ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine Black Bears will have to wait at least another day before they can clinch the Hockey East regular season title. Former Maine assistant coach Bruce Crowder led his UMass-Lowell Riverhawks to a 4-1 HE win over the Black Bears at Harold Alfond Sports Arena Saturday night. Even with the loss, Maine could have clinched the title and an automatic berth in the NCAA quarterfinals if Merrimack had beaten Boston University. However, the BU Terriers came back from a 3-2 deficit to beat the Warriors 5-3 Saturday night to stay alive in the race for the regular season conference title. Maine outshot UMass-Lowell 39-18 unofficially. "We didn't play heads-up as a team," Maine head coach Shawn Walsh said after the game. "We played as individuals." Maine plays UMass-Lowell again Sunday afternoon at 5:30 at Alfond Arena. LINE SCORE UMass-Lowell 1 1 2 -- 4 Maine 0 0 1 -- 1 _____________________________________________________________________ Ryan Robbins "Nothing in fine print is ever good news." University of Maine -- Andy Rooney _____________________________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________