Field hockey: Frontier marches into Div. 4 semifinals following 2-0 shutout win over Ipswich (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After knocking on the door of a state semifinal appearance the last few years, the Frontier field hockey team is heading to the MIAA Division 4 Final Four.The Redhawks reached the state quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023 but on...

MIAA cross country: Amherst girls win Division 2B state qualifier

By GARRETT COTE

DEVENS — Following the Amherst girls cross country team’s Western Massachusetts Class A title two weeks ago at Stanley Park in Westfield (its third in a row), co-head coaches Elena Betke-Brunswick and Ron Jacobs said they felt like they had the team...

Colleges: Minutewomen fall in A-10 women’s soccer, field hockey championship games

By RYAN AMES

Locked in a 1-1 game, the UMass women’s soccer team allowed two goals in the final 20 minutes of regulation as top-seeded Saint Louis scored a 3-1 victory to capture the Atlantic-10 Conference championship on Sunday in Saint Louis.The Billikens scored...

UMass hockey: Minutemen skate to 3-3 tie with Vermont, fall in shootout

By RYAN AMES

The No. 18 UMass hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie with Vermont Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt., ultimately falling in a shootout as the Catamounts secured the extra point for Hockey East purposes.Freshman James Duerr tallied two...

Boys soccer: Owen Miller scores twice, Hampshire Regional beats Rockland in Div. 4 Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — When Hampshire Regional boys soccer forward Joe Moro went down with an injury early in the second half, the No. 7 Raiders’ offense began to slip. Their 2-0 lead was cut to 2-1 with under 15 minutes left in regulation and No. 10 Rockland...

UMass basketball: Late rally falls short as Minutemen fall to West Virginia, 75-69

The UMass men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a slow start against West Virginia on Friday. The Mountaineers roared out to a 25-10 lead with just over 10 minutes to go in the first half before taking a 45-28 lead into the intermission. The...

Football: Greenfield races out to 30-0 lead before knocking off Belchertown, 46-13 (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After the Belchertown football team forced a punt on Greenfield’s opening drive on Friday, the Green Wave offense got cooking. The young Orioles squad was unable to keep Greenfield out of the end zone on the Wave’s ensuing three drives...

MIAA tourneys: Hannah Haesaert's hat trick propels South Hadley girls soccer past West Bridgewater, into Div. 4 quarterfinals

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – Hannah Haesaert’s hat trick helped the South Hadley girls soccer team take down West Bridgewater, 4-1, during its Round of 16 win in the Division 4 MIAA state tournament on Friday night.The Tigers’ freshman forward scored twice in the...

Smith College women's basketball ready for another deep tournament run

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team only has one destination in mind after losing in the NCAA Division 3 championship game last season, and that’s making yet another deep postseason run come next March.The Pioneers have become a...

UMass basketball: New Hampshire spoils Minutewomen’s home opener with 48-45 win

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Clinging to a one-point lead over New Hampshire with 12 seconds remaining in the game, the UMass women’s basketball team was set to inbound the ball after head coach Mike Leflar called a timeout to advance it into the frontcourt.On the...

UMass athletics: Field hockey, women’s soccer teams punch tickets to Atlantic 10 title games

By GARRETT COTE

It’s been quite the storybook ending for the UMass fall sports teams in their final season in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and both the Minutewomen field hockey and women’s soccer teams are now one win away from leaving the conference as champions in...

UMass hockey: Minutemen head to Vermont for weekend pair at Gutterson Fieldhouse

By RYAN AMES

The No. 18 UMass hockey team will head to Vermont for a two-game set against the Catamounts this weekend, where it’ll look to improve upon its 4-3-1 record.UMass secured a 4-3 win over American International College on the road last weekend,...

High Schools: Frontier volleyball advances to Div. 4 quarterfinals following 3-1 victory over Rockland

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier girls volleyball team had to reset after the opening set of its MIAA Div. 4 Round of 16 contest against Rockland on Wednesday. The sixth-seeded Redhawks led 21-13 in the opening set but the 11th-seeded Bulldogs didn’t go...

Girls soccer: Allison Fleury buries pair of goals as South Hadley opens Div. 4 tourney with 2-0 win over Monomoy (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – A pair of goals from Allison Fleury powered the South Hadley girls soccer team past Monomoy, 2-0, in its Round of 32 victory of the MIAA Division 4 state tournament on Wednesday night.Fleury scored once in each half as the No. 7 Tigers...

Field hockey: Frontier shuts out West Bridgewater, 5-0, to advance to D4 quarterfinals (PHOTOS)

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Good luck scoring goals on the Frontier field hockey team this postseason. The Redhawk defense has been lights out all season long, allowing more than one goal just twice during the regular season. That defensive effort has continued...

UMass athletics: Minutemen, Minutewomen seeking success in fall conference tournaments

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The term “battle-tested” perhaps doesn’t quite fit a team as best as it does the UMass field hockey team.Over the course of the season, the Minutewomen have played six nationally ranked opponents, including the No. 1 team (at the time) in...

Girls soccer: Brianna Ribeiro's goal lifts Belchertown past Tewksbury, into Div. 3 Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

WILBRAHAM – Brianna Ribeiro curled in the game’s only goal, and Belchertown girls soccer team bested Tewksbury, 1-0, in the Round of 32 of the MIAA Div 3 girls soccer state tournament on Tuesday at Minnechaug Regional High School.Ribeiro’s tally came...

High Schools: Will Reading’s overtime goal lifts Frontier boys soccer past Nantucket, 2-1, and into Round of 16

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Nantucket boys soccer team had all the momentum going into overtime against Frontier in the MIAA Division 4 Round of 32 Tuesday. After the 14th-seeded Redhawks took the lead five minutes into the game, Frontier had to withstand...

Boys soccer: Hampshire Regional rides first-half wave to 3-0 win over Northbridge in Div. 4 opener

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — The MIAA Division 4 Round of 16 can’t be mentioned without the Hampshire Regional boys soccer team.The two have gone hand-in-hand the past three years – and they will once again in 2024.A first-half flurry fueled by a pair of Owen Miller...

UMass basketball: Minutewomen drop opener at Harvard, 71-58

By RYAN AMES

The UMass women's basketball team fell in its season opener to Harvard, 71-58, on Monday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge.The Minutewomen led, 15-12, after the first quarter, however the Crimson outscored UMass, 20-6, in the second frame in what...