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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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There are lots of question marks still surrounding the UMass women’s basketball team this year, but one thing is certain – this season’s squad is going to look a lot different than last year. Head coach Mike Leflar replaced former head coach Tory...

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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...

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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...

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Fifth year senior Gina Carroll didn’t have to think too hard about whether or not she would return for her extra year of eligibility with the UMass women’s lacrosse team.Besides the year she lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carroll also tore her ACL the...

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After a bevy of UMass women’s basketball players entered the transfer portal, the Minutewomen have started to refill their ranks. Jermany Mapp announced on her social media accounts that she will be joining the Flagship next season. Mapp spent the...

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Another UMass women’s basketball star is taking her talents somewhere else. Guard Sydney Taylor confirmed that she would be transferring to the University of Louisville for her last year of NCAA eligibility.Taylor announced that she was entering the...

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AMHERST – There wasn’t an empty seat inside a packed Massachusetts room at the Mullins Center on Wednesday afternoon. It seemed as though the entire UMass athletics department had turned out for new women’s basketball coach Mike Leflar’s introductory...

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Just a few days after Tory Verdi announced his departure for the coaching job at the University of Pittsburgh, UMass announced his replacement. The school didn’t have to look far for Verdi’s successor – he’s been at his side for the last five years....

By HANNAH BEVIS 

It didn’t take the Pitt women’s basketball program long to introduce their new head coach Tory Verdi. After the seven-year UMass women’s basketball coach had been rumored to be in talks with Pitt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Noah Hiles reported...

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The UMass women's basketball team is coming back from an A10 tournament that was both successful and disappointing; the Minutewomen did reach their third consecutive title game, but couldn’t defend their title against No. 3 St. Louis in a 91-85...

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The UMass women’s basketball team fell just short of its goal of qualifying for the NCAA tournament, but the program will still play postseason basketball. The Minutewomen earned an automatic bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT),...

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It’s a story Tory Verdi loves to tell. When he first took the head coaching job at UMass back in 2016, people told him he was ‘crazy’ for coming to a program with nothing. It had no history, no culture of winning. Why would he go there? What possessed...

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It seemed like the UMass women’s basketball team had managed to move past shaky starts that had plagued them off and on over the years.The top-seeded Minutewomen have struggled with a couple of things over the years – namely slow starts and playing...

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WILMINGTON, Del. – For 33 minutes, George Mason had the UMass women’s basketball team exactly where it wanted. The Patriots’ physicality, their defensive prowess, their ability to position themselves perfectly in the post to grab rebounds – Mason was...

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Everyone has a role to play on the UMass women’s basketball team.Ber’Nyah Mayo, the cool and calm junior who never loses her head, is the team’s analytical mind. Two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Sam “Queen” Breen is the soul of the...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

You know it’s been a good season of basketball when everything comes down to the final game of the regular season. The No. 1 seed at the Atlantic 10 tournament is still up for grabs, something UMass women’s basketball fans should be grateful. The...