Women's Basketball Suffers 78-69 Loss At Central Connecticut Mital sets single-game career-high with 22 points on eight made field goals, including six three-pointers

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UMass Hockey Fights Back To Tie Maine, 2-2

Conor Allen scored the equalizer with the extra attacker on with 1:08 remaining in regulation.

ORONO, Maine - With the extra attacker on, junior Conor Allen netted the equalizer with 1:08 remaining in regulation to help the UMass hockey team battle back from a two-goal deficit to tie Maine, 2-2 at Alfond Arena on Friday night. The Minutemen are now 3-4-1 overall and 2-4-1 in Hockey East, while the Black Bears move to 2-9-1 on the year and 1-5-1 in conference play.

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Minutewomen Suffer Loss To Quinnipiac At Home, 81-72 Timbilla and Watson total 17 points each; four Minutewomen score in double-figures

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Men's XC and T&F Introduces Freshmen For The 2012-13 Season Head Coach Ken O'Brien, Assistant Coaches David Jackson and Darcy Wilson had perhaps the busiest summer of all and have brought in 26 freshman this season between both track and field and cross country.

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This year the women's coaches have brought in 13 freshmen with lengthy resumes of their own to come in and perform at the Division-I level.

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UMass women's basketball falls to Notre Dame
in Jasmine Watson's return home


SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Just a few minutes before the University of Massachusetts women‘s basketball team began its near-impossible task Sunday against the nation’s seventh-ranked team, a chorus of cheers echoed from one small corner of Notre Dame‘s Purcell Pavilion.

UMass senior center Jasmine Watson, a former high school star in South Bend, had been introduced by the public-address announcer. A group of family and friends were there to cheer her on.

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UMass Hockey Ties No. 18 Quinnipiac, 2-2 Sheary extends his points streak to five straight games against the Bobcats.

AMHERST, Mass. - UMass hockey earned a 2-2 tie with No. 18 Quinnipiac following a scoreless overtime period at the Mullins Center on Saturday evening. Junior Conor Sheary and senior Rocco Carzo notched a goal each while junior Joel Hanley tallied his eighth career multi-point game with a pair of assists. The Minutemen move to 4-5-2 overall while the Bobcats stand at 8-3-2 on the year following the draw.

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Late Rally Results In UMass Loss To Holy Cross, 63-59 Trio of Minutewomen score in double-digits during defeat

AMHERST, Mass. - In a contest that came down to the final minute of play, UMass women's basketball dropped a 63-59 decision to visiting-Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore guard Emily Mital had a team-high 14 points, including 12 in the second half. Senior center Jasmine Watson contributed 11 points and seven rebound while redshirt-junior Kiara Bomben added 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

The Minutewomen (1-5 overall) opened the contest with a lockdown defensive effort to keep Holy Cross (2-3) off the scoreboard until 14:34 remained in the first half. The Crusaders opened 0-for-9 from the floor while UMass forced Holy Cross to commit a pair of turnovers during the span.

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Timbilla's Double-Double Leads UMass To 65-61 Win At Ohio
Freshman guard notches 16 points, 13 rebounds; Minutewomen produce 11 blocks in first road victory

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Hockey Topples Northeastern, 6-3, For First Road Win

Five Minutemen logged multiple points against the Huskies,
including freshman K.J. Tiefenwerth's goal and two assists.

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Minutewomen Drop 73-50 Decision At Boston University

Timbilla, Niggeling and Watson net double-digit scoring performances

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Colgate Skates Past UMass Hockey,

5-2 Phillips extends goal scoring streak to three in the setback.

AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass hockey team held a 2-1 advantage through two, but four third period goals helped Colgate skate past the Minutemen, 5-2 on Saturday night at the Mullins Center. Following the loss, UMass is now 5-8-2 on the year, while the Raiders improve to 9-7-2.

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Minutewomen Falter At Ole Miss, 71-59

Watson scored game-high 19 points in loss to the Rebels

OXFORD, Miss. - Despite a 19-point performance from senior center Jasmine Watson and a strong first half overall, UMass women's basketball fell on the road at Ole Miss, 71-59 in Tad Smith Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. Watson finished 9-for-15 on field goal attempts while freshman guard Rashida Timbilla chipped in 10 points and four rebounds, with each coming on the offensive glass.

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UMass Hockey Drops 4-2 Decision At #15 Yale
Guzzo and Carzo contribute tallies in the setback to the Bulldogs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Unable to overcome an early deficit, the UMass hockey team dropped its final game before the holiday break, 4-2 at #15 Yale on Tuesday night at Ingalls Rink. The setback leaves the Minutemen at 5-9-2 overall, while the nationally-ranked Bulldogs improve to 7-3-2 on the season.

