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Fort Kent, ME (Mar. 7, 2024) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent men’s and women’s basketball teams have qualified to compete in the USCAA National Tournament for the first time since the 2019-2020 season. The tournament will take place March 10th-14th in Richmond, VA, and is hosted by Richard Bland College and Virginia State University. The women’s team qualifies as the...

Fort Kent, ME (Jul. 26, 2022) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, September 10th, in the University’s Sports Center. This event is open to the public. The Class of 2022 inductees are a distinguished group: Katherine Ferland (’16); Benjamin Kluvers (’17), Ed McKay (’82); and Eric Werntgen...

Fort Kent, ME (May. 20, 2022) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to announce the UMFK Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Inductees: Ed McKay ’82 – Men’s Basketball Eric Werntgen ’99 – Coach/Administrator (inducted posthumously) Katherine Ferland ’16 – Women’s Soccer Ben Kluvers ’17 – Men’s Soccer Inductees will be honored at the 2022 UMFK Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet and...

Bangor, ME (Sep. 10, 2026) - On Saturday, the women's basketball team squared off against UMaine Augusta at their Bangor campus location in a rematch from the first game of the season. In that one, Augusta jumped out to an early lead with some good inside play, but this time, it was UMFK's defense that just swarmed the Moose like horseflies...

Presque Isle, ME (Mar. 7, 2021) - In this weekend's basketball action, the University of Maine at Fort Kent men's and women's teams took on Aroostook country rival, University of Maine Presque Isle. The women managed a split after each team won on the opposition's home floor, while the men were swept by the Owls for the second straight season. In the women's...

Fort Kent, ME (Nov. 30, 2020) - In a season with so much uncertainty, there is much fear among UMFK Basketball supporters that there will not be a basketball season this winter. However, one thing is certain: Head Men's Basketball Coach Tom Bird will be doing his best to make sure his team is prepared to play, whether that be this season...

Fort Kent, ME (Oct. 9, 2020) - With a stoic demeanor and broad shoulders covered in ink, Jimmy Lopez portrayed a brooding landscape. It was with those same broad shoulders that he carried UMFK Men's Basketball to much success and cemented himself as one of the all-time greats to ever grace the hardwood of the UMFK Sports Center. It was with those...

Fort Kent, ME (Mar. 24, 2020) - The UMFK Bengals season was robbed from them in an instant, like a thief in the night. The Men's basketball team was boarding their team bus in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, getting ready to head to the venue for their game when they received the call: tournament canceled. The Track and Field team, coming off one of...

Uniontown, PA (Mar. 11, 2020) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent Basketball programs have shown tremendous consistency as they each successfully reached the USCAA National Tournament again in 2020. The men qualified as the 8th seed and made the tournament for the fourth year in a row, and the women qualified as the 7th seed, reaching the tournament for...

Fort Kent, ME (Feb. 19, 2020) - The UMFK Basketball coaches finally got what they wanted, which was a fired-up and large home crowd. Powered behind what was one of the largest crowds to attend a basketball game in The Jungle in recent memory, the Bengals and Owls renewed their Aroostook County Rivalry. Honoring Seniors Trinity Washington, Savana Jankowski, Ivette Trujillo, and Madison...