umass sports

UMass hockey enters weekend needing points for postseason bid

mattyv424 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - University of Massachusetts hockey coach Toot Cahoon didn't try to pass off Saturday's game against Providence as just another game. He knows better. So do his players and the fans. As the Minutemen try to pull out of their recent skid to get back into the playoff race, Saturday's 7 p.m. game at the Mullins Center is a big game.

UMass men's lacrosse opens season against Army

mattyv424 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - After just missing the NCAA tournament last year, University of Massachusetts men's lacrosse coach Greg Cannella is looking forward to seeing his team in action as it tries to return to the postseason. UMass will get its first test this afternoon when it travels to Army for a 1 p.m. game at West Point, N.Y.

Nick Rolovich leaves UMass football for Nevada job

mattyv424 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - Nick Rolovich's football coaching tenure at the University of Massachusetts appears to have been a short one.

The former Hawaii offensive coordinator, who was hired to fill the same role at UMass, is reportedly leaving the Minutemen for Nevada, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Maxie Esho key in second half for UMass

mattyv424 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - What would have been the biggest play of Maxie Esho's night wasn't quite completed. On a fast break, University of Massachusetts point guard Chaz Williams tried to throw an overhead hook pass from the right side of the basket to Esho for an alley-oop. The throw was off, but the freshman leaned to catch the ball and nearly threw down a reverse dunk, but hit the rim.

UMass women's basketball falls to No. 25 St. Bonaventure

mattyv424 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - For most of the game, the University of Massachusetts women's basketball team looked more like a up-and-coming squad than a team on a six-game losing streak. But a 9-0 run late in the second half allowed No. 25 St. Bonaventure to pull away as the Minutewomen dropped their seventh consecutive game 69-54 Wednesday at the Mullins Center.

Jesse Morgan, Minutemen overcome slow start to beat St. Bonaventure

mattyv424 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - The first run Jesse Morgan started gave the University of Massachusetts the lead. The second one delivered the knockout blow. The Minutemen erased a double-digit deficit in the first half and nearly gave up a 12-point edge in the second half before pulling away for a 76-67 win over St. Bonaventure Wednesday at the Mullins Center. UMass started slowly and the Bonnies took advantage, pulling ahead 23-13 with 6 minutes, 20 seconds left in the first half.

UMass set to face St. Bonaventure, big man Andrew Nicholson

mattyv424 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - During Monday's Atlantic 10 conference call, Saint Louis coach Rick Majerus remarked that there are about 25 legitimate candidates for the Atlantic 10's all-conference first team. If Majerus is exaggerating, it's only slightly. Making things even more difficult is that most of those candidates are guards, as the league is filled with loaded backcourts. Almost every team in the conference features a guard as its best player.