Minutewomen relentless in scoring a record-setting win
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The University of Massachusetts made its Atlantic 10 opener yesterday one for the record books, blowing out Rhode Island, 91-53, for its most points in 27 years and its best offensive output ever in 14 years of playing at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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Dan Orlovsky wanted to linger as long as possible and savor the latest milestone for Connecticut football. By the time he trotted to the sideline in the closing minutes to a standing
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The Massachusetts women's basketball team used a balanced attack to hold off Western Michigan, 83-80, last night for its 10th straight home win.
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LEXINGTON - The story of yesterday's Middlesex League game between No. 19 Melrose and Lexington was the sensational play of the special teams units. Lexington's produced early and often and the Minutemen held on to win, 28-19, and snap Melrose's five-game winning streak.
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Charlotte opens the game with a WNBA-record 21 straight points in the Sting's 60-50 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday night.
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Monique Currie scores 14 points as No. 3 Duke beats 19th-ranked Maryland, 60-49, on Sunday, before a record-breaking crowd.
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Junior forward Colette Josey became the youngest female player in Framingham history to reach 1,000 career points, scoring 21 to lead the host Flyers past Norwood, 56-35, last night in Bay State League action.
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Maybe it's the stylized lighthouse and the bridge where fans gather and gossip before kickoff. Maybe it's the Minutemen standing behind the end zone, muskets in hand. Maybe it's the knowledge that 68,756 fans will still be in their seats after 11 p.m.
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Acton-Boxboro's state-record 52-game win streak ended with a loss to Bridgewater-Raynham last season. Yesterday, 367 days later, the teams met again and A-B didn't walk off the field disappointed. Akeem Mercury capped two impressive drives with fourth-quarter touchdown runs as the Colonials rolled to a 25-7 victory in Bridgewater.
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Alana Beard scores a season-high 29 points as the Mystics set a franchise mark for points with a 106-101 win over Phoenix.
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Piling up seven goals and two assists in three games is an incredible feat. Doing it while playing on a severely sprained ankle is all the more impressive. Weymouth's Catie Whelan has done exactly that this postseason.
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Once again, the Boston College women's basketball team started strong in the second half to blow open a close game, this time using a 15-4 run after intermission to stretch a 5-point halftime edge into an easy 78-49 win over the University of New Hampshire yesterday at Conte Forum.
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Kalana Greene made three jumpers during an early 19-point run, and No. 6 Connecticut overcame a second-half slump and reached another program milestone last night with a 70-60 victory in Cincinnati, becoming the 18th women's team to win 700 games in Division 1.
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The New York Road Runners womenâs mile was not decided until the home stretch when Kara Goucher found an extra gear and kicked her way to victory in 4 minutes 36.03 seconds.
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Vermont set a school record with its 14th straight win, riding a 27-point, 10-rebound performance by Taylor Coppenrath to a 72-64 America East triumph over Northeastern yesterday in Burlington, Vt.
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A record-setting start against Minnesota put the Charlotte Sting alone atop the Eastern Conference. Charlotte opened the game with a WNBA-record 21 straight points and Charlotte Smith-Taylor scored 13 in the Sting's 60-50 win over the Minnesota Lynx last night in Charlotte, N.C.
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AMHERST -- Carrying out a longstanding tradition of doing a push-up for every point scored by the UMass football team, the Minutemen cheerleaders got quite the workout yesterday afternoon.