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By HANNAH BEVIS
AMHERST — With less than 15 seconds on the clock Wednesday night, Ber’Nyah Mayo went in for a layup, sent Asiah Dingle flying to the floor and rose up for a floater. The ball seemed to hang in midair for a second longer than usual before it fell...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Despite how long and how well she’s represented the UMass women’s basketball program, Sydney Taylor hasn’t run out of firsts yet.The senior from Long Island, N.Y., posted her first career double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds in a 66-42 win at...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Davidson couldn’t be stopped in the second half of Saturday’s 93-78 victory over the UMass men’s basketball team. Not that the Minutemen provided the appropriate resistance.The Minutemen allowed a season-high 93 points. An opponent hadn’t...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The UMass hockey program’s panic meter hasn’t budged a inch.Despite losing six games in a row, their longest skid since late January and early February of 2018, the Minutemen believe they can turn around the season over the last month.“The...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The road remained a hostile place for the UMass men’s basketball team in Atlantic 10 play.George Mason took down the Minutemen 70-59 in Fairfax, Va., on Wednesday. It dropped UMass (13-9, 4-6 A-10) to 0-5 away from the Mullins Center in league play...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Just two games separate the No. 4 team in the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball standings – surprising Fordham – and No. 12 Rhode Island.UMass and its Wednesday opponent George Mason (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) are among the glut of six teams with 4-5...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
GRANBY – Eliza Speek raced down the stairs and launched herself into her father John’s arms. His wife Christine tipped the Mahar wrestling coach off with a text from Granby’s wrestling dual match against Franklin Tech.Eliza earned her first...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – RJ Luis turned out the lights, locked the door, and sent Duquesne home.The UMass freshman guard sank eight free throws in the final 1 minute, 13 seconds against the Dukes on Saturday, as the Minutemen sealed an 87-79 victory at the line....
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The trip to UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center has never been a pleasant or simple one for the UMass hockey program, even when it was firing on all cylinders.UMass has beaten the 18th-ranked River Hawks just twice there in the past decade. That...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Richmond’s offense might be one of the last things a struggling UMass men’s basketball defense wants to see. The Spiders, which visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday (NESN), use a version of the Princeton offense with constantly churning...
By HANNAH BEVIS
It finally seems like the UMass women’s basketball team’s season is coming together on the court, which is a weird sentence to write considering the team has just four losses this season.A 15-4 record is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
STORRS, Conn. – Ryan Lautenbach marked the UMass hockey program’s first visit to UConn’s Toscano Family Ice Forum with a goal just 12 seconds in on Saturday.He skated up the right boards unmolested after winning a puck battle at the blue line and...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
An identity crisis cost the UMass men’s basketball team another Atlantic 10 road game.The Minutemen fell 74-68 at Saint Joseph’s in Philadelphia on Saturday, squandering late opportunities in a tight game.“Our individual attention to detail on games...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – A pair of Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers replica pads seduced Henry Graham.Graham’s parents had finally allowed the UMass junior goalie and his brothers to play hockey. His mother Victoria eventually convinced his father Mark, and they...
By HANNAH BEVIS
Since the NCAA removed the ban for student-athlete compensation in July 2021, the NIL era has quickly blossomed in college athletics. Student-athletes have now been afforded avenues to receive compensation for the use of their name, image or...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – The pillars of the UMass hockey program – its experienced seniors and graduate students – haven’t been providing any stability lately. Senior captain Eric Faith, assistant captains Reed Lebster and Jerry Harding and four-year player Cal...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The second half rolled away from the UMass men’s basketball team and snowballed against VCU at the Siegel Center on Tuesday. UMass fell 83-55, as it was outscored 43-22 after halftime in Richmond, Va. It was the Minutemen’s worst-ever loss against the...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – An assertive first period pointed at an upturn for the UMass hockey team.The Minutemen doubled New Hampshire’s shots in the first period Sunday and controlled 61.5 percent of the faceoffs. Not just a goal, but several goals appeared...
By Mike RocheThe unseasonably mild January we are either enjoying or cursing has gotten a lot of people’s attention. If you are one of us who is dreading the delivery of heating oil, the warmer-than-normal temperatures are saving us a little money on...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Noah Fernandes scored 15 points, but his last-second shot fell well short, as the UMass men’s basketball team dropped a 78-77 decision against La Salle on Wednesday at the Mullins Center.“I wasn’t sure what they were going to do defensively,...
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