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Sunday,  October 18, 1998

LITTLE EAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT

at North Dartmouth, MA

Little East Conference Tournament Final Standings

Massachusetts Dartmouth        23.0
Rhode Island College           20.0
University of Southern Maine    9.0
Plymouth State College          6.5
Western Connecticut State U.    4.0
Massachusetts Boston            2.0

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Wins Little East Crown

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth won its third consecutive Little
East Conference Women's Tennis Championship nipping rival Rhode Island 
College by three points.  The Corsairs tallied 23 points while the 
Anchorwomen scored 20.  The University of Southern Maine placed third in
the six team event with nine points followed by Plymouth State College with
six and a half, Western Connecticut State University four points and
University of Massachusetts Boston with two.

UMass Dartmouth captured four of the six singles titles along with two of
three doubles crowns, Rhode Island College took the other three
championships.  UMass Dartmouth senior Kelly Berger (Buzzards Bay, MA) won
at the number one spot, Berger captured the title at number two last year.
Junior Mary Bourque (Rochester, MA) won at number two, Bourque won the 1996
title at number four.  Senior Joy Fox (Cranston, RI) of Rhode Island
College walked away with the number three singles title, she was the winner
at number three in 1996.  Teammate senior McLeah Hall (Coventry, RI)
captured the number four title it was her first.  UMass Dartmouth's
sophomore Christina Bendezewicz (Lowell, MA) and freshman Dana Feinstein
(Franklin, MA) took the number five and six titles respectively, this was
the first title for both athletes.

The UMass Dartmouth  team of Berger and Bourque successfully defended their
1997 title at number one while teammates seniors Kasha Gula (Mansfield, MA)
and Shannon Kelleher (Saugus, MA) won the second doubles crown. Gula had
won at number two in 1996 and at number three in 1995 both with Berger.
Rhode Island College's number three team of sophomore Cynthia Murray
(Brooklyn, CT) and freshman Sue Figueira (Pawtucket, RI) won there first
title in this weekend fifth annual event.


Second Day Results
(One point for a win, half point for a consolation round win)

Singles
No. 1 Singles
First Round
Rachel Lorenz (PSC) def. Danielle McCarthy (UMB)                8-5
Suzanne deGolian (USM) def. Heather Milone (WCSU)               8-5

Semi-Finals
Kelly Berger (UMD) def. Lorenz (PSC)                            6-0, 6-0
Trisha Haworth (RIC) def. deGolian (USM)                        6-2, 6-1

Final
Berger (UMD) def. Haworth (RIC)                                 6-1, 6-3

Consolation Final
Milone (WCSU) def. McCarthy (UMB)                               6-4, 6-1


No. 2 Singles
First Round
Emily Roy (WCSU) def. Melissa Sawicki (UMB)                     default
Cynthia Murray (RIC) def. Sarah Schutzendorf (PSC)              8-3

Semi-Finals
Mary Bourque (UMD) def. Roy (WCSU)                              6-1, 6-0
Erin O'Brien (USM) def. Murray (RIC)                            6-2, 6-3

Final
Bourque (UMD) def. O'Brien (USM)                                6-3, 6-2

Consolation Final
Sarah Schutzendorf (PSC)                                        default


No. 3 Singles
First Round
Liza Tallarita (PSC) def. Sabrine Van Vlerken (UMB)             8-6
Kasha Gula (UMD) def. Shelby McLoughlin (WCSU)                  8-1

Semi-Finals
Joy Fox (RIC) def. Liza Tallarita (PSC)                         6-0, 6-1
Gula (UMD) def. Sara Goodine (USM)                              6-1, 6-2

Final
Fox (RIC) def. Gula (UMD)                                       6-2, 6-0

Consolation Final
Van Vlerken (UMB) def. McLoughlin (WCSU)                        7-5, 6-3


No. 4 Singles
First Round
Vicki Smith (WCSU) def. Jamie Hupper (PSC)                      8-3
Shannon Kelleher (UMD) def. Molly Krautmeijer (UMB)             8-3

Semi-Finals
McLeah Hall (RIC) def. Smith (WCSU)                             6-3, 7-5
Kim Vincent (USM) def. Shannon Kelleher (UMD)                   7-6, 6-1

Final
Hall (RIC) def. Vincent (USM)                                   6-3, 6-2

Consolation Final
Hupper (PSC) def. Krautmeijer (UMB)                             7-6, 6-4


No. 5 Singles
First Round
Emily McArdle (USM) def. Mary Beth Garafolo (WCSU)              9-7
Jen Letter (PSC) def. Alyssa McCarthy (UMB)                     8-2

