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UMass hockey aiming to overtake Boston College in upcoming weekend series
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Only six games remain in the UMass hockey regular season.The Minutemen sit tied for ninth in the Hockey East standings, two points behind No. 8 Boston College, which UMass will face Friday in Chestnut Hill and Saturday in Amherst (both 7...
UMass basketball: First place on the line as Minutewomen travel to Rhode Island
By HANNAH BEVIS
The Atlantic-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament is still two weeks away, but Thursday night’s game between UMass and Rhode Island at the Thomas M. Ryan Center (6 p.m. ESPN-Plus) in Kingston, R.I. could very well be an A-10 title game...
UMass basketball: Minutewomen handle George Mason, notch 21st victory
The Massachusetts women’s basketball team picked up its 21st win of the season on Sunday, doing so in emphatic fashion. Hosting George Mason on the road in Virginia, the Minutewomen shot 9-of-16 from the field in the first quarter while locking things...
UMass hockey: Minutemen fumble three-goal lead in shootout win over Vermont
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Apathy replaced the desperation the UMass hockey team showed trying to end its six-game losing streak when the Minutemen faced Vermont on Friday at the Mullins Center.They earned a point with a 3-3 tie and won the shootout 2-1, but it looked...
‘Sometimes I feel like I have to pinch myself:’ New UMass women’s lacrosse coach Jana Drummond excited for season opener with UMass Lowell
By HANNAH BEVIS
A couple days prior to the UMass women’s lacrosse team’s first game of the season, first-year head coach Jana Drummond sat in her office preparing for her team’s first game of the season against UMass Lowell. It was a familiar setting for Drummond,...
UMass hockey: Minutemen welcome Vermont for weekend set at Mullins Center
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The result finally caught up to the UMass hockey team’s process.Beating Providence on the road last Friday snapped a six-game losing streak, the Minutemen’s longest since 2018. UMass (10-13-3, 4-11-1 Hockey East) ascended a spot in the...
UMass basketball: Minutemen on the mend ahead of showdown at ascendant Fordham
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The joke online used to be “Fordham’s too high” whenever the Atlantic 10 preseason polls came out when the Rams were inevitably picked at the bottom of the league. Now Fordham, UMass’ next opponent, is too high for the rest of the league’s liking. The...
UMass hockey seniors score at Providence to snap 6-game losing streak
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
UMass’ senior forwards heeded coach Greg Carvel’s calls for more scoring, as the Minutemen snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Providence 3-2 on Friday night in Rhode Island.Seniors scored all three goals for UMass (9-13-3, 3-11-1 Hockey...
UMass basketball: Minutemen down several frontline players against Davidson
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST — Frank Martin’s grandmother never let him worry about what he didn’t have. She made the UMass men’s basketball coach appreciate what he had. That philosophy has lived in his home since he’s made it his own.“It’s what I believe in. I don’t run...
‘We’re going to turn them around’: UMass hockey aiming to stop 6-game skid at Providence
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The UMass hockey program’s panic meter hasn’t budged a inch.Despite losing six games in a row, their longest skid since late January and early February of 2018, the Minutemen believe they can turn around the season over the last month.“The...
National signing day: UMass football adds experience, talent with 13 transfers
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Youth didn’t serve the UMass football team last season, so head coach Don Brown sprinkled in some experience.The Minutemen announced 13 transfers joined the program Wednesday as part of national signing day. Three are graduate transfers with one year...
UMass-George Mason looking to separate from packed A-10 men’s basketball standings
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Just two games separate the No. 4 team in the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball standings – surprising Fordham – and No. 12 Rhode Island.UMass and its Wednesday opponent George Mason (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) are among the glut of six teams with 4-5...
UMass hockey power play can’t convert in shutout loss at UMass Lowell
Despite holding the No. 1 power play in the country, the UMass Minutemen couldn’t convert with the extra man against UMass Lowell on Friday night. The Minutemen (9-13-3) dropped a 1-0 decision in Lowell, continuing their six game skid. Goaltender Luke...
Viral sensation Duquesne bringing aggressive appraoch to face UMass basketball
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST — Duquesne drew national attention this week when a YouTube prankster walked onto the court during play impersonating a DoorDash delivery driver. The Dukes handled Loyola Chicago on Wednesday to win their 14th game of the season, more than...
UMass women's basketball sends kids home happy with field trip day win over VCU
By HANNAH BEVIS
AMHERST – With the Mullins Center filled to bursting with screaming schoolchildren on Field Trip Day, the UMass women’s basketball team had a mixed bag of a game against VCU on Thursday afternoon. The basketball itself was good, with the Minutewomen...
UMass hockey ‘not that far off’ ahead of matchup with UMass Lowell at Tsongas Center
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The trip to UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center has never been a pleasant or simple one for the UMass hockey program, even when it was firing on all cylinders.UMass has beaten the 18th-ranked River Hawks just twice there in the past decade. That...
UMass basketball notebook: Reeling Minutemen readying for Richmond
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Richmond’s offense might be one of the last things a struggling UMass men’s basketball defense wants to see. The Spiders, which visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday (NESN), use a version of the Princeton offense with constantly churning...
UMass basketball notebook: Rahsool Diggins re-energized after birth of daughter ahead of return to hometown Philadelphia vs. Saint Joseph’s
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Rahsool Diggins didn’t leave the bench the first time he returned home to Philadelphia as a college athlete.UConn didn’t include him among the nine Huskies that took the floor Feb. 5, 2022, at Villanova. Diggins only appeared in nine games his...
Goalie Henry Graham seizing chance to impact UMass hockey on ice the way he has off it
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – A pair of Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers replica pads seduced Henry Graham.Graham’s parents had finally allowed the UMass junior goalie and his brothers to play hockey. His mother Victoria eventually convinced his father Mark, and they...
UMass athletics officially endorse two local NIL collectives – GoMassNIL and The Massachusetts Collective
By HANNAH BEVIS
Since the NCAA removed the ban for student-athlete compensation in July 2021, the NIL era has quickly blossomed in college athletics. Student-athletes have now been afforded avenues to receive compensation for the use of their name, image or...
