ALBANY, N.Y. — Meg Flatley had a hat trick, Lindsey Nerbonne added two goals and two assists, and the University of New Hampshire pulled away to a 5-2 win over the University of Maine on Thursday afternoon, dealing the Black Bears a loss in the America East Conference field hockey semifinals for the seventh straight season.

The third-seeded Wildcats (9-11) took control with three unanswered second-half goals. Nerbonne scored the tiebreaker in the 46th minute.

The second-seeded Black Bears (10-10) held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the first 10 minutes on goals by Annabelle Hamilton and Danielle Aviani, but Flatley answered each time. She tied the game at 2 at 11:40.

UMASS-DARTMOUTH 1, USM 0: Emily Anderson scored from 7 yards 10:18 into overtime, lifting the third-seeded Corsairs (12-10) over the No. 7 Huskies (9-13) in a Little East Conference semifinal at North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Amanda Kasbohm made 10 saves for Southern Maine, which was outshot, 20-7. Liz St. Germaine had three saves for UMass-Dartmouth.

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MAINE 98, HUSSON 58: The Black Bears pulled away late in an exhibition win at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Garet Beal scored 26 points in 29 minutes for Maine.

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(19) CLEMSON 34, WAKE FOREST 20: Artavis Scott took a touch pass from Cole Stoudt 68 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 10:53 left, and Clemson pulled away at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Stoudt finished 27 of 42 for 282 yards with three touchdowns – two to Scott, one to Wayne Gallman – and Gallman added a late rushing score to help the Tigers (7-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their sixth straight.

John Wolford was 11 of 29 with two touchdown passes to Cam Serigne, covering 4 and 14 yards, for Wake Forest (2-7, 0-5).

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