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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Miranda Oakes stood in the Smith College student section, notebook in hand. St. John Fisher guard Katie Moravec stepped to the free throw line late in the third quarter of last weekend’s NCAA Division 3 tournament second round game.“One fish! Two...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CHESTNUT HILL – The maroon helmets never changed. Massachusetts still spread across their chests in maroon or white. But it still didn’t look like the same UMass hockey team this season. At least, UMass hockey as constructed over the past four...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Frank Martin spent as much time as a concrete mason as a basketball coach in his first season leading the UMass men’s basketball program. He laid the foundation that the Minutemen’s future success can rise from.UMass’ season ended Tuesday against...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The old adage says beating a team three times in a season is hard. What about four?The UMass hockey team will face Boston College for the fourth time this season at 7 p.m. Wednesday inside Conte Forum in the Hockey East tournament preliminary...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Going out with a whimper would have been an improvement.The UMass men’s basketball team scored a season-low 38 points and fell 71-38 against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament’s opening game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

All 15 Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball teams are facing the same pressure this week at the Barclays Center: win the conference tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament, or lose and go home.UMass, seeded 13th, has a longer road than most. The...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Cal Kiefiuk scored two goals in the first period, and the UMass hockey team defeated Maine 4-3 on Saturday to sweep the Black Bears in Alford Arena for the first time since 2010.The Minutemen hadn’t swept a Hockey East series all season, and it was...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Amelia Clairmont triggered an avalanche.The Smith College junior guard hit the first shot of Friday night’s NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament opener against SUNY Morrisville: a 3-pointer from the left wing. Then she splashed...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Coming to UMass made T.J. Weeks Jr. nervous at first.Not only was college a big thing, he was following in his father’s footsteps. Tyrone Weeks was an important part of the greatest stretch of UMass men’s basketball history from 1994-98.“I...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The past, present and future of the UMass hockey team will converge in its final regular season series.The Minutemen will visit Maine for two games Friday and Saturday (7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). Former UMass assistant Ben Barr is in his second year...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Receiving the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed shocked the Smith College basketball team, but it won’t overwhelm the Pioneers.Smith has reached two straight NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16s and won three consecutive NEWMAC titles.“I don’t think it adds...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Long may she reign.UMass women’s basketball graduate student forward Sam Breen – “Queen Breen” to fans and on social media – was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year for the second year in a row Tuesday. She became the league’s first repeat winner...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Very little is decided ahead of the final weekend of the Hockey East regular season.UMass sits 10th of 11 teams with 22 points and two games at current No. 6 seed Maine on deck Friday and Saturday (both 7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). The Minutemen (11-16-5,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Ghosts haunted the UMass hockey team all season. Blown leads. Missed checks. Breakaway goals.It didn’t look like UMass hockey for much of the year.The Minutemen exorcised those specters and reclaimed their identity against No. 15...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A series with Hockey East’s top team might decide whether UMass occupies the league’s basement entering the season’s final weekend.The Minutemen (10-15-5, 4-13-3 Hockey East) will face No. 15 Northeastern (15-10-5, 12-5-3) in their penultimate series...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Michael Cameron scored in the first period, but the UMass hockey team couldn’t keep Boston College at bay in a 3-1 loss at the Mullins Center on Saturday.The freshman tucked away a turnaround chance in front of the Eagles net from Kenny Connors and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CHESTNUT HILL – Boston College poured in four goals in the final six minutes of the first period to both start and finish a 7-3 victory over UMass on Friday at Conte Forum.The Eagles (11-12-6, 6-8-5 Hockey East) took down the Minutemen (10-14-5,...

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...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON – Morgan Morrison ripped away the offensive rebound from Babson after missing a layup.Smith College’s senior forward wasn’t about to let the Beavers ruin her senior day. Morrison powered a layup back up through contact, and tied Saturday’s...

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...