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Four University of Massachusetts at Lowell teams - golf, women's cross country, women's volleyball, and field hockey - were named recipients of the Northeast-10 Conference 2007 Fall Sportsmanship Awards. The awards are presented to teams that best exemplify the spirit of sportsmanship and display a higher degree of integrity, character, and class and are selected by a vote of each ...
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WASHINGTON -- After his team's 76-74 overtime victory over No. 21 George Washington yesterday, University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach Steve Lappas laughed.
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A team starting four sophomores, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen have played with a certain playground style all year. They climb the ladder, then go down the slide. They spend many hours on the seesaw. The big wins have been followed by big losses.
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Michigan State, Boston College's opponent in the Champs Sports Bowl Friday night, announced yesterday that four players have been declared academically ineligible and a fifth has been suspended for violating team rules.
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Perhaps they will meet again in March when the stakes will be higher, befitting postseason basketball. But for Boston College and the University of Massachusetts, last night's 13th Commonwealth Classic was an intriguing early pit stop between teams that began the season with low expectations (from outside their locker rooms, at least) and have started with surprising surges.
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With a playoff berth and a share of the Cape Ann Large title secured, the No. 9 Masconomet boys' soccer team had an opportunity to rest a few players in its final regular-season game. As a testament to the program's depth, those who played for the Chieftains yesterday excelled in a 4-0 victory over Waltham.
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Matt Anderson scored three goals, including two in the third period to help overcome a 4-3 deficit, as the University of Massachusetts defeated Clarkson, 6-4, last night in its opener in Amherst.
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UMass-Lowell is perfect in nonconference play this season. Of late, the River Hawks have carried that penchant for perfection over to their Hockey East performances as well.
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It's been a winning season for the UMass-Lowell men's hockey team, excluding Hockey East play.
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The University of Massachusetts men's soccer team took its game to another level in the NCAA Tournament. But the Minutemen could not find another gear in the semifinals, falling, 1-0, to Ohio State last night.
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UMass-Lowell scored three goals in 3 minutes 22 seconds to turn a one-goal third-period deficit into a 5-2 victory over Merrimack in a Hockey East game last night in North Andover.
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Call this one deja new. A year ago, Tommie Liddell of Saint Louis hit a shot with 1.5 seconds left to lift the Billikens to a 50-48 victory over the University of Massachusetts in a defensive struggle in the nation's midsection.
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After two straight losses, No. 4 Maryland was looking for a big win to regain some of its swagger. Boston College wound up being just what the defending national champions needed.
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VILLANOVA, Pa. -- The University of Massachusetts football team is known for its stingy defense. The Minutemen held opponents to 13.3 points per game last season, and suffocated Navy's lethal option offense last Saturday.
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In many ways, the University of Massachusetts seemed to be in over its head in the semifinals of the NCAA men's soccer tournament Friday night in Cary, N.C. But the Minutemen remained composed while being badly outplayed by Ohio State, then rallied to produce some threatening sequences in the second half of a 1-0 loss.
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Jessica Adair scored 14 points to lead four George Washington players in double figures and the 14th-ranked Colonials beat Massachusetts, 69-45, last night in Amherst, Mass.
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As the charter roared off the runway in Missoula, Mont., just past midnight last Friday, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen let loose. They had done it again. They had just posted their toughest and best victory of an unforgettable season, a 19-17 gut-churner against No. 2-ranked Montana, right there in Grizzly country, the toughest environment they had known. As the ...