Boys basketball: No. 1 Williston thumps Exeter, captures NEPSAC Class A title (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SUFFIELD, Conn. – Preston Edmead was made for March.

Women’s college hockey: Bea Flynn’s third-period goal lifts Amherst past Middlebury for NESCAC title (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The third time was the charm.

UMass hockey: Maine rallies from two-goal deficit, ties Minutemen 2-2 in regular season finale

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The No. 16 UMass hockey team let a two-goal third-period lead slip away in its 2-2 tie against No. 5 Maine on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.

Ally Landau’s last-second basket lifts Smith College basketball past Amherst 52-50, into fourth straight NCAA Div. 3 Sweet 16 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team’s nine-point fourth quarter lead in the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball second round had evaporated. Amherst College clawed its way back in it on the defensive end, holding the host Pioneers to just six points for the first 9 minutes, 30 seconds of the frame, and got a massive 3-pointer from guard Reagan Pahl with 13 seconds left to tie the game at 50 apiece. Smith’s deafening crowd turned silent as head coach Lynn Hersey called timeout to draw up a play.

UMass basketball: Mullins Center says goodbye to the Atlantic 10 with final league home game before move to MAC

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — When the final buzzer sounded to signal the end of the UMass men’s basketball team’s regular season, which ended in a 74-51 loss to Loyola Chicago on Saturday afternoon at Mullins Center, the arena’s staff immediately began tearing up the floorboards of Jack Leaman Court to get ready for the Minutemen’s hockey game at 7:30 p.m.

UMass basketball: Loyola Chicago dominates Minutemen in regular season finale, 74-51

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass men’s basketball team concluded its regular season with a whimper in a 74-51 loss to Loyola Chicago Saturday afternoon at the Mullins Center.

UMass hockey: Cole O’Hara, Minutemen lock down Maine for vital 5-1 victory

Two goals from Cole O’Hara led the No. 16 UMass hockey team to a 5-1 win against No. 5 Maine on Friday at the Mullins Center.

Women’s basketball: Amherst and Smith advance in Div. 3 tournament and will square off Saturday for first time since 2007 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Two years away from the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament felt like an eternity for Amherst College and head coach G.P. Gromacki.

Div. 4 girls basketball: No. 3 South Hadley cruises into Final Four for third time in four years following 55-34 win over No. 6 Carver (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – The South Hadley girls basketball team used lengthy runs in the second and third quarters to power past Carver, 55-34, during its quarterfinal victory in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament on Friday.

Div. 2 girls basketball: Defending state champion Medfield eliminates Northampton in quarters, 82-43

The defending state champions very much looked the part Friday night.

UMass basketball: Minutewomen eliminated by Saint Louis in Atlantic 10 second round, 67-57

The UMass women’s basketball team went one-and-done in its final Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament after falling to Saint Louis, 67-57, Thursday night at the Henrico Sports Event Center in Glen Allen, Virginia.

UMass hockey: Huge weekend pair with Maine on tap to close Minutemen’s regular season

By RYAN AMES

As the great Michael Buffer would say, ‘Let’s get ready to rumble!’

Women’s basketball: Smith, Amherst could set up all-Pioneer Valley NCAA tourney showdown

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team once again earned the right to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball tournament following its fifth straight NEWMAC tourney championship. The Pioneers have hosted Round of 64 and Round of 32 games for the past three seasons, so this winter makes it four in a row.

High schools: Top-seeded Williston cruises past St. Paul’s, into NEPSAC Class A semis (PHOTOS)

By RYAN AMES

EASTHAMPTON – The Williston Northampton boys basketball team took care of business in its NEPSAC Class A first-round playoff win against St. Paul’s on Wednesday at The Sabina Cain Family Athletic Center. The top-seeded Wildcats thumped the eighth-ranked Big Red, 82-61, and were led by Preston Edmead’s 31 points as Williston advanced to the semifinal round for the first time in two years.

UMass men’s basketball: Minutemen can’t finish off late rally in 73-72 loss to St. Bonaventure

It came down to the wire at the Reilly Center on Wednesday. 

UMass basketball: Minutewomen to open Atlantic 10 tourney against Saint Louis

By GARRETT COTE

After defeating George Washington in their regular season finale on Feb. 26, the UMass women’s basketball team completed a turnaround for the ages and earned the No. 7 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.

“Instilling an expectation of success:” How Greg Carvel became UMass hockey program’s all time winningest coach

By RYAN AMES

‘Winning’ and ‘UMass hockey’ were like oil and water before Greg Carvel arrived in Amherst.

UMass football: Minutemen announce schedule for 2025 season, will open MAC slate Oct. 4 against Western Michigan

The UMass football team and Mid-American Conference announced the release of their official schedules for the 2025 season on Wednesday. 

Div. 4 girls basketball: Cara Dean, Kate Phillips send No. 3 South Hadley past No. 14 Littleton in Round of 16 (PHOTOS)

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Paul Dubuc thought he wrote Cara Dean’s name down on the board as part of the list of starters for the third quarter on Tuesday night. Dean, a sophomore, is a regular in the South Hadley girls basketball team’s starting lineup. Dubuc turned to his bench and asked, “where’s Cara,” after the first possession of the second half. She was sitting down waiting patiently to get subbed back in.

MIAA tourneys: Emme Calkins, No. 9 Northampton handle No. 8 Westwood for spot in Div. 2 Elite 8

After making a run to the state semifinals a year ago, the Northampton girls basketball team is once again in the mix for a Final Four berth.