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Nov. 30, 2003
UMass NewsStand: Latest Headlines
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Welcome to "UMass NewsStand," a daily listing with links to stories from around the country on the Minutemen and Minutewomen. While we'll try to have most stories to you early each morning, be sure to check back throughout the day as we add links at all hours when we find them.
We hope you enjoy the links below to some the top stories from this month.
Sunday, November 30, 2003
FOOTBALL: Winter blunderland
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
HAMILTON, N.Y. - Complaints about the venue had long since subsided. By Friday, the fifth-ranked University of Massachusetts team had arrived in upstate New York primed for the first round of the Division 1-AA football playoffs. The Minutemen clung to a positive mind-set yesterday during the two hours it took to drive through a snowstorm from their hotel in downtown Syracuse to Colgate University -- a trip that usually takes 50 minutes. . .
FOOTBALL: Comments by Whipple whipped up the Raiders
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
HAMILTON, N.Y. - In yesterday's postgame press conference, Colgate players were asked if they entered the playoffs with added incentive because Massachusetts coach Mark Whipple stated last week that the contest should have been played in Amherst, Mass. . .
FOOTBALL: No excuses for breakdown
Boston Globe / By Mark Blaudschun
HAMILTON, N.Y. - This one was nasty from the start. Blowing, ankle-deep snow, plus fog, a temperature of 29 degrees and a windchill of 14, with wind gusts up to 37 miles per hour. For the University of Massachusetts football team, yesterday was a road trip it never wanted or expected to make as it faced Colgate in the first round of the Division 1-AA playoffs at Andy Kerr Stadium. . .
Friday, November 28, 2003
FOOTBALL: Headstrong head coach
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - Is University of Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple a Howard Beale with a whistle and playbook?. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Crowded future?
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
If the University of Massachusetts is still hanging around the top four spots in Hockey East come February, there is the potential for the first-ever Mullins Center hockey sellout when the big boys come to Amherst?. . .
Thursday, November 27, 2003
FOOTBALL: Baylark rushed to top
Boston Globe / By Kevin Paul Dupont
The plan didn't have Steve Baylark standing here, not this season, and certainly not now with the University of Massachusetts about to embark on its drive for a Division 1-AA championship. No one questioned the sophomore tailback's credentials, his high school pedigree, but football is football, and the 225-pound dynamo from Apopka, Fla., was No. 3 on the depth chart with the 2003 season about to begin. . .
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
FOOTBALL: Whipple will use the slight
Springfield Republican / By Gary Brown
Say hello to Mark Whipple, master motivator. Face it, this guy can coach. Since he arrived at the University of Massachusetts in 1998, football has become an exciting adventure in winning. . .
FOOTBALL: 1-AA bracket is a lesson in economics
Boston Globe / By Frank Dell'Apa
Economics and the effect on travel of the Sept. 11 terrorist acts are the main reasons the University of Massachusetts football team will be riding buses to Hamilton, N.Y., for its NCAA Division 1-AA first-round playoff game Saturday. . .
FOOTBALL: Whipple voted Atlantic-10's coach of year
Boston Globe / By Jeff Thomas
University of Massachusetts head coach Mark Whipple was named the Atlantic 10 coach of the year yesterday, as voted by his peers. . .
Monday, November 24, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass relegated to road
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - The longer University of Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple stared at the Division I-AA Playoff pairings, the more injustice he found. To Whipple's complete surprise, the Minutemen will have to travel to Hamilton, N.Y., for the first round of the playoffs to face Colgate at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. . .
FOOTBALL: Unhappy UMass told to hit road
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - There were no cheers when University of Massachusetts football players and coaches discovered yesterday they would be traveling to Colgate for Saturday's Division 1-AA first-round playoff game. Many were speechless while watching the remainder of the pairings show, stunned that UMass will not be hosting the game. . .
FOOTBALL: Whipple in road rage: UMass denied home game in playoff opener
Boston Herald / By John Connolly
UMass coach Mark Whipple ripped into the NCAA Selection Committee for refusing to award the Minutemen a home game in this year's Division 1-AA tournament, despite a 10-2 record against a strong schedule and a high ranking in the national polls. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass must travel
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - To see the narrowing of the eyes, the set of his mouth and flush working its way up his neck to his face, it was evident Mark Whipple just became an angry man. . .
