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Amherst men, women fall in NCAA Division III tennis semifinals

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

It was a tough day for Amherst College at the NCAA Division III tennis championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday. The top-ranked women’s team fell behind, rallied to take a lead but eventually fell 5-4 to No. 4 Emory in the semifinal round. Meanwhile, the third-ranked men’s team never recovered from difficult doubles matches and fell 5-0 to No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the semifinals. Women’s semifinal The Lord Jeffs (20-3) fell … 0

Kevin Ziomek, Tyler Beede lead Vanderbilt into expanded SEC tournament

Monday, May 20, 2013

Vanderbilt and LSU are the favorites to win this week’s Southeastern Conference tournament after mowing through regular-season play with uncommon ease. The real intrigue, however, is the new single-elimination format in the opening round of the tournament. Instead of the usual double-elimination format, the league’s coaches say the sudden-death round was added because of scheduling and the expansion of the tournament field from … 0

Amherst College men’s, women’s tennis advance to NCAA Division III semifinals

Monday, May 20, 2013

The top-ranked Amherst College women’s tennis team cruised into the NCAA Division III Tournament semifinal round with a 5-1 victory over No. 12 Washington University-St. Louis Monday in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Lord Jeffs (20-2) will face No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Amherst led 2-1 following the completion of doubles play and took a 3-1 lead when Zoe Pangalos won No. 6 … 0

Weekend colleges: UMass baseball ends season with sweep of Temple

Sunday, May 19, 2013

The University of Massachusetts baseball team closed its season with a three-game sweep of Temple, Saturday in Ambler, Pa. UMass beat the Owls 11-9, following a doubleheader sweep Friday. The Minutemen finished 14-31 overall, 7-17 in the Atlantic 10. UMass, which took a 2-0 lead in the first … 0

Jasper Adams, Ithaca get the better of Fred Shepard, Amherst in NCAA baseball tournament

Friday, May 17, 2013

AUBURN, N.Y. — Jasper Adams and Fred Shepard had to wait seven years for a rematch. For Adams and his Ithaca College Bombers, the wait was well worth it. Adams and Shepard, former teammates at Amherst Regional High … 0

UMass baseball sweeps doubleheader from Temple

Friday, May 17, 2013

A pair of sophomores and hot bats carried the University of Massachusetts baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of Temple in Ambler, Pa. Friday. Conor LeBlanc earned the win in Game 1, which the Minutemen won 4-3. LeBlanc struck out three and worked around six hits over seven … 0

UMass hockey signs Brandon Wahlin

Friday, May 17, 2013

The University of Massachusetts hockey team, which had trouble scoring at times last year, officially added a player who did plenty of it in juniors. Brandon Wahlin, a 5-foot-9 forward from White Bear Lake, Minn., signed with the Minutemen Thursday and will be a freshman in the fall. … 0

New England Basketball Hall of Fame to induct John Calipari, Derek Kellogg

Friday, May 17, 2013

The New England Basketball Hall of Fame’s annual army of inductees includes several people with University of Massachusetts ties. Former men’s coaches John Calipari, Bruiser Flint and Ray Wilson will be joined by former players Lou Roe, Mike Pyatt and Peter Trow. Derek Kellogg, the current coach, and … 0

John Calipari confident heralded recruits will mesh at Kentucky

Friday, May 17, 2013

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The pending arrival of eight heralded newcomers has allowed Kentucky coach John Calipari to quickly move on after losing out on top recruit Andrew Wiggins. Calipari is confident his large recruiting class will mesh and … 0

Rutgers names Julie Hermann athletic director

Friday, May 17, 2013

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men’s basketball coach and the … 0

Kansas lures top prospect Andrew Wiggins

Friday, May 17, 2013

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Bill Self knew after witnessing an emotional senior day that Andrew Wiggins was considering Kansas, even if the Jayhawks’ coach was in the dark like everyone else while the superstar recruit made certain of his … 0

UMass teammates Chaz Williams, Raphiael Putney head to Spain with Athletes in Action

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

University of Massachusetts rising senior basketball players Chaz Williams and Raphiael Putney will join Athletes in Action and head to Spain this weekend for a two-week tour that will take them to Madrid and the Canary Islands. “It’s … 0

Penn State defeats UMass women’s lacrosse in second round of NCAA tournament  

Sunday, May 12, 2013

After falling behind early, the University of Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team played evenly with Penn State in their second-round NCAA tournament game Sunday. But the Minutewomen could not make up the early deficit and lost 12-9 in University Park, Pa. The No. 7 Nittany Lions (14-6) advance to … 0