AMHERST - After suffering an injury in the first game of the season, University of Massachusetts hockey forward Michael Lecomte was itching to get back on the ice as his teammates jumped out to a 4-1 start.
AMHERST - With three minutes, 41 seconds left in the first sudden-death overtime, Sarah Blythe-Wood of Richmond was the last person the University of Massachusetts field hockey team wanted to see sprinting down the left sideline with the ball.
AMHERST - University of Massachusetts senior fullback Chris Zardas does not know if finishing 7-4 would be enough to earn the Minuteman a spot in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, but he does know that anything worse than 7-4 would certainly keep the team out.
AMHERST - He still has a long way to go to fulfill the promise and hype that accompanied his arrival at the University of Massachusetts as the crown jewel in Travis Ford's 2007 freshman class, but Trey Lang has taken the first step.
The University of Massachusetts women's basketball team lost 72-51 to Duquesne y in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament Friday night at the Halton Arena in Charlotte, N.C.
Senior Sakera Young led the Minutewomen (12-18) with 16 points and added two steals, and Stefanie Geradot scored 13 points.
Sophomore Teya Wright added nine rebounds and three steals for UMass.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Leader Herald has a good story about Kentucky learning how to run Calipari's Dribble-Drive offense.
I'm posting it because it's a good story, but more than that because I imagine UMass' freshman are experiencing similar growing pains.
