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By HANNAH BEVIS 

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...

By HANNAH BEVIS

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

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),...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

WILMINGTON, Del. – Trailing by three points with five seconds left on the clock, the UMass women’s basketball team needed a miracle. Luckily for them, the Minutewomen have been making the impossible look easy for a few seasons now.Point guard Destiney...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

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...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

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 

AMHERST – You really couldn’t have scripted it any better. The UMass women’s basketball team had control of its own destiny – a win would secure a (shared) regular season title and the No. 1 spot in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. The...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Thursday’s UMass game at Rhode Island was a must-win game, in more ways than one. The Minutewomen were still looking for the No. 1 spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and a win against Rhode Island would bring them one stop closer. But more than that,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament is still two weeks away, but Thursday night’s game between UMass and Rhode Island at the Thomas M. Ryan Center (6 p.m. ESPN-Plus) in Kingston, R.I. could very well be an A-10 title game...

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 HANNAH BEVIS 

After a disappointing loss to Rhode Island on Wednesday evening, the UMass women’ basketball team needed a rebound in a major way. It wasn’t the cleanest game against Loyola Chicago, but UMass (12-4) was able to find a win in a 76-59 victory on...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – UMass women’s basketball head coach Tory Verdi took a moment to collect his thoughts before giving his opening statement after a 75-68 loss to Rhode Island on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center.Nothing seemed to go right for the...