Boric And Chaffee Named UMass Student-Athletes Of The Week

AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts women's swimming and diving senior Maja Boric and hockey junior Mitchell Chaffee were named the UMass Student-Athletes of the Week presented by UMassFive College Credit Union. The pair will be honored at the Sports Luncheon Committee event on Wednesday afternoon while guest speakers Matt McCall and Tory Verdi will speak about their upcoming seasons.

Boric (Zagreb, Croatia) claimed four event wins over two days last weekend as the Minutewomen split a pair of road competitions at Army and Fairfield. The senior won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter dives against Army with a score of 275.62 on the 3-Meter board as UMass scored a combined 29 points in the diving events. In a 195-102 win at Farifield on Saturday, Boric once again claimed the top-spot on both boards as the Minutewomen swept the podium in both.

Chaffee (Rockford, Mich.) finished Friday's 5-3 win over RPI with three points as the Minutemen opened up their 2019-20 campaign in the Mullins Center. The junior scored the go-ahead goal after the Minutemen trailed early and followed that up by assisting on a power-play tally while adding an important empty net goal that sealed a UMass win with the Engineers pressuring late.

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Maja Boric

Mitchell Chaffee

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