Minutemen sweep past Black Bears
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AMHERST -- University of Massachusetts coach Don Cahoon is being cautiously optimistic after guiding the Minutemen to their first 20-win season. UMass took a 5-2 victory over Maine last night, sweeping the best-of-three Hockey East playoff series, but a semifinal berth in the tournament does not satisfy Cahoon.
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Third-ranked Michigan got goals from six different players in a 6-2 victory over Boston University last night to complete a weekend sweep at Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Freshman Danielle Hood scored a game- and career-high 20 points to lead four players in double figures as Hartford defeated Vermont, 79-66, yesterday at Burlington, Vt., to move into first place in the America East Conference.
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With less than a second to play in overtime, Rashaun Freeman caught Anthony Anderson's pass and laid it in the basket in one motion, giving Massachusetts a 76-74 victory over No. 21 George Washington on Saturday.
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It is a milestone, but not by any means the final goal. In pasting the hapless hoopsters of St. Bonaventure, 83-44, last night at the Mullins Center, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen posted their 20th win for the first time in nine years.
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PHILADELPHIA -- It had been seven years since the University of Massachusetts had won a basketball game in the Saint Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, which is either intimate or claustrophobic, depending on your bias. It had been even longer since the Minutemen had so much at stake.
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Northeastern has developed an outstanding first line, and the Huskies were able to hold off the University of Massachusetts, 2-1, at Matthews Arena last night on the strength of a power-play goal by top-line center Jason Guerriero and a shorthanded score by linemate Mike Morris. Jared Mudryk, the third member of the line, assisted on Guerriero's goal.
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Matt Fornataro scored twice, including the winner, and the seventh-ranked University of New Hampshire used a three-goal third period to bring down Vermont, 5-1, last night in Burlington, Vt.
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Jasmine Crew scored a team-high 16 points and Northeastern survived a late surge from Drexel as the host Huskies defeated the Dragons, 59-54, last night for their first Colonial Athletic Association victory.
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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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Northeastern stormed to the attack in the first period, but Boston University held its ground, gained control of the game, and emerged with a 3-1 victory last night at Matthews Arena.
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It wasn't pretty, but UMass will take it. The Minutemen and Rhode Island Rams put on an ugly display of basketball last night, but UMass persevered in spite of shooting 29.4 percent in the first half to post a 49-44 victory over its Atlantic 10 foe.
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DURHAM, N.H. -- After seventh-ranked New Hampshire's 2-1 win over Maine last night, Wildcats coach Dick Umile made sure to praise his entire team for only allowing one goal to the No. 15 Black Bears.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The University of Massachusetts stood on the brink of a meltdown early in the fourth quarter yesterday. The Minutemen had twice shown signs of pulling away in their Colonial Athletic Association game against William &amp; Mary but fumbled on two straight possessions to turn a 10-point lead into what was about to become a 4-point deficit in ...
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AMHERST -- A lot of bits were being champed very hard. For the University of Massachusetts football team, this past offseason seemed to last for years. The Minutemen didn't need much reminding about how they lost the last two games of 2005, falling short of the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs after starting out with a 7-2 record and a No. ...
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Drew Lavender scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half and No. 23 Xavier defeated Massachusetts 77-65 Sunday to move atop the Atlantic 10 standings. Derrick Brown added 14 points for the Musketeers (17-4 overall, 5-1), who won for the ninth time in 10 games. C.J. Anderson added 13 and Josh Duncan 10.
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Josh Radulski made a sliding touchdown catch with 5:56 remaining yesterday and Maine stopped a fourth-down play at its 20-yard line in the closing minutes as the Black Bears held on for a 29-25 Atlantic 10 victory at Richmond.