Friday, November 22, 2003
FOOTBALL: Inspired UMass ready for URI
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - At 9-2, with one of its losses coming at Division 1-A Kansas State, the University of Massachusetts is a virtual lock for its first Division 1-AA playoff berth since 1999, regardless of the outcome of its Atlantic 10 season finale today against conference foe Rhode Island. . .
Friday, November 21, 2003
FOOTBALL: UML football players find a home
Lowell Sun / By Paul Daley
AMHERST, Mass. - For Rich Demers, Johnson Owumi and Glenn Opie, it's been a tale of two cities. They've seen the best of times and the worst of times in the past few years. . .
FOOTBALL: A-10 title on the line for UMass
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts football team hasn't lacked for drama this season as many games have been decided in the fourth quarter, so it's only fitting that the Minutemen's quest for an Atlantic 10 title would come down to the wire as well. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Road test, UMass hoops continues NIT run in Lubbock
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
LUBBOCK, Texas - University of Massachusetts coach Steve Lappas has avoided bringing Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight's name up as he's prepared his team for tonight's 7 p.m. showdown with the Red Raiders in the Preseason National Invitation Tournament. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Deja vu at Mullins
Daily Collegian / By Andrew Merritt
AMHERST, Mass. - Two hundred and forty-nine days. That's how long ago the Massachusetts hockey team did the improbable. In that time, the war in Iraq began and "ended," the Boston Red Sox completed an entire season, and China sent its first man into space. . .
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Minutewomen look for solutions
Daily Collegian / By Bob McGovern
AMHERST, Mass. - With it's first regular season weekend series on tap, the Massachusetts women's basketball team is staring at more questions than answers. The Maroon and White travel to Fairfield, Conn. today to face Sacred Heart for its first game of the season. It returns back home to play Holy Cross on Sunday for it's regular season home opener. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Minutemen deep in the heart of Texas
Daily Collegian / By Mike Marzelli
By virtue of its 80-58 win over St. Francis at the Mullins Center Tuesday night, the Massachusetts' men's basketball team (1-0) will travel to Lubbock, Texas tonight for a 7 p.m. tilt with Bobby Knight's Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0) in the second round of the Pre-Season National Invitation Tournament. . .
FINAL FOUR FIELD HOCKEY: NCAA Final Four arrives at Garber
Daily Collegian / By Brendan Hall
AMHERST, Mass. - Students will be in for a treat this weekend, when the 2003 NCAA Field Hockey Final Four comes to the University of Massachusetts' own Richard F. Garber Field. . .
FINAL FOUR FIELD HOCKEY: Green fields of home
Springfield Republican / By Mike Bogen
AMHERST, Mass. - It's not really the Atlantic Coast Conference ... but almost. ACC teams, led by top-seeded Wake Forest, will occupy three of the four slots in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey National Championship beginning Friday at University of Massachusetts' Garber Field. . .
FINAL FOUR FIELD HOCKEY: Few touches of home in field hockey tourney
Boston Globe / By Susan Bickelhaupt
AMHERST, Mass. - Field hockey teams from the Boston area didn't make it to the finals of the NCAA Tournament, but there will be plenty of local flavor in the Final Four this weekend at the University of Massachusetts. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Knight moves await UMass
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - In a preseason game, the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team gave a good account of itself against the Harlem Globetrotters, a Hall of Fame team. Tonight in the quarterfinals of the Preseason NIT, they'll try to do likewise against Texas Tech's Bob Knight, a Hall of Fame coach. And the stakes will be much higher. . .
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Minutewomen facing depth problem
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - Cleo Foster says she doesn't play chess, but she now gets the general idea. Foster, a senior, has taken over the role of starting point guard for the University of Massachusetts women's basketball team, and now knows that she has to be thinking three moves ahead. . .
ICE HOCKEY: UMass, Maine meet
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - James Solon is the Maine man. The University of Massachusetts sophomore center played some of his best hockey against Maine last year, and he insists that his success wasn't due to good fortune. . .
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Another season of friends
Boston Globe / By Judy Van Handle
This they remember about the other, the seemingly mismatched teammates who played alongside each other in their collegiate frontcourt years before all of this coaching stuff happened. Marnie was the cutup, the energetic, funny center with the outgoing personality, a jokester whose pranks made everyone feel like a part of the team. . .
