With two teams competing for titles, Husky fans were all aboard the championship train over the weekend.

Both games were decided on Saturday, November 5, at Hannaford Field on the University of Southern Maine's campus in Gorham. The double-feature started with field hockey. Top-ranked USM (15-8) took on third-seeded Castleton (14-7) with the Little East Conference Championship at stake.

The crowd stretched across the entire length of the field. The two sets of bleachers were mostly filled with students. Visitors to campus knew to bring their own seating and formed a chain of folding chairs as near to the action as the officials would allow. Parents were easy to spot since so many of them wore USM t-shirts with their daughters' names on the back.

Rob Edwards described himself as a "proud dad and proud alumni." He graduated from the university in 1991 and returned to campus to cheer on his daughter, sophomore Julia Edwards. Depending on what the team needs, she plays midfielder or defender. In the classroom, she studies Health Sciences.

"As a student-athlete, somebody who is also in the Honors Program, her whole life is school and sports," Edwards said.

Jordan Cummings, a junior midfielder/defender, was another player with her own cheering section. Anna Prosser showed her support with a sign that read "#22 is my best friend." The two know each other from work, where Prosser is Cummings' supervisor.

"She talks about field hockey all the time," Prosser said. "It's basically her whole life. We hear all of it: the good, the bad, everything."  READ MORE