Colleges: UML field hockey, women’s soccer teams fall in AE playoffs

Colleges: UML field hockey, women’s soccer teams fall in AE playoffs

Senior Madison Leeper (East Amherst, N.Y.) registered two goals, but the No. 4 UMass Lowell field hockey team fell 4-3 against No. 5 Maine in the America East Championship quarterfinals on Sunday at Wicked Blue Field. “We had a lot of nervous energy to start the game and that put us in a hole,” said head coach Shannon LeBlanc. “In conference tournament play, you can’t do that and expect to win. I like our fight back mentality throughout the rest…