FOOTBALL: No secrets between UMass, Rhode Island
Boston Herald / By John Connolly
Familiarity breeds contempt, but there is also a certain comfort zone for UMass in facing an opponent it has played more than any other in its history - with a chance to secure the Atlantic 10 title to boot. . .
FOOTBALL: Rosario healed, happy
Lowell Sun / By Paul Daley
AMHERST, Mass. - Last fall, Lowell's Raunny Rosario was the scourge of the Atlantic 10 conference as a rookie running back for UMass Amherst. The former three-time All-MVC star, who broke many Lowell High rushing records, was continuing his heroics at UMass, rushing for 758 yards, the second-highest single-season total ever by a Minuteman freshman. . .
Thursday, November 20, 2003
FOOTBALL: Catching on, From sideline to forefront, Peebler making an impact for UMass
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - A year ago, Jason Peebler was wrapping up a lost season during which he spent most of his time on the sideline, though he started it in the backfield. But as the University of Massachusetts gets set to play for a conference championship Saturday, and maybe a national championship in the coming weeks, the junior receiver has emerged as one of the Minutemen's most indispensable parts. The junior wide receiver has a shot to be all-conference as well as an All-American. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass seeks to avoid upset
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
The opponents have been impressive: Division I-A Kansas State, 16th-ranked Maine, sixth-ranked Delaware and second-ranked and undefeated Villanova. . .
FOOTBALL: A title fight - UMass looks to secure A-10 championship against Rhode Island
Daily Collegian / By Mike Marzelli
AMHERST, Mass. - It has been a long season for the Massachusetts football team - one filled with emotional ups and downs. There was the opening 51-7 pasting of Central Connecticut State, the 65-yard touchdown strike from Jeff Krohn to Jason Peebler that shocked Kansas State and Shannon James' heroic fumble recovery for the winning touchdown at Villanova that many still can't seem to fathom. . .
SWIMMING: Swimming to host St. John's
Daily Collegian / By Matt Barstow
AMHERST, Mass. - The Massachusetts swimming and diving teams will face St. John's for the last time Saturday, as they host a Red Storm squad whose program will be eliminated at the end of this season. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Maine tough foe for Minutemen
Boston Globe / By Frank Dell'Apa
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts, off to its best start since 1970-71, are unbeaten in 10 successive nonconference games, and have a seven-game road winning streak. But coach Don Cahoon is attempting to keep expectations reasonable as UMass prepares to play host to Maine tonight. . .
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
FINAL FOUR FIELD HOCKEY: Coming home
Springfield Republican / By Mike Bogen
Kelly comes home this weekend ... and so does Kelly. Greenfield native Kelly Doten and Hatfield's own Kelly Dostal - two of the best field hockey players in Western Massachusetts high school history - make their first local appearances as collegians Friday when Wake Forest University heads the four-team field for the NCAA Division I Field Hockey National Championship at the University of Massachusetts. . .
FOOTBALL: Krohn, Minutemen look alive
Boston Globe / By Jason Dunbar
The University of Massachusetts had momentum on its side in the race for the Atlantic 10 title. After losing in early September in a nonconference game with Kansas State, UMass reeled off eight wins heading into last Saturday's showdown with second-place Delaware. . .
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
FOOTBALL: Playoffs could be d?ja vu
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
If the University of Massachusetts and Delaware played their football in I-A, the Minutemen would be out of the national championship race. A November loss, even by such a narrow margin on the road would have been enough to cast UMass out of the BCS picture. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Rebuilding UMass needs fans back in a supporting role
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
There are many people in University of Massachusetts circles waiting for the men's basketball team to become good again. The football team could win another Division 1-AA national championship. Hockey could continue to progress as a regional power. Softball, baseball, men's lacrosse -- all could continue their success. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass tips off tonight
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - The first opponent on the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team faces an identity crisis. But then, so do the Minutemen, at least for the time being. Are they as improved as two preseason games indicated they might be? UMass fans will soon find out. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: A whole new ballgame
Daily Collegian / By Mike Marzelli
AMHERST, Mass. - Call it a youth movement, an overhaul or simply year three of a long and difficult rebuilding process, but whatever you call the change the Massachusetts men's basketball team has undergone since it last took the Mullins Center court back in March, it will be there. . .
