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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 two runs, while Nik Campero was 2-for-5 … 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 innings. Andrew Grant won the second game 6-3 for UMass. Grant fanned five, walked one … 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. Wahlin is the Austin (Texas) Bruins’ all-time leading scorer with 33 goals and 76 assists … 0

UMass baseball team falls to UConn

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The University of Massachusetts baseball team couldn’t hold on to an early led and fell to UConn 5-4 in Storrs, Conn., Tuesday. UMass scored a run in each of the first three innings, but a four-run sixth put the Huskies (24-16) on top for good. Ryan Cusick went … 0

Marathon runner, UMass player find link in slain officer

Sunday, April 21, 2013

AMHERST — When the annual University of Massachusetts spring football game was over Saturday, Gary Menin and Randall Jette shared a short conversation and then a hug on the McGuirk Stadium field. The 30-year-old tax attorney from Milton … 0

UMass helps with healing after week of tragic violence

Sunday, April 21, 2013

AMHERST — At some point not far down the road, Tom Frost plans to go back to Boston and run the last half mile of the Boston Marathon. The 47-year-old from Holliston was closing in on the finish … 0

Weekend college games: UMass men's lacrosse keeps tournament hopes alive with comeback win over Hofstra

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Colin Fleming’s goal with 13 seconds to play capped the University of Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team’s 9-8 comeback win over Hofstra in Hempstead N.Y. on Saturday. The victory kept the Minutemen’s hopes of qualifying for the CAA tournament alive. UMass (6-7, 1-4 CAA) now must beat Delaware Friday … 0

UMass football depth chart takes shape

Friday, April 19, 2013

AMHERST With Saturday’s 4 p.m. spring game at McGuirk Stadium more ceremony and fun than legitimate football practice, the jockeying for position on the University of Massachusetts team’s depth chart is essentially over until August. Here’s a look at the roster and position competitions that will take place … 0

Friday’s colleges: UMass women’s lacrosse breezes past St. Bonaventure

Friday, April 19, 2013

Even with University of Massachusetts leading scorer Katie Ferris sitting out, the St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team was no match for the Minutewomen. UMass scored the game’s first 11 goals and cruised a 19-2 win on the road Friday. The victory was the Minutewomen’s 26th consecutive win over … 0

UMass to honor Marathon victims at spring football game Saturday

Thursday, April 18, 2013

AMHERST — When Stanley Andre, Brandon Howard, Klysmann Afonso and Rob Blanchflower take the field for University of Massachusetts spring football game Saturday, it won’t be their names on the back of their jerseys. After Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, the UMass football program wanted to honor … 0

Notebook: UMass women’s lacrosse closing in on conference title

Thursday, April 18, 2013

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team’s game Sunday could be a winner-take-all showdown for the Atlantic 10 regular season title. If UMass (13-2, 5-0 A-10) wins at St. Bonaventure (0-5) Friday at 11 a.m., and Duquesne (4-1) beats La Salle (1-4) at 4 p.m., then … 0

Wednesday's colleges: Kellen Pagel gives UMass baseball 10-inning win over Hartford

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Former University of Massachusetts quarterback Kellen Pagel picked up his first career RBI with a bases loaded walk-off single in the 10th inning as the baseball team beat Hartford 4-3 in 10 innings in Amherst. Pagel was 2-for-2 for UMass (9-18), which has won four straight. Softball Amherst … 0