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Hockey Dominates In 5-1 Win Over #11/9 BU Pereira totals four points

Gracel adds three in winning effort for the Minutemen.

AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass hockey team tallied its fourth win of the season over a nationally-ranked opponent, handing #11/9 Boston University a 5-1 loss at the Mullins Center on Friday evening in front of 7,267 fans, the 15th-largest home crowd in program history. With the win, the Minutemen improve to 10-12-2 overall, 7-9-1 in Hockey East, while the Terriers fall to 13-10-1, 10-7-1 in conference action.

Junior Michael Pereira tied a career high with a four-point night, contributing two goals and two assists, his first multi-goal game of the season. Linemates Branden Gracel and Conor Sheary chipped in with three points (1g, 2a) and a goal, respectively. UMass' top line of Pereira-Gracel-Sheary totaled eight of the Minutemen's 14 points on the evening and now has 31 in nine games when paired together.

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Three-Goal Third Lifts UMass Hockey Over Maine, 5-2 Four
Minutemen post multi-point nights in the win over the Black Bears.


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UMass Falls At Rhode Island Despite Timbilla's Double-Double
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Women's Hoops Drops 79-60 Game To Charlotte
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Second-Half Comeback Falls Shy Against Duquesne, 53-44
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2013 A-10 BASEBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) - POINTS (2012 RECORD)
1. Saint Louis (10) - 210 (41-18/17-7)
2. Rhode Island (2) - 197 (33-25/16-8)
3. VCU (3) - 193 (34-25/15-15 CAA)
4. Charlotte - 168 (21-32/9-14)
5. Dayton - 149 (31-30/17-7)
6. Richmond - 147 (30-26/14-10)
7. Xavier - 146 (28-28/13-11)
8. Saint Joseph’s - 120 (25-32/13-10)
9. Fordham - 109 (22-34/12-12)
10. Massachusetts - 89 (22-22/14-10)
11. St. Bonaventure - 74 (23-25/10-14)
12. La Salle - 67 (20-33/7-17)
13. Temple - 56 (19-34/7-17)
14. Butler - 42 (22-34/10-20 Horizon)
15. George Washington - 33 (20-35/6-18)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Charlotte men’s track and field team took home the conference title after scoring 190.5 points, while also breaking four A-10 records. Runner-up Rhode Island finished with 166 points.

Rounding out the standings was Saint Joseph’s (78), Butler (68), La Salle (60), Fordham (58), VCU (52), Temple (34), Massachusetts (28.5), Xavier (21), Saint Louis (15), and Richmond (9).

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – For the second straight year the Charlotte women's track and field team captured the 2013 Atlantic 10 Championship title, while also breaking two conference records.

Runner-up Rhode Island finished with a total of 89 points. Rounding out the standings was VCU (86.5), Dayton (76), Richmond (72), Duquesne (60), Saint Louis (55), Temple (52), Butler (39), Fordham (32), La Salle (24), Massachusetts (22.5), Saint Joseph’s (15), and Xavier (12.5).

For complete results of the 2013 Atlantic 10 Women’s Track and Field Championship, visit http://www.atlantic10.com.

Minutewomen Falter In 87-50 Defeat At Saint Joseph's
UMass unable to overcome Hawks field goal accuracy during final road trip of 2012-13 season



PHILADELPHIA - The UMass women's basketball squad was unable to overcome a strong shooting performance by Saint Joseph's on Wednesday evening, falling to the Hawks, 87-50 at Hagan Arena. Freshman guard Jasmine Harris led the Minutewomen with 11 points and classmate Adriana Jordan notched a single-game career-best 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor and a 2-of-4 clip at the foul line.

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Boston University Upsets No. 14 Women's Lax 9-8 In Overtime
Terriers net pair of goals in overtime period to outlast Minutewomen.


BOSTON - Boston University scored a pair of goals in overtime to pull off a 9-8 win over the No. 14 UMass women's lacrosse team on a rainy and windy Wednesday afternoon at Nickerson Field. The Minutewomen had a chance to tie the game in the final minute of overtime, but a turnover allowed the Terriers to run out the clock for the win. UMass will return to action on Saturday when the Minutewomen host Iona at McGuirk Stadium.

The loss drops UMass to 3-2 overall on the year, while Boston University improves to 1-0 overall. The one-goal decision marked the fifth-time in the last eight games of the series that the outcome was by two-or-fewer points

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