FOOTBALL: Div. I-AA playoffs can't slot team in favorite's role
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
Could this be the year when a team with four losses gets an at-large berth into the Division I-AA playoffs?. . .
Monday, November 17, 2003
FOOTBALL: Title bid still alive
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
NEWARK, Del. - The University of Massachusetts' bid for a perfect Atlantic 10 season died on Tubby Raymond Field Saturday. But its quests for a conference title and the automatic bid to the Division I-AA playoffs are still alive. . .
FOOTBALL: Minutemen miss Costello
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
NEWARK, Del. - Steve Costello, where are you? The University of Massachusetts football team sorely missed its junior cornerback in the defensive secondary and on punt returns Saturday when it suffered a 51-45 triple-overtime loss to Delaware. . .
Sunday, November 16, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass has promise
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - Steve Lappas is convinced his team is better. There's no question it will be different. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass Tumbles
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
NEWARK, Del. - Maybe next week. The University of Massachusetts fumbled its chance to win the Atlantic 10 Conference football championship yesterday and now Delaware is poised to take the league title. . .
FOOTBALL: Hens peck UMass in 3 OTs, 51-45
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
NEWARK, Del. - On fourth down in the third overtime Saturday, the University of Massachusetts football team finally ran out of magic. In a season that had featured several comebacks and much good fortune, the Minutemen finally lost a close game, as Delaware prevailed 51-45 at Delaware Stadium. . .
Saturday, November 15, 2003
FOOTBALL: Hens would be feather in UMass's cap
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
Beat Delaware Week has been in full swing at the University of Massachusetts. The level of urgency and focus for today's Atlantic 10 game between the Minutemen and Blue Hens is intense. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass, Hens clash in key A-10 game
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - At the north end of McGuirk Stadium, the Atlantic 10 logo is painted on the wall beyond the end zone. Underneath are the years that the University of Massachusetts has captured the A-10 or Yankee Conference football crowns. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass needs its A game
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - To look at the University of Delaware football team is very much like looking at the University of Massachusetts. Both have excellent skill players on both sides of the ball. Both have balanced offenses led by a Division I-A transfer quarterback. Both have strong run defenses led by I-A transfer linemen and force a lot of turnovers. . .
ICE HOCKEY: BC disappoints UMass crowd
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - The game was played before a pretty full house, but the No. 9 University of Massachusetts hockey team wasn't playing with a full deck in bowing 4-1 to No. 3 Boston College last night at the Mullins Center. A school hockey record crowd of 7,113 showed up, surpassing the previous high of 7,089 against Boston University, Dec. 1, 1995. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Eagles outskate UMass
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Christina Bousquet
AMHERST, Mass. - The No. 9 University of Massachusetts hockey team got its first glimpse of top 10 competition Friday night, and the view wasn't pretty. No. 3 Boston College outmuscled and outskated the Minutemen, taking a 3-1 decision at the Mullins Center in front of a school-record hockey crowd of 7,113. . .
Friday, November 14, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Offense lifts Minutemen
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - Last night, the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team learned it still has a lot to learn. The Minutemen can score, as their 95-87 preseason victory over Playaz made clear. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Trovato gives a little extra
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - His father was a Penn Relay track champion for Boston College. His mother went there too. So did his uncle and his aunt. It was a family legacy. And Peter Trovato wanted to go to BC so badly that he would have turned down scholarships elsewhere and walked on, if they had only let him. But they didn't. And now Trovato, a junior under athletic scholarship for the University of Massachusetts hockey team, takes his blue collar work ethic to its highest level any time the Minutemen play Eagles. . .
ICE HOCKEY: In the Eagles' eye
Daily Collegian / By Andrew Merritt
AMHERST, Mass. - Tonight, the ninth-ranked Massachusetts hockey team (7-1-0, 4-1-0 Hockey East) takes on its toughest foe yet, when the No. 3 Boston College Eagles (5-2-2, 2-0-1 HEA) pay a visit to the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. . .
Thursday, November 13, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Playaz final tuneup for Minutemen
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - One game after playing a Harlem Globetrotters team stocked with recognizable names, the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team will return to a more normal exhibition opponent in Playaz which does not have many known players. . .
