UNH has Ball (3 TDs) in victory over Maine
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David Ball had nine catches for 172 yards and three touchdowns yesterday as fifth-ranked New Hampshire built a 40-14 halftime lead and held on for a 50-36 win over Maine in Orono.
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Last night, leading Maine by three goals after two periods, Harvard found itself in the exact scenario the team faced last season.
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Junior Jimmy Howard and freshman Matt Lundin combined to make 24 saves yesterday as Maine blanked New Hampshire, 3-0, in a Hockey East game before a sellout crowd of 5,641 at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine.
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Maine entered last night's tussle with New Hampshire looking to turn around its tailspin, having lost four of six contests. The Black Bears were facing a daunting weekend getaway, with a pair of games against the top-ranked Wildcats.
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NORTH DIVISION (In order of predicted finish) NEW HAMPSHIRE Coach: Sean McDonnell (44-38, eighth year). 2005 record: 11-2, 7-1 (first in North). Players to watch: QB Ricky Santos (3,797 yards, 39 TDs, 119 carries, 505 yards, 8 TDs rushing); WR David Ball (45 career touchdowns, five shy of 1-AA record); DB Corey Graham (104 tackles, 3 INTs). Key New Englanders: ...
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In hockey, you keep shooting the puck on net, and sometimes good things happen. Harvard did that last night at Bright Center and earned a 3-1 victory over 10th-ranked Vermont.
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Mike Radja capped a three-goal rally with a goal at 16:05 of the third period, and James vanRiemsdyk also scored in their first game back as No. 8 New Hampshire edged No. 5 Massachusetts, 3-2, last night in Amherst.
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Tyler Lorenzen threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Connecticut beat Maine, 38-0, last night at East Hartford.
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A 1-yard touchdown dive by John McCoy with 45 seconds remaining yesterday sparked New Hampshire to a 33-27 win over Hofstra in Durham, N.H.
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Northeastern was halfway there yesterday. The Huskies were ahead by 11 points at the break, the first time in seven games they led at halftime, and appeared en route to their first victory of the season.
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UMass-Lowell scored three goals in 3 minutes 22 seconds to turn a one-goal third-period deficit into a 5-2 victory over Merrimack in a Hockey East game last night in North Andover.
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Craig Switzer and Matt Fornataro each had a goal and an assist to lift the seventh-ranked University of New Hampshire over Boston University, 4-2, last night in a Hockey East contest in Durham, N.H.
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Northeastern quarterback Shawn Brady engaged in an aerial duel with Villanova's Marvin Burroughs, but the Huskies held on to win, 34-30, at Parsons Field yesterday because their defense took advantage of the lone turnover in the game.
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New Hampshire receiver David Ball isn't trying to run past Jerry Rice into the record books as much as leap over him. A high school basketball and high jump champion, Ball pulled down a jump ball in the corner of the end zone for his third touchdown of the first half Saturday, tying Rice's all-time Division I-AA mark of 50. Ball sat out much of the second half as the Wildcats beat Dartmouth 56-14.
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Marc Thomas returned the opening kickoff of the second half 93 yards for a touchdown, igniting Northeastern to a run of 28 straight points in just over eight minutes as the Huskies crushed the University of Rhode Island, 42-14, at Parsons Field yesterday.
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Scott Crowder and Shawn Saunders scored early third-period goals yesterday at the Mullins Center in Amherst, sparking No. 15 UMass to a 4-3 victory over UConn.
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CARY, N.C. - The team that couldn't beat Boston College couldn't lose when it played any other team this season, and yesterday it won the national title.