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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 (Aug. 1, 2023) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its fourteenth annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, September 23rd, in the University’s Sports Center during the University’s Homecoming weekend. Following very successful classes before whose achievements and contributions exemplify the ideals of good citizenship, these three inductees of the UMFK Athletic...

Portland, ME (Nov. 19, 2021) - On Thursday November 18th, the Bengals traveled down to South Portland to face SMCC's Seawolves. The Bengals played a well-fought-out game but came up short, losing the game by 3 points. Seawolves won over the Bengals 63-60. INSIDE THE GAME The Bengals started off slow, with finding the rim with 5-18 from the field. The Seawolves were...

Bangor, ME (Mar. 18, 2021) - 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 (Mar. 1, 2021) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent women's basketball team opened the season with a 61-43 victory over University of Maine at Augusta on Saturday afternoon in a game that was closer than the score would indicate. This was the first contest for women's basketball and the UMFK athletics department in general in nearly a...

Fort Kent, ME (Feb. 17, 2021) - University of Maine Interim Athletics Director, Matt Dyer is pleased to announce the hiring of two former Bengal stars, Luse Lumas as the Interim Women's Volleyball Coach and Dakota Martin as the Interim Women's Basketball Coach. Both ladies will take over for the spring semester, respectfully replacing Selina Castro and Fletcher Brown, who left to...

Fort Kent, ME (Dec. 30, 2020) - University of Maine at Fort Kent Head Women's Basketball Coach, Fletcher Brown, will be stepping down from his position to pursue a similar position at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Arizona. Fletcher Brown, a 2017 graduate of UMFK, was a critical figure in the resurgence of both the Men's and Women's Basketball programs. As a player,...

Fort Kent, ME (Sep. 11, 2020) - Jennifer Colpitts is one of the most accomplished athletes in the history of the University of Maine at Fort Kent. In what was a glorious stretch of success for UMFK Athletics, she stood out amongst many great athletes as a two-sport star who excelled on both the soccer pitch and the basketball court. The Scarborough, Maine...

Fort Kent, ME (Jul. 24, 2020) - Head Women's Basketball Coach, Fletcher Brown, looked all over the country, overseas and in his own backyard to find the future of the UMFK Women's Basketball program. He announced the addition of six skilled newcomers to the program today. The six new additions to the team are a mix of freshman and transfer students from...