FARMINGTON, Maine – Ibrahim Achekh (Aboudeia, Chad/Lewiston) scored a pair of goals as the University of Maine at Farmington (2-2) ran out of time in Tuesday's 5-4 non-conference loss to the University of New England (2-3). The Beavers were close to overcoming a three-goal deficit.

The Nor'easters jumped out to the early lead with three goals in the first 18 minutes. Tyler Garnick tallied the first goal with a penalty kick at 7:13. Garnick assisted UNE's second goal with a pass to Will Bushey, who fired a shot through the UMF defense. Dan Good increased the lead to 3-0 after Ryan Stephens sent a pass up the middle of the field with Good there to fire the shot into the bottom left corner of the net.

Luke Sterling (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) broke the shutout four minutes later to edge the Beavers closer. Henry Ametti (Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan) set UMF up with a pass to Uriah Forest-Bulley (Turner Falls, Mass./Turner Falls), who jumped up for a header. After Forst-Bulley's header pushed the ball deeper into UNE territory, Sterling leaped and knocked in his first career goal with a header of his own.

Garnick answered back with his second score of the contest before the end of the half, which pushed the UNE lead back to three goals.

Achekh needed only 23 seconds to get the Beavers back into the game. Ryan Fairbanks (Lisbon Falls, Maine/Lisbon) lined a pass through the UNE defense to Achekh, who cut the lead in half. After the Beavers were able to get the ball back on the ensuing kick off, Darine Gnidehoue (Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire/Mt. Ararat) sent a cross from the corner and Achekh was right on cue for the header.

With four and a half minutes remaining in the contest, Stephens added an insurance goal for UNE with a free kick.

Ametti drew the Beavers closer with a penalty kick into the right side of the goal, making the score 5-4, but UMF ran out of time down the stretch.

Matt Wilson (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) stopped four shots in the contest for the Beavers. UNE's Nate Diffin picked up the victory after splitting time with Jake Rostkowski.

UMaine-Farmington starts conference play on Saturday with a trip to Johnson State.