Tom Mulherin of Daily Collegian visited UMass softball practice Tuesday and spent some time in the circle with senior pitcher Caroline Raymond. They talked about her no-hitter at Rhode Island last week and what that has done for her confidence going forward as the team enters the final two weeks of the regular-season.
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Adam Aucoin of the Daily Collegian was at Sunday's UMass-St. Bonaventure series finale and reported on all three games. UMass went 6-1 on the week, including 5-0 in Atlantic 10 play that saw the Minutewomen climb form ninth to sixth in the standings with two weeks remaining in the regular-season.
Adam Aucoin of the Daily Collegian has a recap of yesterday's softball doubleheader sweep of Rhode Island. UMass hit 7 long balls, including 4 in the first game to tie the school record. Caroline Raymond threw her first career no-hitter and picked up the win in both games.
UMass returns home to face Marist on Thursday in a doubleheader, beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Sortino Field.
The UMass softball team opened up their home schedule in style on Wednesday, sweeping a doubleheader from Dartmouth, 1-0 and 6-2. Sara Plourde and Caroline Raymond combined to hold the Big Green hitless through the first 12 innings of play. Check out the coverage of the two wins below.
- Plourde Pitches Not-Hitter, Leads Minutewomen To Doubleheader Sweep, Matt Vautour, Hampshire Gazette
- Plourde Throws A No-No As UMass Sweeps Big Green, Stephen Hewitt, Daily Collegian
- UM Finds Other Ways Besides Long Ball To Generate Offense, Michael Wood, Daily Collegian
- UMass Softball Sweeps Dartmouth, WWLP.com
- Softball Fails To Muster Offense In Doubleheader Loss At UMass, Olivia Durr, TheDartmouth.com
- UMassAthletics.com Photo Gallery, Thom Kendall
- MassLive.com Photo Gallery, J. Anthony Roberts

With Atlantic 10 Conference play just underway and the home opener on the horizon, the Daily Collegian released its annual Baseball/Softball Issue on Wednesday with extensive coverage of both squads. Check out the links below to all of the softball coverage in today's issue.
- Podcast: Softball Running The A-10, Nick O'Malley
- Winning Culture Challenged For 2011 Minutewomen, Pete Vasquez
- New Idea Of Success, Steve Levine
- Youth, Speed, Pitching Dictate Minutewomen's 2011 Roster, Mike Wood
- Minutewomen Relying On Raymond & Webster To Help Plourde, Stephen Hewitt
- After Tough Start, UMass Finds Win Column, Stephen Hewitt, March 20