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BIDDEFORD, Maine

UNE announces plans for first varsity football series

The University of New England recently announced that it will compete in its first varsity football competition with the United States Coast Guard Academy during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. This news was reported on by local news outlets WCSH6 and WMTW.

The first game will take place on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut. The second competition will take place the following season on UNE’s Biddeford Campus, Saturday, September 7, 2019.

UNE Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack McDonald was quoted in the WCSH6 article, stating “Competing against such a prestigious academic, athletic and military academy will give our university, Biddeford and Southern Maine fans an outstanding game and opponent.”

Read the article on WMTW

Read the article on WCSH6

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.