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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 10 to 12 teams. The top four … 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 inning Saturday, never trailed in the series. Rob McLam finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and … 0

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