Semi-Finals
Nicole Taylor (RIC) def. McArdle (USM)                          6-1, 6-1
Christina Bendzewicz (UMD) def. Letter (PSC)                    6-1, 6-2

Final
Bendzewicz (UMD) def. Taylor (RIC)                              6-3, 7-5

Consolation Final
Garafolo (WCSU) def. McCarthy (UMB)                             3-6, 6-1, 7-5


No. 6 Singles
First Round
Erica Christiansen (USM) def. winner by default
Kelly Doucette (UMB) def. Becky Wark (PSC)                      8-4

Semi-Finals
Dana Feinstein (UMD) def. Christiansen (USM)                    6-1, 6-1
Sue Figueira (RIC) def. Doucette (UMB)                          7-6 (7-2), 7-5

Final
Feinstein (UMD) def. Figueira (RIC)                             6-0, 6-2

Consolation Final
Wark (PSC) winner by default


1998 Little East Conference Champions

Singles
No. 1           Kelly Berger- UMass Dartmouth
No. 2           Mary Bourque- UMass Dartmouth
No. 3           Joy Fox- Rhode Island College
No. 4           McLeah Hall- Rhode Island College
No. 5           Christina Bendzewicz- UMass Dartmouth
No. 6           Dana Feinstein- UMass Dartmouth

Doubles
No. 1           Kelly Berger/Mary Bourque- UMass Dartmouth
No. 2           Kasha Gula/Shannon Kelleher- UMass Dartmouth
No. 3           Cynthia Murry/Sue Figueira-Rhode Island College

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Saturday,  October 17, 1998

Fifth Annual Little East Conference Women's Tennis Championships

at N. Dartmouth, MA

Tournament Standings After First Day's Action (Doubles)

1.  Massachusetts Dartmouth       8.0
2.  Rhode Island College          7.0
3.  Plymouth State College        2.0
    University of Southern Maine  2.0
5.  Massachusetts Boston          1.5
6.  Western Connecticut State U.  1.0

Doubles championships  
(One point for a win, half point for a consolation round win)

No. 1 Doubles
First Round
Suzanne deGolian/Kim Vincent (USM) def. Danielle McCarty/Sabrine Van Vlerken (UMB)  8-1
Rachel Lorenz/Sarah Schutzendorf (PSC) def. Heather Milone/Shelby Mcloughlin (WCSU)  8-1

Semi-Finals
Trisha Haworth/Joy Fox (RIC) def. deGolian/Vincent (USM)  3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Kelly Berger/Mary Bourque (UMD) def. Lorenz/Schutzendorf (PSC)  6-4, 6-4

Final
Berger/Bourque (UMD) def. Haworth/ Fox (RIC)  6-2, 7-5

Consolation Final
McCarty/ Van Vlerken (UMB) def. Heather Milone/Shelby Mcloughlin (WCSU)  6-3, 6-4


No. 2 Doubles
First Round
Vickie Smith/Mary Beth Garafolo (WCSU) def. Liza Tallarita/Jen Letter (PSC)  8-4
Kasha Gula/Shannon Kelleher (UMD) def. Melissa Sawicki/Kelly Doucette (UMB)  8-1

Semi-Finals
McLeah Hall/Nicole Taylor (RIC) def. Smith/ Garafolo (WCSU)  6-1, 6-0
Gula/Kelleher (UMD) def. Erin O'Brien/Sara Goodine (USM)  7-6 (8-6), 6-3

Final
Gula/Kelleher (UMD) def. Hall/ Taylor (RIC) 6-3, 6-2

Consolation Final
Sawicki/ Doucette (UMB) def. Tallarita/ Letter (PSC) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(7-3).


No. 3 Doubles
First Round
Jamie Hupper/Amy Fritz (PSC) Advance
Emily McArdle/Erica Christiansen (USM) def. Molly Krautmeijer/Alyssa McCarthy (UMB)  8-4

Semi-Finals
Christina Bendzewicz/Christine Mace (UMD)  def. Hupper/Fritz (PSC)  6-4, 6-0
Cynthia Murray/Sue Figueira (RIC) def. McArdle/Christiansen (USM)  7-5, 7-5

Final
Murray/ Figueira (RIC) def. Bendzewicz/ Mace (UMD) 6-3, 6-4

Consolation Final
Krautmeijer/ McCarthy (UMB)

