 coaches poll.
Kentucky and North Carolina were voted No. 1 in the USA Today poll released Thursday ahead of Maryland, Duke and Kansas. North Carolina received more first-place votes (12) than Kentucky (11).
The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is comprised of 32 Division I men’s basketball coaches.
Maryland, the former ACC member now in the Big Ten, plays at North Carolina on Dec. 1 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and also plays Georgetown and No. 24 UConn in the first 25 days of the season.
Kentucky did not lose a regular-season game and the Wildcats are counting on another top-ranked recruiting class to get them back to the Final Four, where Wisconsin dealt John Calipari’s team its only loss in 2014-15.
National champion Duke lost three of its top players from the team that cut down the nets in Indianapolis: Freshman of the Year Jahlil Okafor, forward Justise Winslow and point guard Tyus Jones all were first-round NBA draft picks.
Nos. 6-10 are Iowa State, Oklahoma, Arizona, Gonzaga, Wichita State and Michigan State.