CASTINE, Maine -- Maine Maritime held off a late Maine-Farmington charge to secure a 59-53 win over Maine-Farmington in the North Atlantic Conference women's basketball quarterfinals Tuesday. The Mariners (17-9) advanced to Friday's semifinals opposite Colby-Sawyer at Castleton.

Cheyenne Malloy paced Maine Maritime with 13 points, including a perfect 7 of 7 from the line. Ashley Shine pumped in 10 and Alex Winchester eight for the Mariners. Leah Jackson grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds and Hannah Lyons dished out a game-best six assists.

Elizabeth Ferry netted a game-high 14 points for the Beavers (9-17) and Meghan Smith chipped in 13. Lindsay Ranquist pulled down 11 boards.

Maine Maritime jumped out to an early 8-2 lead after a Shine trey with 17:43 left in the opening half. Farmington closed the gap with a 5-1 run, capped by a pair of Ranquist free throws, that made it 9-7 five minutes into the game. A jumper by Jackson and three from Mackenzie Vosburgh gave the Mariners a 14-7 advantage with 14:02 left before the break. 

Bridget Humphrey's three cut the UMF deficit  to three, 17-14, before the Mariners took their largest lead after a three from Shine made it 22-14 with 8:26 on the clock.  A pair of Malloy free throws put Maine Maritime ahead 28-22 with 53 seconds left in the first half, but the Beavers closed the half with a 5-0 scoring run -- two by Elizabeth Ferry and a three from Holly Oliver, to make it 28-27 at the break.

The Beavers took their second lead of the game when they opened the second half with a Smith layup to make it 29-28. Consecutive Winchester threes put the Mariners ahead 42-33 with 9:56 left in the game. Maine Maritime took its largest lead, 46-35, after Jillian Perron's layup at 7:41.

A pair of Ranquist free throws put UMF within three, 48-45, at 3:44 and her layup at 1:46 made it 53-51. Kari Jones connected on a pair of free throws to give the Mariners a five-point cushion, 56-51, before Smith made it 56-53 on a layup with 10 seconds left.

Malloy iced the game with two free throws with under 10 seconds left and Bekah Campbell added a free throw with one second left in the game.

MAINE MARITIME 59, FARMINGTON 53

FARMINGTON (9-17)

Elizabeth Ferry 6-10 2-2 14; Meghan Smith 6-9 1-3 13; Ayla Allen 1-4 6-6 8; Lindsay Ranquist 2-9 4-4 8; Kennadi Grover 2-7 0-0 4; Bridget Humphrey 1-2 0-0 3; Holly Oliver 1-4 0-0 3; Hannah Roy 0-0 0-0 0; Bianca Stoutamyer 0-2 0-0 0; Mallory Bonnevie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-47 13-15 53.

MAINE MARITIME (17-9)

Cheyenne Malloy 2-8 7-7 13; Ashley Shine 3-13 1-2 10; Alex Winchester 3-6 0-0 8; Leah Jackson 3-8 1-2 7; Bekah Campbell 2-7 1-2 5; Mackenzie Vosburgh 1-1 2-2 5; Kari Jones 1-7 2-2 5; Jillian Perron 1-3 0-0 2; Hanna Lyons 1-6 0-0 2; Kristi Willey 1-7 0-0 2. Totals 18-66 14-17 59.

Farmington.................... 27 26 - 53

Maine Maritime................ 28 31 - 59

3-point goals--Farmington 2-8 (Bridget Humphrey 1-1; Holly Oliver 1-3; Lindsay Ranquist 0-2; Bianca Stoutamyer 0-2), Maine Maritime 9-31 (Ashley Shine 3-9; Alex Winchester 2-5; Cheyenne Malloy 2-7; Mackenzie Vosburgh 1-1; Kari Jones 1-4; Kristi Willey 0-5). Fouled out--Farmington-None, Maine Maritime-None. Rebounds--Farmington 46 (Lindsay Ranquist 11), Maine Maritime 34 (Leah Jackson 14). Assists--Farmington 17 (Holly Oliver 4), Maine Maritime 16 (Hanna Lyons 6). Total fouls--Farmington 17, Maine Maritime 17. Technical fouls--Farmington-None, Maine Maritime-None. A-121