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By RYAN AMES

A pivotal Hockey East set awaits the UMass hockey team as it’ll face off against No. 11 Boston University for two games over the next five days — the first coming Saturday night on the road.The Minutemen (7-6-2) have just one Hockey East win in seven...

By RYAN AMES

Daniel Jencko returned to the UMass hockey lineup with a bang on Nov. 29.After missing seven games due to injury, Jencko tallied his second goal of the season against Army at Mullins Center, helping the Minutemen pick up their seventh victory of the...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There may be plenty of reasons for UMass fans to lament the athletic department over the past two weeks – a third-straight disappointing football season and a subpar men’s basketball start (3-5 record) among the results-based reasons outside...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass hockey team used a pair of second-period power play goals to propel past Army in its 3-1 win on Friday at the Mullins Center.Cole O'Hara and Daniel Jencko each notched man-advantage strikes less than five minutes apart during the...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass hockey team only has one game on the docket this week as it’ll welcome Army to the Mullins Center for a Black Friday matinee.The Minutemen (6-6-2) are coming off an up-and-down weekend – first with a win against Harvard before a loss to...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The No. 20 UMass hockey team dropped its third and final game against Vermont this season, falling  3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Mullins Center.Nick VanTassell put the Minutemen ahead halfway through the first period, 1-0, but the Catamounts...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Cole O'Hara's four points powered the No. 20 UMass hockey team to a 5-3 win over Harvard on Friday night at the Mullins Center.O'Hara had two goals and two assists – the junior forward's first career four-point night – in the Minutemen's...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass field hockey team’s magical postseason run came to an end on Friday.The Minutewomen suffered a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Northwestern in the national semifinal of the 2024 NCAA Final Four in Ann Arbor, Michigan.The Wildcats punched in the game’s...

By RYAN AMES

The redemption arc rolls on for the UMass field hockey team as the Minutewomen advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four after beating UConn and Harvard during regional play last weekend – two teams they lost to during the regular season. Now, UMass...

By RYAN AMES

The No. 20 UMass hockey team will look to build upon its definitive win against Providence last weekend when it hosts Harvard and Vermont this Friday and Sunday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen downed the 10th-ranked Friars, 5-1, after failing to...

By Ryan Ames

Cole O’Hara is on pace for a career year with the UMass hockey team.The junior forward is first on the Minutemen in points (16 in 12 games played), which is already two points away from his career-best of 18 last season. The 6-foot, 183-pounder has...

For the first time in 32 years, the Minutewomen are Final Four-bound.UMass claimed a historic 1-0 shutout victory over No. 10 Harvard in the NCAA Elite Eight on Sunday at Nancy Stevens Field in Storrs, Conn. With the win, the Minutewomen advanced to...

By RYAN AMES

Hannah de Gast came up clutch for the UMass field hockey team in its 2-1 win over No. 3 UConn during the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.The senior scored the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter to send the Minutewomen to...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Logan Sawyer's power play goal was the difference in UMass hockey's 2-1 loss to Providence Thursday night at the Mullins Center.The Friars freshman one-timed a puck past Minutemen sophomore goalie Jackson Irving -- who made his first career...

By RYAN AMES

For the first time since 2016, the UMass field hockey team is going dancing.The Minutewomen earned at at-large bid into this year’s NCAA Tournament as one of the 18 best teams in the country. UMass drew a familiar foe in its first tournament game in...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass hockey team will look to get back on track with a weekend home-and-home against No. 10 Providence, starting Thursday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen went winless in Vermont last weekend, which dropped them out of the USCHO national...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

AGAWAM — The three-time defending MIAA Div. 4 field hockey state champions weren’t ready to relinquish their crown on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Frontier took on top-seeded Uxbridge in the Div. 4 semifinals at Agawam High School and the Spartans quickly...

By RYAN AMES

American International College will drop its hockey team to Division II at the end of this season, per a report from Collegehockeynews.com’s Mike McMahon on Twitter/X on Tuesday afternoon. McMahon’s report stated its reasoning was “budgetary, and the...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Over the past two days, two UMass fall sports programs learned their respective fates for the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Atlantic 10 Conference tournament runners-up.The Minutewomen field hockey team gathered together on Sunday night...

By JEFF LAJOIE

The challenge is substantial, but the Frontier field hockey team is ready.Three-time defending state champion Uxbridge stands in the way of the fourth-seeded Redhawks and a spot in the MIAA Division 4 championship game. Frontier and the top-seeded...