You would expect Colby College women’s basketball coach Julie Veilleux to have had some nerves before her first game. Sure, she was an assistant at Bowdoin and Navy, but this was her first time leading her own team onto the floor.

Normally, Anna Thurston would be thinking about track, and Ali Omsberg would be thinking about how to improve for the next season.

Paula Doughty knows very little about the man. He’s is his 50s, and he’s a bigger guy — 6-foot-1, maybe 210 pounds. He’s been diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Sabrina Vaillancourt had a knack for scoring goals during her high school field hockey career. She finished with 70 to set a Nokomis record.

The Thomas College women’s basketball team, which starts over with a new coach, was picked to finish eighth in the 10-team North Atlantic Conference coaches poll. Ted Rioux takes over as the Terriers head coach after winning three state titles in five seasons at Waterville Senior High School.

When the Skowhegan triplets — MaKayla, Mallory and Megan Hancock — were being recruited to play Division I field hockey, they weren’t always recruited by the same schools. Maybe one school wanted Megan because it needed a goalie, or maybe Mallory for offense or MaKayla for defense.

No one was specifically trying to get the record for Michelle Oswald. In fact, she had no idea she had even set it, until she received a text message the University of New England sends to all people who sign up for school updates.