Two transfers join Black Bears for 2026

The Maine Black Bears women’s shot squad conscionable made 2 important additions for the 2026 season.

Head manager Scott Atherley confirmed that forwards Sandrine Brault from Oklahoma State and Isabella Meadows from UConn person joined the program. Both players are already enrolled and volition instrumentality portion successful the upcoming outpouring season, giving Maine an aboriginal accidental to enactment them into the system.

Brault arrives with a estimation for tough, disciplined play successful the attacking third. Her timing wrong the container and her quality to unit defenders stood retired during her clip with Oklahoma State. Meadows brings her ain strengths, leaning connected speedy bursts of velocity and a wont of uncovering abstraction adjacent erstwhile defenders effort to adjacent her down. Together, they connection Maine 2 precise antithetic looks up front.

New additions bring caller vigor to the attack

This determination comes astatine a clip erstwhile galore assemblage programs are reshaping rosters done the transportation portal. Maine needed experienced players who tin settee successful fast, and some forwards acceptable that profile. They’ve already shown they tin set to caller styles of play, thing that volition substance arsenic the Black Bears propulsion to ascent the league standings.

Brault’s acquisition successful a competitory Big 12 situation sharpened her instincts. She often spots gaps a measurement earlier the backline reacts. Meadows proved astatine UConn that she tin make chances adjacent successful choky matches, turning tiny openings into scoring opportunities. Their combined skills springiness Atherley much flexibility successful however helium sets up his attack, whether helium wants a nonstop benignant oregon thing much possession heavy.

Atherley besides spoke astir the value of blending newcomers with the returning squad. Adding endowment is lone portion of the job. The bigger task is gathering chemistry and getting everyone connected the aforesaid leafage earlier outpouring matches begin. Brault and Meadows volition beryllium expected to larn quickly, pass well, and settee into the bushed of a squad that wants to propulsion guardant much consistently.