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Jenn Menendez reports on college sports.

Soccer fallout

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 12:23
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Scarborough goalie Adam Blanchard is trying to find an alternate program to begin his college soccer career at afer Maine cut men's soccer earlier this week along with the volleyball program.

USM/St. Joe's baseball

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 08:55
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The Huskies made it nine straight wins with a 19-4 wallop over Plymouth State on Tuesday night. USM leads the Little East standings with a 21-3 overall record, 5-1 in league play. During a 14-run second inning USM sent 19 batters to the plate highlighted by a

Maine loses leading scorer

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 12:18
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The Maine women's basketball team is losing its leading scorer Brittany Boser, who will skip her fourth year of basketball eligibility to graduate in May. This is according to a press release sent out by Maine today.

Grand Slam...not the Denny's kind

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 12:41
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Courtney Gingrich blasted a fastball out of the park Wednesday afternoon for a grand slam that led Maine softball to a 6-0 win over Boston University in Game 2 of a doubleheader. It was a career first for Gingrich, a senior infielder for the Black Bears.

Spring football schedule

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 13:55
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Spring football opens at the crack of 5:45 a.m. on Thursday morning up in Orono. All practices are open to the public. 2009 Maine Spring Football schedule Thursday April 9 - 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Friday April 10 - 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Saturday April 11 - 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Spring football schedule

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 13:55
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Spring football opens at the crack of 5:45 a.m. on Thursday morning up in Orono. All practices are open to the public. 2009 Maine Spring Football schedule Thursday April 9 - 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Friday April 10 - 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Saturday April 11 - 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Brusko sounds off. . .and more Maine news

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 11:46
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Quarterback Michael Brusko sounds off in a piece in the student newspaper at the University of Maine today, taking a stand against Tiger Woods.

Maine's football schedule

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:38
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The Maine football team still needs one more opponent before its 2009 schedule is complete. Maine added Albany to its schedule on Sept. 19.

700 wins

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 09:49
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University of Southern Maine baseball Coach Ed Flaherty notched his 700th win when the Huskies beat Calvin College 21-5 on Wednesday to wrap up a 9-0 trip in Arizona. Flaherty, a 1976 graduate of Maine, has an overall record of 700-302-3 at USM.

Hot start for USM baseball

Submitted by Jenn Menendez on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 12:38
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The Huskies are 8-1 out of the gate this year, and haven't dropped a game since Game 2 of a doubleheader on opening day. USM's latest win came Monday via a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth by Chris Burleson, a former Deering standout.

Jenn covers Maine college sports for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

A former Portland Pirates beat writer who has covered two winter Olympics for the paper, Jenn will expand her beat this year to include the University of Southern Maine, St. Joseph's College, Bowdoin College, the University of New England, and Southern Maine Community College.

She will continue to cover the University of Maine Black Bears, the state's only division one program.

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