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

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Each member of the Smith College women’s basketball team climbed up the ladder to cut down a piece of the net on the home side of Ainsworth Gymnasium following the No. 1 Pioneers’ 79-66 victory over No. 6 MIT in the NEWMAC championship game on Sunday afternoon.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — How does five in a row sound, Smith College?

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College basketball team has its eyes set on a fifth consecutive NEWMAC tournament championship, and the Pioneers started their quest off on the right foot on Wednesday night at Ainsworth Gymnasium. Smith, the top seed in the NEWMAC following an unblemished 11-0 conference record, used 21 points and 11 rebounds from Ella Sylvester to get past a pesky No. 8 Coast Guard team, 70-62, in the quarterfinals.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — Cole O’Hara tied a career-high in points in the UMass hockey team’s 5-2 win over Merrimack on Saturday.

The UMass hockey team nearly pulled off a last-second comeback in its 3-2 loss to Merrimack on Friday at Lawler Rink.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass football head coach Don Brown confirmed Monday that Minutemen starting quarterback Taisun Phommachanh will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an injury against Mississippi State on Nov. 2.UMass had a bye this past...

By GARRETT COTE

Don Brown essentially made the decision that he was fine with once again playing an opponent close and losing, as that was clear at the end of the first half with his UMass football team facing a 4th-and-1 inside the Northern Illinois 10-yard line.The...

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass football team spoiled its best chance at an FBS win last weekend, losing to Miami (Ohio) after leading by three in the final minute. Not only did the RedHawks march down the field to tie the game and send it to overtime with a Dom Dzioban...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Last year must have felt like a whirlwind for UMass quarterback Taisun Phommachanh.On his third school in three seasons but in his first starting job, Phommachanh injured his knee against Auburn just six quarters into the campaign on Sept....

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Wednesday marked the fifth practice of the summer for the UMass football team, and also stood as practice No. 5 for new offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery – who stepped in to fill Steve Casula’s role after Casula took a tight...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After UMass football coach Don Brown, the Minutemen’s training staff and starting quarterback Taisun Phommachanh mutually agreed on the decision to shut Phommachanh down for the spring season, the Bridgeport, Conn. native went right to work...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) will add women’s rowing as its 23rd sponsored sport when UMass joins the league in 2025-26. “We're extremely excited about the creation of the MAC Rowing Championships, beginning in the Spring of 2026,” said...

With the Summer Olympics in Paris upon us, expect the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to start complaining about ambush marketing. Ambush what, you ask? Ambush marketing – it’s a term unique to the business world of sport. History has it that...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Earlier this month, the Mount Holyoke College tennis team say they were blindsided by an email from the school’s administration announcing that the program is being dropped.On May 13, exactly two weeks following the end of the Lyons’...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — With the UMass football team’s return to the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Minutemen have canceled 10 future football games to make room for their built-in conference games – FBSchedules.com reported on Monday.Those games, four of which...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – One of the benefits for the UMass football program’s transition to the MAC will be potential entrance into a conference championship game, something the Minutemen have not been able to play for in eight years as an FBS independent.The Daily...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Don Brown moseyed his way up to the table in front of a packed house inside the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center adjacent McGuirk Alumni Stadium.The UMass football head coach cracked a smile as he gave his opening remarks about...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — From a basketball perspective, Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said it was a no-brainer to add UMass to his conference.The men’s basketball program was perhaps the most appealing of the school’s athletic teams given its...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — About a decade ago, the UMass football program wrapped up its four-year stint (2012-2015) in the Mid-American Conference having started, and finished, as one of the least successful programs during its time in the conference.Given that the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – UMass director of athletics Ryan Bamford confirmed on Thursday that UMass will increase its men’s basketball budget upon entrance to the Mid-American Conference for the 2025-26 academic year. UMass spent $4.5 million on men’s basketball last...