CROSS COUNTRY: XC set for NCAA race
Daily Collegian / By Matt Barstow
AMHERST, Mass. - The Massachusetts cross country teams will face a daunting task tomorrow, as they travel to Franklin Park to compete in the NCAA District I, Division I Northeast Regional Championships. . .
FOOTBALL: The Big One
Daily Collegian / By Mike Marzelli
AMHERST, Mass. - Quite simply, Saturday's contest between the No. 3 Massachusetts football team and No. 6 Delaware is the game of the year in Atlantic 10, and arguably one of the biggest in all of Division I-AA. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass preps for opener
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - The process of building and shaping the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team gets a second dress rehearsal tonight. With the season opener less than a week away, the Minutemen take on Playaz, a touring collection of former collegians. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Big guys favor UMass
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team received letters of intent yesterday from two big men who will join the program next fall. . .
FOOTBALL: Football coach wards off distractions
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - These are heady times for the University of Massachusetts football team. With 9-1 record, undefeated in the Atlantic 10 Conference and against Division I-AA teams and ranked No. 3 in the national polls, the Minutemen can enter uncharted waters with a win Saturday at Delaware. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass out to clinch A-10
Boston Herald / By Jim Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - Title-bearing confrontations involving UMass and Harvard head Saturday's college football platter - with the Minutemen, atop the Atlantic 10 at 7-0, looking to clinch the conference crown and an automatic bid to the Division 1-AA playoffs with a win at once-beaten Delaware. . .
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass clinch won't be cinch
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - Saturday's showdown between Massachusetts and Delaware has been eagerly anticipated for weeks -- even before the outright conference title and Division 1-AA playoff berth was at stake. UMass can claim both with a victory. . .
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass seeks A-10 football title
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - There was no sleeper this year. In recent years an unexpected team has always been in the running for the Atlantic 10 football title, but that's not the case as the 2003 season winds down. The preseason's No. 2 and No. 3 teams are the only ones left in the running to win the league's automatic bid to the I-AA playoffs. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Minutemen crack top 10
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts hockey team this week made its first appearance in the top 10 as its weekend sweep of Merrimack continued to push the Minutemen higher in the U.S. College Hockey Online Poll. The Minutemen jumped from No. 12 to No. 9 after debuting at No. 14 Oct. 27. . .
FOOTBALL: Road can be dangerous
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - The road can be a very dangerous place to play football in the Atlantic 10 Conference, as two of its top teams found out Saturday. Both Delaware and Villanova suffered their first losses away from home, the previously undefeated Blue Hens losing at Northeastern, 24-14, while the Wildcats fell 34-32 at Hofstra. . .
Monday, November 10, 2003
FOOTBALL: Clincher, UMass playoff bound after win
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts football team will spend its Thanksgiving together, and the players will have to wait at least until next year for their mothers' home cooking. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Promising exhibition
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - It was just one game. It didn't count and it was a loss. But University of Massachusetts men's basketball fans leaving the Springfield Civic Center Sunday afternoon following a 77-68 loss to the Harlem Globetrotters had to feel optimistic about the Minutemen. . .
FOOTBALL: Reid likes Minutemen
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Jim Reid may have spent the last nine years trying to defeat the University of Massachusetts football team, but he still has a soft spot for the club he coached for 19 years. And what the former UMass coach saw on Saturday was enough to make him believe the Minutemen have what it takes to make a run at the Division I-AA national championship. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass to return to Civic Center
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - University of Massachusetts and Civic Center officials plan to work toward another appearance by the men's basketball team in Springfield next year, despite yesterday's turnout of 1,688 against the Harlem Globetrotters. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Minutemen lose, but surprise foe
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - This wasn't a good loss. It was a great loss. Against a Harlem Globetrotters team that regularly trounces top-shelf college teams, the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team flirted with the unimaginable. It made a legitimate bid to end the Globetrotters' 285-game winning streak - a run that includes several totally serious, comedy-free games like yesterday's - before bowing 77-68 before 1,688 at the Civic Center. . .
Sunday, November 9, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Minutemen are Globetrotting
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A lot of good reasons went into the planning of today's preseason men's basketball game between the University of Massachusetts and the Harlem Globetrotters. . .
