Costly win for UMass?
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AMHERST - Yesterday's Homecoming meant a victory for the University of Massachusetts - as well as a potentially huge loss.
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Two of the top teams in Hockey East, UMass and New Hampshire, will go head to head beginning tomorrow night at the Mullins Center, where the Minutemen are unbeaten (4-0-3). On Saturday, the venue switches to the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.
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AMHERST - For University of Massachusetts men's basketball end coach Travis Ford, yesterday's 88-77 victory over Saint Louis provided more than a much-needed win. It offered a sense of vindication.
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After two straight losses, No. 4 Maryland was looking for a big win to regain some of its swagger. Boston College wound up being just what the defending national champions needed.
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It's unlikely anyone would argue that UMass-Lowell is the best Cinderella story in local college hockey this season. The program was in disarray last spring when financial problems threatened the River Hawks' very existence. Its happy ending wasn't without consequences. The team lost players because of the program's uncertainty and recruiting efforts took a serious hit.
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It was their moment, and they would not be denied. Playing a meaningful late-season basketball game for the first time since many of their players hit puberty, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen rose to the occasion in a huge way, overwhelming Rhode Island, 77-55, before a supercharged crowd of 8,358 at the Mullins Center last night.
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Maury Edwards didn't need much time to become an impact player in Hockey East. The freshman defenseman's fifth goal of the season was the winning strike in No. 15 UMass-Lowell's 4-1 victory over No. 10 Massachusetts last night at Tsongas Arena.
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Scott Crowder and Shawn Saunders scored early third-period goals yesterday at the Mullins Center in Amherst, sparking No. 15 UMass to a 4-3 victory over UConn.
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Maybe it was the flu that hit the Minutemen following last week's win over Saint Joseph's and wiped out practices leading up to the Atlantic 10 tournament. Maybe it was a tough opponent, playing a physical game, or maybe it was just bad karma.
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It's been a season of milestones for the University of Massachusetts. The Minutemen played their 2,000th game earlier this season. They welcomed the 1 millionth fan into the 13-year-old Mullins Center. They are in the midst of their longest homestand in more than 70 years. And last night, they planned to celebrate the 500th game in the coaching ...
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BROOKLINE -- There was some fine football played at Parsons Field yesterday, as the University of Massachusetts defeated Northeastern, 26-22. UMass junior running back Steve Baylark took over the game in the second half, finishing with 181 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries, as he went over 1,000 yards for the second straight year. And NU senior linebacker Liam ...
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KINGSTON, R.I. -- The University of Rhode Island's 27-24 victory over the University of Massachusetts yesterday at Meade Stadium was the sort of game the 4,376 on hand for Homecoming Day could savor.
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Declaring, &quot;Boston, the ball is in your court,&quot; the NCAA yesterday tipped off an 18-month drive to pay for the 2006 Women's Final Four at the FleetCenter, which is expected to cost $2.3 million, with a ceremony at the State House.
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Don't believe the hype. That's the message University of Massachusetts football coach Don Brown gave his team yesterday, as it arrived here for the NCAA Division 1 Subdivision Championship game (better known as the Division 1-AA final). The Minutemen will square off against defending national champion Appalachian State tomorrow (8 p.m.) at Finley Stadium.
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Jacob Micflikier had a hat trick to highlight the University of New Hampshire's most decisive victory of the season, an 8-1 whitewashing of UMass last night at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.
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PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside Orlando, Fla., wondering if his sales pitch to a recruit had enticed the player to consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for him as well.
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When a major upset happens early in the season, a Mid-American Conference team is often the one pulling it.