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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.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The third time was the charm.

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.

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.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Cara Mancini’s first career multi-goal game lifted the No. 6 Amherst College women’s hockey team past Hamilton, 5-1, Friday night at Orr Rink.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Her class in Amherst College’s Science Center over, first-year student Zalia Salley pulled up a chair at a table set up near the building’s cafe, took some of the available blue, purple, violet and white yarn, and began crocheting.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $2.5 million donation from Amherst College will support the Amherst and regional schools, the town’s emergency services, and infrastructure work downtown over the next three years, as well as one of two municipal building projects the town is undertaking.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two former employees at Amherst College have filed a class action lawsuit in Hampshire Superior Court contending a violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act occurred when, without their permission, they received their pay at the end of each month, rather than in weekly or every other week allotments.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — In the wake of the chaotic approach and results of the United States’ last election, distinguished Amherst College professor Austin Sarat dares to ask whether American democracy is doomed. 

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Justin Serpone’s office is chaotic. Aside from the seven NESCAC tournament plaques that hang perfectly from the wall behind his desk and the 100-plus framed pictures of every player he’s ever coached that sit across from him, items are...

By GARRETT COTE

Hollywood script writers couldn’t have come up with a more perfect story for the Amherst College men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.After 110 minutes of soccer wasn’t enough to decide a winner (0-0) between the Mammoths and...

By GARRETT COTE

For the second consecutive season, and for the third time in four years, the Amherst College men’s soccer program is playing for a national championship.The Mammoths defeated NESCAC rival Middlebury 2-1 in the NCAA Division III Final Four on Thursday...

By GARRETT COTE

Consistency is key when it comes to building a successful collegiate program on any level, and Amherst College men’s soccer head coach Justin Serpone has made trips to the NCAA Division III Final Four a consistent destination for the Mammoths during...

Hanging on for dear life with a one-goal lead in the second round of the NCAA Division I men’s soccer tournament, UMass turned to senior goalie Alex Geczy to make clutch save after clutch save against Penn, the sixth-ranked team in the country.Each...

By RYAN AMES

The Amherst College men’s and women’s soccer teams advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament this past weekend, each claiming dramatic wins in the Round of 32.The men’s team edged the Stevens Institute of Technology in penalty...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Represented on a mural taking up an entire wall in the Senior Center lounge at the Bangs Community Center, an Amherst senior citizen is shown portraying singer Elvis Presley, with musical notes flowing from his guitar displayed against a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A downtown mixed-use building under construction, to house Amherst College students starting next fall under an agreement between the college and the developer, is continuing to raise questions from residents and members of the Planning...

AMHERST — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who rose to prominence during the COVID pandemic, and actor and alumnus Jeffrey Wright, nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award earlier...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

AMHERST — A closing celebration for the Ancestral Bridges exhibit at Amherst College’s Frost Library, on view on the mezzanine level since fall 2023, takes place Tuesday afternoon.During the event, running from 4:30 to 6 p.m., the future of the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A geothermal energy project to heat and cool all buildings on the Amherst College campus is underway, with some of the upcoming work of boring holes down 850 feet to be visible for passers-by on College Street throughout 2025.Along with an...