ORONO, Maine — University of Maine men’s basketball coach Bob Walsh has brought in a longtime coaching veteran and a former professional player to fill positions on his staff. Bob Simon and Moses Sonko have hooked on with the Black Bears for the 2017-2018 season. Simon… Read More
The turnover within the University of Maine men’s basketball program is not confined to the numerous transfers on and off the Black Bears’ roster over the last few years. Matt O’Brien, Bob Walsh’s top assistant for the last three seasons, is leaving at the end of… Read More
John Schiffner is back in Orono. The veteran baseball coach, who spent the 2014-2015 season as a volunteer assistant with the University of Maine baseball program, has rejoined the coaching staff under head coach Nick Derba. Derba also announced on Monday that Matt Marsh… Read More
When Ashley Waters was carving out a terrific softball career at the University of Maine, she took note of the “all the plaques of (UMaine) Hall of Famers on the wall in the Memorial Gym lobby. “In the back of my mind, I wanted to be… Read More
The Black Bears’ 2017-18 regular-season schedule begins with a nonconference slate that includes opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, Big East and three opponents from the Atlantic 10. Read More
The list of homegrown pitchers choosing the University of Maine baseball baseball program during the last four years is considerable. Justin Courtney of Bangor, Jeff Gelinas of Saco, Jonah Normandeau of Cumberland, Trevor DeLaite of Bangor, Cody Laweryson of Bingham,… Read More
University of Maine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron, who in January took a leave of absence from coaching the team, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to have a pin-sized hole just below the brain repaired. Barron’s… Read More
The University of Maine women’s basketball team will endure a challenging non-conference schedule next season, highlighted by a road contest at 2017 national runner-up Mississippi State. Interim head coach Amy Vachon’s Black Bears will also travel to Power 5 foes Ohio State of the Big Ten… Read More
The last four months have been a whirlwind for Amy Vachon. The University of Maine interim women’s head basketball coach has had to restock her roster after five players transferred and two, three-time America East first-team guard Sigi Koizar and power forward Sheraton Jones,… Read More
Sigi Koizar is heading back to her native Europe to play professional basketball. According to Regenracom Sports, the former University of Maine guard and native of Austria has signed to play professional basketball in Hungary with ZTE Noi Kosarlabda Klub. Terms of… Read More
University of Maine interim women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon has continued to reconstruct her team’s frontcourt by landing 6-foot-5 center Kathleen “Kat” Williams of Coral Springs, Florida. Williams averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,… Read More
“We all looked at it as what’s best for the league,” said UMaine coach Bob Walsh. “I think the initial response as a coach is, ‘I don’t want there to be a chance that I don’t make the league tournament because then that’s a disaster.'" Read More
For the first time in 14 years next spring, the University of Maine will host the America East baseball tournament at Mahaney Diamond. The six-team, double-elimination tournament has been held the last four years at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts. But now that UMass… Read More
Nick Derba would love to stay at the University of Maine and have the interim removed from his title so that he will be the head coach of the Black Bear baseball team. But he also knows there is a process involved and there will be… Read More
The University of Maine had numerous opportunities to force a final game against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Sunday in the America East baseball tournament. But the Black Bears could not capitalize. Zach Bright drew a four-pitch walk off UMaine closer Jeff… Read More
Sophomore righthander Nick Silva pitched 8 2/3 innings of three-hit, shutout ball and junior designated hitter Jonathan Bennett hit a two-run single as the University of Maine Black Bears beat Stony Brook 3-0 in an elimination game at the America East Baseball Tournament at LeLacheur Park in Lowell,… Read More
The Bears will meet the loser of Friday’s first game between No. 3 Stony Brook and third-ranked Maryland-Baltimore County, scheduled for 11 a.m. Read More
The 21-28 Black Bears went an eye-opening 0-for-13 with men on base to find themselves staring at a 6 p.m. elimination game against the loser of the contest between No. 3 Stony Brook and sixth seed Hartford. Read More