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Wednesday, October 14, 1998

at Waterville, Maine

Final Score:    Colby College   9         University of Southern Maine   0

Singles
1st   Kim Cheach (C)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)                      6-0, retired
2nd   Heidi Tyng (C)  def.  Erin O'Brien (SM)                          6-0, 6-0
3rd   Erika Goss (C)  def.  Sara Goodine (SM)                          6-2, 6-2
4th   Mayo Morgan (C)  def.  Kim Vincent (SM)                          6-0, 6-2
5th   Kendra Shank (C)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                       6-2, 6-2
6th   Myra Romero (C)  def.  Erica Christiansen (SM)                   6-2, 6-0

Doubles
1st   Cheach & Shank (C)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)                        8-2
2nd   Tyng & Goss (C)  def.  O'Brien & Goodine (SM)                            8-1
3rd   Romero & Becky Rothenberg (C)  def.  McArdle & Leah McDaniels (SM)       8-1

Team Records:   Colby   3-5         Southern Maine   5-6

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Saturday,  October 10, 1998

For Immediate Release
USM Women's Soccer and Women's Tennis Matches Postponed

	GORHAM, Maine  --  Due to the rainy weather, today's (Saturday, October 10) University of 
Southern Maine women's soccer and women's tennis matches have been postponed.
	The women's tennis match at the University of Massachusetts Lowell was postponed.  A 
possible make-up date will be announced at a later date.
	The women's soccer match with Little East Conference rival Eastern Connecticut State 
University, scheduled to be played at 1:00 p.m. on the Gorham campus, was postponed due to 
unplayable field conditions. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 22, at USM starting at 
3:30 p.m.

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Wednesday,  October 7, 1998

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score:  Univ. of Southern Maine   7         Plymouth State College   2

Singles
1st   Suzanne deGolian (SM)  def.  Rachel Lorenz (PS)                  6-4, 6-1
2nd   Erin O'Brien (SM)  def.  Sarah Schutzendorf (PS)                 6-1, 6-1
3rd   Sara Goodine (SM)  def.  Liza Tallarita (PS)                     6-2, 6-1
4th   Kim Vincent (SM)  def.  Jamie Hupper (PS)                        6-0, 6-3
5th   Becky Wark (PS)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                        6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
6th   Leah McDaniels (SM)  def.  Amy Fritz (PS)                        6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1st   Lorenz & Schutzendrof (PS)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)        8-6
2nd   O'Brien & Goodine (SM)  def.  Tallarita & Hupper (PS)            8-1
3rd   McDaniels & McArdle (SM)  def.  Jen Letter & Fritz (PS)          8-3

Team Records:   Southern Maine  5-5         Plymouth State   3-5-1

Next Match:    at UMass Lowell    Saturday (Oct. 10)    1:00

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Sunday,  October 4, 1998

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score:   Univ. of Southern Maine   8         Emmanuel College   1

Singles
1st   Suzanne deGolian (SM)  def.  Amy Akillian (E)                    6-0, 6-0
2nd   Erin O'Brien (SM)  def.  Cheryl Meads (E)                        6-4, 6-4
3rd   Kim Vincent (SM)  def.  Camille de Marchena (E)                  6-4, 6-3
4th   Kerri Dixon (E)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                        2-6, 6-3, 6-1
5th   Leah McDaniels (SM)  def.  Helen Orellana (E)                    5-7, 6-1, 6-2
6th   Erica Christiansen (SM)  def.  Michi Seki (E)                    6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1st   deGolian & Vincent (SM)  def.  Akillian & de Marchena (E)        8-2
2nd   O'Brien & Sara Goodine (SM)  def.  Meads & Dixon (E)             8-1
3rd   McArdle & McDaniels (SM)  def.  Orellana & Tomomi Takahashi (E)  8-6

Team Records:  Southern Maine  4-5         Emmanuel   4-2

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Saturday, October 3, 1998

at Providence, R.I.

Final Score:   Rhode Island College   8         University of Southern Maine   1

Singles:
1st   Trisha Haworth (RIC)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)                7-5, 6-2
2nd   Erin O'Brien (SM)  def.  Cynthia Murray (RIC)                    4-6, 6-2, 6-3
3rd   Joy Fox (RIC)  def.  Sara Goodine (SM)                           6-1, 6-1
4th   MeLeah Hall (RIC)  def.  Kim Vincent (SM)                        3-6, 7-5, 6-2
5th   Nicole Taylor (RIC)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                    6-3, 6-3
6th   Sue Figueira (RIC)  def.  Erica Christiansen (SM)                6-3, 6-2

Doubles:
1st   Fox & Haworth (RIC)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)               8-4
2nd   Taylor & Hall (RIC)  def.  O'Brien & Goodine (SM)                9-8
3rd   Murray & Figueira (RIC)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen (SM)       8-3

