Stories Related to Maine Marches To The Women’s Beat In College Basketball

The University of Maine women’s basketball team celebrates its win in the America East championship game last week in Bangor. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette Before Gary Fifield left his Vermont high school coaching job to take over the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball program in 1987, he went on a recruiting trip that February. “My first (Maine) high school tournament game that I saw – Mount View versus Messalonskee – I walked in the Augusta Civic Center and the place was packed,” said Fifield, who compiled a 660-137 record at USM before stepping down in 2015. Lydia Caputi takes a shot during practice this week as Bowdoin prepares to play in the Division III Final Four.