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By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass Minutewomen came into Wednesday’s matinee with plenty of Christmas cheer, with the coaching staff all decked out in ugly holiday sweaters. Unfortunately the Albany Great Danes played Grinch to UMass, handing the Minutewomen a 74-52...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team returned from the Cancun Challenge with a little more of a tan and a lot to work on. It wasn’t a huge surprise that the Minutewomen went 0-3 in the tournament – they were going up against incredibly tough opponents,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

There’s a lot going right for the UMass men’s ice hockey team in the first half of the season. The Minutemen (9-3-1) currently sit No. 10 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey/The Rink national polls, and are riding a three-game win streak going into...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The Amherst College men’s soccer team has been on the ride of its life during the NCAA Division 3 Tournament, but the club hasn’t made it easy on their coaching staff or fans. The Mammoths (17-2-3) are one game away from playing for a national title,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The Amherst College women's basketball team stayed perfect on Monday night, riding a strong three-point performance and their usual airtight defense to its fifth consecutive win to open the 2023-24 season. The Mammoths rocketed out to a 15-2...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team is hoping that a change of scenery might give them the boost they need to get back in the win column. The Minutewomen (1-4) are headed to Cancun, Mexico to participate in the Cancun Challenge, a 10-team tournament...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Last year’s Smith College basketball team had a season for the history books. The Pioneers qualified for its first ever Final Four after winning their third consecutive NEWMAC title. Senior Morgan Morrison won the D3hoops.com Player of the Year Award,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST — The final score between the Harvard and UMass women’s basketball teams felt closer than the scoreboard indicated. It may have been a 21-point defeat, but considering the Minutewomen were in a 20-point hole after the first quarter, the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

After the high of an overtime win against Northeastern and the rest from a long weekend has worn off, the UMass ice hockey team is back and ready to rumble against Hockey East foe Vermont this weekend. On paper, this should be a pair of very winnable...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

It’s a good time to be a soccer fan at Amherst College.Both the women’s and men’s team won their respective NESCAC championship games on Sunday; it was also the second consecutive NESCAC title win for both programs and both programs’ seventh career...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Consistency is the name of the game for the UMass ice hockey team. Against both Michigan and Boston University, the Minutemen had trouble finding their legs in the first game of back-to-back series. They came back strong against both teams in the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — For 29 glorious seconds, the No. 4 UMass women’s soccer team had the wind in its sails against No. 5 Duquesne in an Atlantic 10 quarterfinal contest. But less than half a minute after a Lauren Robles goal tied the game 1-1, the Dukes scored...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

After getting their skates under them on the ice over the first two weekends of the season, this weekend’s tilts against No. 19/20 Minnesota State will be an important mental test for the UMass hockey team. For the first time this season, the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its women’s basketball conference schedule this week, and the UMass Minutewomen released their full schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The defending A-10 co-champion Minutewomen will host their home opener...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD — John Calipari wrapped an arm around Dave Hixon as he introduced the longtime Amherst College men’s basketball coach to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.Their time in Amherst overlapped when Calipari was at UMass. Hixon coached at Amherst...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

UNCASVILLE, Connecticut — Being on a poster with Manu Ginobli gave Dave Hixon a kick.The longtime Amherst College men’s basketball coach was nominated for induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last year. Even with his 826 career...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Destiney Philoxy repaid Rwanda’s faith immediately.After making the country’s AfroBasket 2023 roster following a tryout, the UMass graduate lit up Cote d’Ivoire in the tournament opener on home soil Friday. She scored a game-high 18 points to go along...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Friday dawned bright and hot without a cloud in the sky, and UMass football coach Don Brown was ecstatic to see the weather forecast. With the first game of the season at New Mexico State, Brown wants his team used to playing in high temps. “It was a...

By HANNAH BEVIS

When the UMass women’s club hockey team asked the community for help in an effort to fund their season this year, one local organization stepped up to answer the call. The Midnight Ride Collective is marketed as an NIL collective specifically focused...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The emotion in The Commonwealth’s locker room resembled those after an NCAA Tournament loss.UMass’ alumni team fell 79-73 against Virginia Dream in the opening round of The Basketball Tournament on Monday in Syracuse, New York. The squad had only been...