Team Records:  Rhode Island College   6-2         University of Southern Maine   3-5

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Thursday,  October 1, 1998

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score:   Univ. of Southern Maine   5         Colby-Sawyer College   4

Singles
1st   Suzanne deGolian (SM)  def.  Cindy Bailey (CS)                   6-3, 4-6, 7-5
2nd   Megan Costello (CS)  def.  Erin O'Brien (SM)                     6-2, 6-3
3rd   Sara Goodine (SM)  def.  Cara Falconi (CS)                       7-6 (7-3), 6-4
4th   Kim Vincent (SM)  def.  Emily Thomas (CS)                        6-3, 6-3
5th   Lisa Killam (CS)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                       6-2, 6-0
6th   Erica Christiansen (SM)  def.  Alison Faiella (CS)               6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1st   Bailey & Costello (CS)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)            8-5
2nd   O'Brien & Goodine (SM)  def.  Falconi & Lyndsay McMahon (CS)     8-1
3rd   Thomas & Killam (CS)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen (SM)          8-3

Team Record:  Southern Maine  3-4

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Wednesday,  September 30, 1998

at Medford, Mass.

Final Score:   Tufts University   8         Univ. of Southern Maine   1

Singles
1st   Suchi Kuchibhotla (T)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)               0-6, 6-3 (7-3)
2nd   Missy Meo (T)  def.  Erin O'Brien (SM)                           6-0, 6-1
3rd   Jennifer Fong (T)  def.  Sara Goodine (SM)                       6-1, 6-0
4th   Katherine Rose (T)  def.  Kim Vincent (SM)                       6-3, 6-1
5th   Tracy Hosicson (T)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)                     6-1, 6-1
6th   Erica Christiansen (SM)  def.  Erin Demarais (T)                 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)

Doubles
1st   Jen Lai & Heather Rich (T)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)                8-5
2nd   Sabrina Kolker & Kuchibholta (T)  def.  O'Brien & Goodine (SM)           8-2
3rd   Kristi Tough & Danielle Tsibulsky (T)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen (SM) 8-0

Team Records:  Southern Maine   2-4

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Saturday, September 26, 1998

Salve Regina University Women's Grass Courts Doubles Tournament
at Newport, R.I.

Team Scores:  1.  Wheaton  22;  2.  Salve Regina  21;  3.  Salve Regina Alumni  12;  
4.  Colby-Sawyer  10;  5.  Southern Maine  6;  6.  Bridgewater State, Gordon  4;  8.  Emmanuel  2

Southern Maine Commpetitors:
1st Doubles
Christen Barrasso & Maryann Caulfield (SR)  def.  Suzanne deGolian & Kim Vincent       8-6
Natalie Ciulla & Cara Falconi (CS)  def  deGolian & Vincent                            8-2
Kate Angeloni & Kim Levine  (WC)  def  deGolian & Vincent                              8-0

2nd Doubles
Erin O'Brien & Sara Goodine  def.  Cindy Bailey & Meg Costello (CS)                    8-7
Ali LeBrun & Rebecca Janerich (WC)  def.  O'Brien & Goodine                            8-5
O'Brien & Goodine  def.  Michi Takahashi & Cheryl Meads (EC)                           8-1

3rd Doubles
Kristen Gangemi & Melissa Lamb (SR)  def.  Emily McArdle & Erica Christiansen          8-7
McArdle & Christiansen  def.  Heather Phillips & Julie Sibulkin (BS)                   8-3
Thais Mollet & Liz Mattei  (WC)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen                          8-2

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Friday,  September 25, 1998

at Boston, Mass.

Final Score:  Univ. of Southern Maine   9         Univ. of Massachusetts Boston   0

Singles Flights
1st   Suzanne deGolian (SM)  def.  Sabrine Van Vlerken (UMB)           6-0, 6-1
2nd   Erin O'Brien (SM)  def.  Alyssa McCarthy (UMB)                   6-0, 6-0
3rd   Sara Goodine (SM)  def.  Molly Krautmeijer (UMB)                 6-2, 6-0
4th   Kim Vincent (SM)  def.  Kelly Doucette (UMB)                     6-0, 6-0
5th   Emily McArdle (SM)  def.  Claire Cassidy (UMB)                   6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2)
6th   Erica Christiansen (SM)  def.  Annie Tam (UMB)                   6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1st   deGolian & Vincent (SM)  def.  Van Vlerken & McCarthy (UMB)              8-0
2nd   O'Brien & Goodine (SM)  def.  Krautmeijer & Doucette (UMB)               8-1
3rd   McArdle & Lynn Clement (SM)  def.  Cassidy & Tam (UMB)                   8-5

