The University of Maine announced Friday that Kartlon Creech has signed a four-year contract to remain as athletic director.
Creech has been at Maine since 2014. Under the terms of his new contract, which takes effect Feb. 10, he will make $208,855, including a $25,000 stipend from private donations.
FOOTBALL
MAINE: Coach Joe Harasymiak announced that the Black Bears have added three transfers: quarterback Max Staver, tight end Brendan O’Neil and offensive lineman Quadrick Barnes.
Staver, a 6-foot-5, 240-pounder from Brentwood, Tennessee, has one year of eligibility. He played the last two seasons at Houston Baptist, a Football Championship Subdivision program.
O’Neil, a 6-4, 230-pounder from Burlington, Massachusetts, spent two years at Wake Forest without seeing any action. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
Barnes, a 6-1 and 320 pounds, was a second-team Junior College All-American at Lackawanna College in Philadelphia and as three years of eligibility left.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
AMHERST 66, BOWDOIN 64: Johnny McCarthy knocked down a 3-pointer with two seconds left to lift Amherst (11-4, 2-2 NESCAC) to a win over the Polar Bears (9-7, 1-3) in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Amherst finished the game on a 19-4 run.
Jack Simonds had 20 points for the Polar Bears.
Jayde Dawson paced Amherst with 27 points.
TRINITY 65, COLBY 56: The Bantams (11-6, 3-1 NESCAC) led 40-19 at halftime and held off the Mules (7-8, 0-4) in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ethan Schlager led Colby with 16 points.
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 73, BATES 58: Tyler Rowe scored 19 points for the Camels (11-5, 2-3 NESCAC) in a win over the Bobcats (12-5, 3-2) in Lewiston.
Malcolm Delpeche had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Bates. Thomas Coyne contributed 10 points off the bench.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
COLBY 59, TRINITY 39: Ainsley Burns scored 19 points as the Mules (8-7, 2-2 NESCAC) upended the Bantams (11-4, 2-2) in Waterville.
Colby held Trinity to 25.6 percent shooting. The Mules got 13 points from Haley Driscoll and nine points and four assists from Katie McCrum.
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 87, BATES 69: Kylie Caouette scored 22 points and Mairead Hynes added 18 points and nine rebounds as the Camels (11-5, 2-3 NESCAC) beat the Bobcats (5-11, 2-3) in New London, Connecticut.
Bates senior forward Allie Coppola recorded a career-high in points for the second straight game, finishing with 28. Bernadette Connors contributed 16 points.
MEN’S HOCKEY
COLBY 4, MIDDLEBURY 3: Phil Klitirinos had a goal and two assists for the Mules (7-4-3, 6-3-2 NESCAC), who built a 4-0 lead and survived a third-period rally by the Panthers (0-13-2, 0-9) in Middlebury, Vermont.
Jack Burton scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Colby got second-period goals from Geoff Sullivan, Klitirinos and Michael Rudolf. Devin Albert assisted on all four goals.
WILLIAMS 5, BOWDOIN 4: Christian Capello, Spencer Antunez, Matt Sullivan and Thomas Dunleavy scored for Bowdoin (7-9, 4-7 NESCAC), which couldn’t complete a comeback from a 4-1 first-period deficit against the Ephs (8-5-2, 5-2-2) in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
NEW HAMPSHIRE 4, MAINE 1: Devan Taylor recorded a goal and two assists for the Wildcats (10-13-1, 8-7-1 Hockey East) in a win over the Black Bears (8-15-1, 4-11-1) at Durham, New Hampshire.
Kara Washer scored a third-period goal for Maine.
HOLY CROSS 3, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 2: Emily Corrales and Gabby Crugnale each tallied a power-play goal and Sydney Helmbrecht made 42 saves for UNE (6-8-2, 3-4-1 NEHC) in a loss to the Crusaders (15-2, 8-1) in Worcester, Massachusetts.
PLYMOUTH STATE 1, SOUTHERN MAINE 0: Shannon Hickey 4:25 into overtime as the Panthers (6-9-1, 3-6 NEHC) edged the Huskies (4-11, 2-6) in Gorham.
MIDDLEBURY 2, BOWDOIN 1: Lizzie Sheline scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as the Panthers (9-2-2, 5-1-1 NESCAC) edged the Polar Bears (8-6-2, 3-4-1) in Brunswick.
AMHERST 5, COLBY 0: Five players scored for Amherst (8-4-2, 4-3-2 NESCAC) in a win over Colby (0-12-3, 0-8-1) in Waterville.
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