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Belchertown High School swimming coach Matthew Nodell has been named Westfield State’s women’s swimming and diving coach, the school announced Thursday.Nodell, a Monson native, spent the past three seasons coaching the Orioles. He was a four-time CSCA...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Multiple members of the UMass program were selected for the third NHL Draft in a row during Day 2 of the 2023 edition in Nashville.Incoming UMass freshman goalkeeper Michael Hrabal became the program’s highest draft pick since Cale Makar when the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Somehow, Sam Breen will play basketball next season somewhere other than UMass.The two-time reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year signed a professional deal with Finland’s Vimpelin Veto Koripallo, the team announced on Instagram on Monday. Breen, a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Michael Hrabal stands comfortably taller than any other big time goalie prospect in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.The 6-foot, 6.2-inch UMass commit that will join the Minutemen this fall as the centerpiece and linchpin of a large and talented recruiting...

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The Hixon household better have room for two hall of famers.Longtime UMass diving coach Mandy Hixon will be a part of the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023, the school announced Monday. Her husband Dave Hixon, the Amherst College men’s...

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Judy Stong earned her way to the 2023 Division 1 women’s lacrosse national championship game as much as Northwestern or Boston College.The Hatfield native was one of three officials selected to administer the rules at the highest level of women’s...

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AMHERST – A summer getaway could lead to winter success. The UMass men’s basketball team is planning an overseas trip that programs can take once every four years in the summer before the season. The destination is down to Spain, the No. 1 choice, and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Relationship building begets the UMass men’s basketball program coach Frank Martin wants it to become. He’s bringing in six freshmen during a national enthrallment with the transfer portal because he’s gotten to know them since he was hired....

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Former UMass running back Ellis Merriweather carved a place in the NFL.He signed an undrafted free agent deal with the New Orleans Saints on Monday after attending the team’s rookie mini camp. It was his second camp invitation along with the Green Bay...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The little missteps or cracks that slipped by during the Atlantic 10 regular season cost the UMass women’s lacrosse team in the NCAA Tournament.Johns Hopkins pounded the Minutewomen in the first quarter and held them off for a 19-8 victory in Friday’s...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The UMass hockey team’s 2023-24 schedule features two Frozen Four participants in the first six games and five total teams that reached the NCAA tournament.Released Friday with a video tour through the Minutemen’s locker room, the schedule opens with...

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Sam Breen will make her USA Basketball debut at the USA 3x3 Women’s National Team Trials this weekend in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The former UMass forward is one of 18 athletes that will be evaluated for spots on the 2023-24 national teams. The pool...

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Wins and losses barely register when Johns Hopkins women’s lacrosse coach Tim McCormack remembers his time at UMass.He played goalie for the Minutemen from 2008-2012, captaining the team his final two years. McCormack ranks eighth all-time at UMass...

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Aloha, UMass.The men’s basketball program will participate in the 2023 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu on December 21, 22, and 24, the school announced Thursday. It’s an eight-team event that also features Power 5 schools Georgia...

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AMHERST – In addition to reaching the NCAA Tournament, the UMass women’s lacrosse program was recognized with two members of the USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America teams Wednesday.Senior attacker Fiona McGowan was named to the second team, while senior...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Losing the Atlantic 10 championship game against Richmond reminded the UMass women’s lacrosse team of lessons it didn’t follow as rigidly in the preceding 15-game winning streak. A third quarter lull the Minutewomen usually worked through...

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SOUTH HADLEY – Tyson Dyck traded his spot on the line chart for a tee time.The UMass freshman who finished his first season playing hockey for the Minutemen this spring competed in the U.S. Open Local Qualifier on Tuesday at the Orchards Golf Club in...

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R.J. Luis stayed in the UMass family.The freshman transfer guard that left the Minutemen after an Atlantic 10 all-freshman first team season announced he’ll join former UMass point guard Rick Pitino at St. John’s on Sunday.Luis averaged 11.5 points...

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Richmond senior Lindsey Frank ripped out the UMass women’s lacrosse team’s heart in the second half of Sunday’s Atlantic 10 championship game.She scored five of her six goals after halftime, including three in a 1-minute, 44-second stretch that...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

After tweeting exclusively eye emojis for days, Frank Martin can finally explain why he’s so fired up. The UMass men’s basketball team rounded out its roster with two more freshmen and another South Carolina import. Martin can’t discuss recruits or...