COLLEGE SPORTS: UMaine cuts men's soccer, volleyball
Source: kennebecjournal Posted By: Gatcharin M...5487 days ago
Portland Press Herald
Just minutes after wrapping up a spring practice, soccer player Sam Alpert heard the sobering news from his coach at the University of Maine.
The program, coach Pat Laughlin told them, is being cut to address a massive budget shortfall at the school.
"The initial reaction was just shock that it happened. No one really saw it coming," said Alpert, a freshman fullback from Falmouth. "We had finished practice and everyone was done stretching. Our coach was pulled out and....