Saturday, November 8, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass wary of Spiders
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - If ever there was a pitfall game for the University of Massachusetts football team, this is it. Richmond comes to McGuirk Alumni Stadium most likely minus its starting quarterback and holding a record of 2-6 overall and 1-5 in the Atlantic 10. UMass (8-1, 6-0) is ranked fourth nationally in Div. I-AA and has a huge game next Saturday at undefeated Delaware in a game that will most likely decide the A-10 Conference championship. . .
Friday, November 7, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: A-10 to add two
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - In July the rumors predicted the Atlantic 10 could be shredded by nationwide conference shifting. But in the first week of November, the conference has instead emerged stronger than ever. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass picked to finish fourth
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - On a busy day for the Atlantic 10 Conference, preseason selections shared the headlines with a bid to add two new teams for the 2005-06 season. . .
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass decision looms
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - At a preseason practice, University of Massachusetts womens basketball coach Marnie Dacko leaned over from behind the bench and told the seated Katie Nelson the cold, hard truth. . .
Search for next UMass AD is on
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Fortunately for taxpayers, search committee members at the University of Massachusetts do not get paid. Just 16 months after disbanding for a job thought to be well done, another search committee is in place and ready to begin the work of finding an athletic director for UMass. . .
FOOTBALL: Kimener reluctant UMass star
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Quick quiz: Who leads the University of Massachusetts football team in tackles?. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass only concerned with points
Boston Herald / By John Connolly
AMHERST, Mass. - Outside, daylight dwindles and temperatures drop - sure signs that the current football season is drawing to a close. With that in mind, the question was put to local college coaches about time of possession being more of a factor as the gridiron schedule reaches November. The answer varies - depending on who you ask. . .
Thursday, November 6, 2003
FOOTBALL: Weaving their own web
Daily Collegian / By Mike Marzelli
AMHERST, Mass. - It's rare that a football team faces potential trap games in consecutive weeks, but that very well may be the case for the Massachusetts football team.. . .
SWIMMING: Swimming brings it all back home
Daily Collegian / By Matt Barstow
AMHERST, Mass. - After three weeks of scrimmaging, two months of training, and a dual meet against the University of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts swimming and diving teams are eager to enter the heart of their seasons with tomorrow's home opener against Boston University. . .
ICE HOCKEY: Double trouble
Daily Collegian / By Andrew Merritt
AMHERST, Mass. - The Massachusetts hockey team is six games into its season, and three games into the conference slate. But with a home-and-home series against Merrimack this weekend - its second in a week - there are still plenty of questions to be answered. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass needs one win
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - Just two weeks ago, University of Massachusetts football coach Mark Whipple scoffed at the mention of his team making the Division I-AA Playoffs. But two wins over two good teams later and the Minuteman coach is acknowledging his team is at postseason's gate with an 8-1 record. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Trotters coming to play ball
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - These are not your father's Harlem Globetrotters, but more than many people realize, they're pretty close to your grandfather's. . .
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Viggiano turns eyes
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - Even after establishing himself as a versatile college basketball player, Jeff Viggiano remains, in many eyes at least, an acquired taste. "He's a system guy," University of Massachusetts coach Steve Lappas said of the 6-foot-6 sophomore forward, a key returning player on a team with several new faces. "Even in pickup games, I don't think our guys appreciate him as much as they do in games.". . .
FOOTBALL: Conference call on hold again
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
There are three weeks remaining in the regular season. The Atlantic 10 champion still is undecided, and in typical fashion, the race may go down to the final week. One thing is certain. There will not be a repeat champ. Only three teams have a shot at the title: Massachusetts, Delaware, and Villanova. UMass and Delaware are undefeated in league play; Villanova has one loss, to UMass. . .
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
FOOTBALL: Minutemen in prime position for playoff run
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - With three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Atlantic 10 is unusually top heavy. Saturday's results left Delaware (9-0, 6-0 A-10), Villanova (7-1, 5-1) and the University of Massachusetts (8-1, 6-0) in prime position to earn trips to the Division I-AA playoffs, while the rest of the league is out of contention. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass, Delaware, Villanova stay in playoff hunt
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Maine and Northeastern suffered irreparable damage to their Division I-AA football playoff aspirations Saturday, much to the relief of Delaware and Massachusetts. The Atlantic 10 Conference championship is a three-horse race, with UMass (8-1, 6-0 A-10), Delaware (9-0, 6-0) and Villanova (7-1, 5-1) ahead of the pack entering the final three weeks of the season. . .