Team Records:  Southern Maine  2-3         UMass Boston  3-2

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Wednesday,  September 23, 1998

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score:   Bates College    9         Univ. of Southern Maine    0

Singles
1st   Suzanne Daly (B)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)            4-6, 6-1, 6-1
2nd   Jen Russo (B)  def.  Erin O'Brien (SM)                   6-2, 6-1
3rd   Mary Dorman (B)  def.  Sara Goodine (SM)                 6-1, 6-2
4th   Emily Carlton (B)  def.  Kim Vincent (SM)                6-3, 6-4
5th   Janice Michaels (B)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)            6-0, 6-1
6th   Laura Shearer (B)  def.  Erica Christiansen (SM)         6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1st   Daly & Crystal Arpei (B)  def.  deGolian & Vincent (SM)          8-6
2nd   Russo & Dorman (B)  def.  O'Brien & Goodine (SM)                 8-2
3rd   Michaels & Shearer (B)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen (SM)        8-0

Team Records:  Bates  1-1        Univ. of Southern Maine  1-3

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Saturday,  September 19, 1998

at Boston, Mass.

Final Score:    Univ. of Southern Maine   6         Wentworth Institute of Technology   3

Singles Flights
1st   Kristen Haring (W)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)          7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2nd   Erin O'Brien (SM)  def.  Alison Viveiros (W)             7-6 (7-4), 6-4
3rd   Ana Alvarado (W)  def.  Sara Goodone (SM)                6-2, 7-5
4th   Kim Vincent (SM)  def.  Kelly Hird (W)                   6-2, 6-3
5th   Kyla Shuttleworth (W)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)          3-6, 6-3  (7-5)
6th   Erica Christiansen (SM)  def.  Cristina Ramirez (W)      6-0, 6-1

Doubles Flights
1st   deGolian & O'Brien (SM)  def.  Haring & Viveiros (W)          8-3
2nd   Goodine & Vincent (SM)  def.  Alvarado & Shuttleworth (W)     8-5
3rd   Christiansen & McArdle (SM)  def.  Hird & Jen Paul (W)        8-2


Team Record:  Southern Maine   1-2

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Wednesday, September 16, 1998

Final Score:   Bowdoin College   9          University of Southern Maine   0
                            at Brunswick, Maine

Singles
1st   Amy Gubbins (B)  def.  Suzanne deGolian (SM)             6-2, 6-1
2nd   Shanna Gagnon (B)  def.  Erin O'Brien (SM)               6-0, 6-0
3rd   Brooke Jacobsen (B)  def.  Sara Goodine (SM)             6-0, 6-0
4th   Caroline O'Brien (B)  def.  Kim Vincent (SM)             6-0, 6-1
5th   Chrissy Edwards (B)  def.  Emily McArdle (SM)            6-0, 6-0
6th   Lauren Roda (B)  def.  Erica Christiansen (SM)           6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1st   Gubbins & Gagnon (B)  def.  deGolian & O'Brien (SM)      8-0
2nd   Thompson & Jacobsen (B)  def.  Goodine & Vincent (SM)    8-2
3rd   Edwards & Roda (B)  def.  McArdle & Christiansen (SM)    8-3

Team Records:  Bowdoin  (2-0)         Southern Maine  (0-2)

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Saturday,  September 12, 1998

at North Dartmouth, Mass.
Final Score:  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  7      University of Southern Maine  2

Singles
1st   Kelly Berger, UMD  defeated  Suzanne deGolian, SM                6-3, 6-1
2nd   Mary Bourque, UMD  defeated  Sara Goodine, SM                    6-2, 6-4
3rd   Kim Vincent, SM  defeated  Kasha Gula, UMD                       6-1, 6-2
4th   Shannon Kelleher, UMD  defeated  Emily McArdle, SM               6-1, 6-2
5th   Christina Bendzowicz, UMD  defeated  Erica Christiansen, SM      6-3, 6-0
6th   Leah McDaniels, SM  defeated  Christine Mace, UMD                7-6, 7-5

Doubles
1st   Berger and Bourque, UMD  defeated  deGolian and Goodine, SM           8-2
2nd   Kelleher and Gula, UMD  defeated  McArdle and Vincent, SM             8-4
3rd   Bendzowicz and Mace, UMD  defeated  Christiansen and McDaniels, SM    9-7

Team Records:  UMass Dartmouth  (1-0)     Southern Maine  (0-1)

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Wednesday, September 9, 1998

Today's Match against Salem State College has been postponed.  No reschedule date has been announced.

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