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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...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There’s no way to sugarcoat it, last year was a disappointment for head coach Mike Leflar in his first season leading the UMass women’s basketball team. The expectations weren’t necessarily through the roof after Tory Verdi left Amherst for...

By GARRETT COTE

The previous two times the UMass women’s basketball team played La Salle this season, the Minutewomen held late leads in the fourth quarter and watched them slip away en route to two heartbreaking conference defeats.But on Wednesday afternoon in...

By GARRETT COTE

It’s been a complete turnaround from last season, and not the turnaround the UMass women’s basketball team had hoped for.It was going to be almost impossible to replicate the success the 2022-23 team had last winter (program record in wins, Atlantic...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three points with eight seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, UMass junior guard Kristin Williams received a pass from Bre Bellamy on the wing with time ticking away.Williams took one dribble to control the ball and square her...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass Minutewomen came into Wednesday’s matinee with plenty of Christmas cheer, with the coaching staff all decked out in ugly holiday sweaters. Unfortunately the Albany Great Danes played Grinch to UMass, handing the Minutewomen a 74-52...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team returned from the Cancun Challenge with a little more of a tan and a lot to work on. It wasn’t a huge surprise that the Minutewomen went 0-3 in the tournament – they were going up against incredibly tough opponents,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The UMass women’s basketball team is hoping that a change of scenery might give them the boost they need to get back in the win column. The Minutewomen (1-4) are headed to Cancun, Mexico to participate in the Cancun Challenge, a 10-team tournament...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST — The final score between the Harvard and UMass women’s basketball teams felt closer than the scoreboard indicated. It may have been a 21-point defeat, but considering the Minutewomen were in a 20-point hole after the first quarter, the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

There are lots of question marks still surrounding the UMass women’s basketball team this year, but one thing is certain – this season’s squad is going to look a lot different than last year. Head coach Mike Leflar replaced former head coach Tory...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – There wasn’t an empty seat inside a packed Massachusetts room at the Mullins Center on Wednesday afternoon. It seemed as though the entire UMass athletics department had turned out for new women’s basketball coach Mike Leflar’s introductory...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Just a few days after Tory Verdi announced his departure for the coaching job at the University of Pittsburgh, UMass announced his replacement. The school didn’t have to look far for Verdi’s successor – he’s been at his side for the last five years....