It’s the Black Bears’ highest ranking in the annual preseason poll since the 2010-11 season.
Maine colleges
Area college roundup: Bates edges UMaine-Farmington in men’s soccer
Tife Agunloye’s late goal for the Bobcats breaks 1-1 tie; Former area high school standouts Audrey Fletcher and Hannah Wilbur help UMF women top Eastern Nazarene; Thomas field hockey rolls past Beavers.
Area roundup: Spruce Mountain slips past Winthrop in field hockey
Leavitt, Mountain Valley and Gray-NG/NYA also earn victories, and Buckfield needs extra time for a girls soccer win.
Strong second half helps Maine beat Long Island, 24-13
The Black Bears’ Homecoming game drew 8,588 fans, its largest home crowd in five years.
Area college roundup: Bates’ early lead fizzles in NESCAC football loss to Bowdoin
In other action, Poland’s Abigale Bsullak has a big game against UMF and the Beavers men’s soccer team edges conference rival Maine Maritime.
College football preview: UMaine (1-5) vs Long Island (1-4)
The Black Bears host the Sharks for a non-conference homecoming game Saturday afternoon.
College hockey: Bradly Nadeau shines in Maine debut, a 4-1 win over RPI
The first-round NHL draft pick scores a pair of second-period goals for the Black Bears in a season-opening win over the Engineers.
College roundup: CMCC blanks SMCC in men’s soccer
Jeremiah Gomez nets two goals for the Mustangs. Also, Molly Littlefield and Eva-Marie Stevens score goals in Thomas’ field hockey victory over UMF.
Freshman sparks renewed excitement in UMaine men’s hockey team
Bradly Nadeau, the first UMaine player since 1999 to be selected in the first round of the NHL draft, has helped season-ticket sales leap by 35% from last season.
College roundup: CMCC clinches first regular season conference volleyball title
The Mustangs are unbeaten in YSCC play; Central Maine’s women’s soccer team blanks SMCC.