Monday, November 3, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass holds on at home
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - One of the biggest plays of the game Saturday came from a reserve who has spent more time on the sideline than on the field. University of Massachusetts reserve defensive back Ryan McHugh saved a touchdown when he tackled Northeastern's Tim Gale on the Minuteman 29-yard line with 2 minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the game. . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Fans get first glimpse of Minuteman hoops
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts coach Steve Lappas' description of his men's basketball team after Saturday's open scrimmage at Curry Hicks Cage was a simple one. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass keeps its composure
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Say this about the University of Massachusetts football team - it doesn't panic. Not just in fourth-quarter situations when the game is on the line, which has been just about every game UMass has played this season, including Saturday's 28-24 win over Northeastern at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass-NU an award-winning battle: Krohn clutch in Minutemen win
Boston Herald / By John Connolly
AMHERST, Mass. - When a league's offensive and defensive players of the week - from the winning and losing teams, respectively - come out of the same game, it's usually a tell-tale sign of the magnitude and the intensity contained within the matchup. . .
Sunday, November 2, 2003
FOOTBALL: UMass picks off NU
Boston Herald / By John Connolly
AMHERST, Mass. - Northeastern did its darndest to exorcise some demons yesterday in a town where it had not won a football game since 1958. In the end, however, history often is a compilation of big plays. And host UMass got the biggest one with 1:08 left to play when sophomore defensive back Shannon James outleaped NU wideout Patrick Graham to intercept a Shawn Brady pass at the Minutemen 13-yard line. . .
FOOTBALL: Minutemen put NU's hopes on ice
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - Northeastern took a 14-point lead over fourth-ranked Massachusetts yesterday with 3:34 remaining in the first quarter. Six seconds later, UMass was penalized for a personal foul on the kickoff. UMass strong safety Anton McKenzie, a tricaptain who couldn't play because of a quadriceps injury, could scarcely bare to watch. The senior stomped along the sideline and at one point screamed, "What's going on?". . .
MEN'S BASKETBALL: UMass tie offers glimpse
Springfield Republican / By Ron Chimelis
AMHERST, Mass. - Preseason intrasquad scrimmages are by their nature inconclusive, so perhaps it's appropriate that yesterday's University of Massachusetts men's basketball workout ended in a 43-43 tie. . .
FOOTBALL: UMass takes another close one
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Someone contact a Hollywood producer - there's good material for a reality television series at the University of Massachusetts. It could be called "Survivor UMass." . . .
ICE HOCKEY: Coach Toot eyes success
Springfield Republican / By Dick Baker
AMHERST, Mass. - The product of a generation of General Electric workers, Donald "Toot" Cahoon has a bright light shining on the University of Massachusetts hockey program. . .
Saturday, November 1, 2003
FOOTBALL: Huskies' run game worthy of respect
Springfield Republican / By Jeff Thomas
AMHERST, Mass. - Does a good run defense stop a good run offense? Today will tell when the fourth-ranked University of Massachusetts football team takes on Northeastern this afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. . .
Search committe named for UMass AD
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - Almost two months after former athletic director Ian McCaw announced he was leaving, the University of Massachusetts has a search committee in place to seek his replacement. . .
FOOTBALL: Buzz gone; it's all UMass vs. NU
Daily Hampshire Gazette / By Matt Vautour
AMHERST, Mass. - The last two times the University of Massachusetts and Northeastern football teams met, the pregame buzz was more about the subplot than the game. Mark Whipple and Don Brown, the brains of the offense against the brains of the defense that collaborated for UMass' 1998 Division I-AA National Championship run. . .
FOOTBALL: Passing marks at UMass, NU
Boston Globe / By Joe Burris
AMHERST, Mass. - Both quarterbacks are chock full of prerequisites for their position: strong arm, accurate touch, leadership, poise under pressure. In fact, Massachusetts senior Jeff Krohn and Northeastern junior Shawn Brady have performed so well throughout their college careers one would never know that both became starters by default as freshmen. . .
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