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Dan Muller didn’t have time to get even a step closer, so from 35 yards out off a Hofstra turnover, the UMass senior midfielder let it fly with the game tied and one second left.The long shot found its mark, eluding goalie Jack Concannon low to give...

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For the UMass tennis team to continue its magical run in the NCAA Tournament, the Minutewomen are going to have to pull a monumental upset. UMass’ reward for winning the Atlantic 10 championship in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, was a trip back to the...

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BOSTON — Growing up in eastern Pennsylvania, Adam Breneman was naturally a Philadelphia Phillies fan, but his father took him to a couple of Red Sox games at Fenway Park, leading the UMass tight end to adopt Boston as his American League team. He...

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AMHERST — In the 52 previous victories in UMass’ record conference winning streak, there haven’t been many where the Minutewomen fell as far behind as they did Sunday against George Mason.But, in what could be a preview of the Atlantic 10 championship...

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After a day of meeting with media, administrators, his players and fans, new Long Island coach Derek Kellogg and his wife Nicole were about to get on the subway to go to a celebratory dinner.The transportation was a reminder of how different their...

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Curtis Cobb wanted a chance to play at a higher level and wanted to use his year sitting out as a transfer to get better. The former Fairfield guard liked the combination new UMass coach Matt McCall offered.“The coach talked a lot about helping me...

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AMHERST — UMass wide receiver Sadiq Palmer didn’t have a lot of chances to flash his potential in the fall.The freshman was behind older players on the depth chart and battled injuries. But his leaping touchdown catch at the sideline late to keep...

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Matt McCall is calm. Or at least he sounds calm sitting in his Champions Center office late into Monday evening.He knows the scope of what he’s taken on. The new UMass men’s basketball coach’s family is still in Tennessee as he’s living out of a...

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UMass junior guard Donte Clark said he has declared for the NBA Draft. He will not sign with an agent preserving his fifth year of eligibility. He said he has not ruled out returning to UMass for his senior year.Clark said Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports...

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The day after new UMass coach Matt McCall’s introductory press conference, Zach Lewis and Zach Coleman are both transferring, while Donte Clark is reportedly leaning toward declaring for the NBA draft.According to multiple sources close to UMass,...

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Slight variations of the same joke seemed to carom around the Champions Center Thursday like an electron.“Would the coach show up this time?” “Will there actually be a press conference?” The ghost of last week’s canceled press conference was still...

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AMHERST — The UMass football program is mourning the death of senior offensive lineman Michael Boland.Boland, 23, who completed his playing career and his degree in the fall semester, was at home in Rockville, Maryland when he died Saturday. His cause...

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FAIRFAX, Va. — There were a couple of moments late when UMass looked like it might produce a sequel to their wild 2014 come-from behind win at George Mason.But while the Minutemen had several good looks at a would-be game-changing 3-pointers, none of...

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FAIRFAX, Va. — In an effort to shake up his team after Friday’s loss to St. Bonaventure, UMass coach Derek Kellogg changed his starting lineup Wednesday, replacing junior forward Seth Berger with freshman Brison Gresham, who made his first career...

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AMHERST — The young UMass basketball team found out quickly that conference play figures to be a little tougher than what it had seen so far.St. Bonaventure’s veteran backcourt outplayed the Minutemen’s young guards, and UMass couldn’t keep up in a...

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AMHERST — UMass and St. Bonaventure has been a good rivalry in recent years, but the matchup got extra heated when Minuteman center Brison Gresham and St. Bonaventure big man Jay Ayeni were each ejected in the first half of the Bonnies 89-77 win at...

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AMHERST — Donte Clark didn’t want his 1,000th career point to come in a loss. The UMass junior guard made sure it didn’t happen.On a night when a lot of his teammates were struggling to score, Clark put the Minutemen on his back to get a 78-67 victory...

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So far, the 2016-17 season has been rightfully hailed as the year of the blue blood in college basketball. The sports traditional powers like UCLA, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Indiana have all played like championship contenders. Those...

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AMHERST — There was far more relief than joy on the faces of the UMass men’s basketball players as they walked off the Mullins Center court Tuesday.The Minutemen played from behind for most of the game against a much peskier-than-expected North...

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AMHERST — In the first half, the UMass men’s basketball team looked like it thought Thursday was going to be an easy win and struggled. In the second half, the Minutemen came out like they had a fight on their hands and then cruised to that easy...