BIDDEFORD — Jackie Dickerson scored on a breakaway with 18 seconds remaining to give the University of New England a 2-1 win over Colby College in a non-conference women’s soccer game Tuesday at Barbara J. Hazard Field.

Winners of five of their last six, the Nor’easters (8-3-0) defeated Colby for the second straight season after going 1-16 in the team’s initial 17 meetings. The loss drops the Mules to 3-5-1.

Dickerson ran down a lead pass by Kayla Hamel and broke in behind the Mules’ defense. Colby keeper Ashley Conley came off the goal line to contest the breakaway, but Dickerson maneuvered around Conley and drove the ball into the net for her third game-winning goal of the season.

Dickerson’s goal came just 1:31 after Colby had knotted the game at 1-all. Katrina Holt collected a pass over the top from Emily Martin and flicked a shot into the net for her first collegiate goal.

The two teams played scoreless soccer for the opening 72 minutes before Jessica Meader got the Nor’easters on the board when she one-timed a cross from the left side by Anna Michaud.

Brielle Robinson totaled six saves for UNE, which held a 21- 10 advantage in shots. Conley totaled eight stops for Colby.

Men’s Soccer

JOHNSON & WALES 1, UNE 0

BIDDEFORD — Byron Arboleda scored in the 27th minute for the lone goal of the game, giving Johnson & Wales University a 1-0 non-conference men’s soccer win over the University of New England Tuesday at Barbara J. Hazard Field.

Arboleda notched his team-leading fifth goal of the year when he took a pass from Chris Schmid and pushed a left-footed shot near post from just inside the right side of the six-yard box.

Arboleda nearly made it 2-0 in the 60th minute, but UNE goalie Elijah Leverett came off his line to the top of the box and made a sliding save after Arboleda had broken in from the left side.

The Nor’easters’ best scoring opportunity came in the 86th minute when Sam Child directed a shot toward the Johnson & Wales goal, but a Wildcat defender cleared the ball away before it reached the goal line.

Nick Tolman had three saves to record the shutout for the Wildcats (8-4). Leverett had a busy game in goal for UNE (2-9), totaling seven stops.

Field Hockey

UNE 8, Nichols 0

BIDDEFORD — Nicole Matarozzo netted a hat trick and four others found the back of the cage as the University of New England field hockey team rolled to an 8-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference win over Nichols College on Tuesday at the Big Blue Turf.

The Nor’easters (8-5), who have now defeated the Bison (1-9, 0-6 CCC) in six straight meetings, improve to 5-1 at the midway point of the league slate. Big Blue shares the top spot with both Salve Regina University and Endicott College.

UNE started the rout just 2:59 into the contest, when Matarozzo converted a feed from Vonde Saunders. Becky Zakorchemny put a slight redirection on a lengthy hit into the circle by Brooke Marshall in the 11th minute to make it 2-0, before Saunders set up Matarozzo again in the 34th minute to set the lead at 3-0 heading into the break.

Matarozzo tapped in her team-leading 13th goal of the season just 40 seconds into the second half before Saunders recorded her third assist of the night, as she found Hannah Buckley for a goal in the 39th minute. Zakorchemny in the 43rd minute, Kersey Boulay from Kyla Bartnicki in the 62nd, and Morgan Kelley in the 67th capped the scoring.