UMass women’s lacrosse appreciates opportunities NCAA Tournament presents
The UMass women s lacrosse team is charging into the NCAA Tournament as winners of 14 straight games. The Minutewomen will face Temple at 4 p.m. Friday in Chestnut Hill. UMASS ATHLETICS
Published: 5/13/2021 3:26:36 PM
Finals week just wrapped up, but now the real test awaits the UMass women’s lacrosse team.
The Minutewomen will face Temple at 4 p.m. Friday in the first round of the NCAA Division 1 Tournament in Chestnut Hill. The winner gets either host and No. 4 overall seed Boston College or Fairfield at 1 p.m. Sunday.
UMass is fresh off its first Atlantic 10 Championship since 2017, the last time the Minutewomen qualified for the NCAA Tournament. There are five players from that team still on the roster because they returned for a fifth year this season after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled last year Caitlyn Petro, Kaitlyn Cersei, Stephanie Croke, Lauren Hiller and Emma Dotsikas.
Seeing Maroon: Is spring in the air? CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 2/15/2021 8:40:16 PM
With all UMass sports still on pause for at least another week, it’s a good time to look ahead to the upcoming spring season.
This year’s spring season will be like none other, as fall sports, outside of football, like soccer and field hockey have been moved to the spring similar to the Fall II season running across high school sports in Massachusetts.
For normal spring athletes like lacrosse, baseball and softball players, last year was stopped just when the season was beginning to ramp up. The stop due to the pandemic came at an unfortunate time for the UMass lacrosse programs in particular.
Seeing Maroon: Is spring in the air? CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Modified: 2/15/2021 8:40:23 PM
With all UMass sports still on pause for at least another week, it’s a good time to look ahead to the upcoming spring season.
This year’s spring season will be like none other, as fall sports, outside of football, like soccer and field hockey have been moved to the spring similar to the Fall II season running across high school sports in Massachusetts.
For normal spring athletes like lacrosse, baseball and softball players, last year was stopped just when the season was beginning to ramp up. The stop due to the pandemic came at an unfortunate time for the UMass lacrosse programs in particular.
With all UMass sports still on pause for at least another week, it’s a good time to look ahead to the upcoming spring season.This year’s spring season will be like none other, as fall sports, outside of football, like soccer and field hockey have been.
Tue Jan 12 2021 | Kenny DeJohn | College
PHOTO COURTESY OF UMASS ATHLETICS
One of the few true draw specialists in the country, Caitlyn Petro secured 56 draws in 2020 after totaling 102 in 2019.
College lacrosse is back.
As perhaps the most anticipated season in NCAA history approaches, we’re featuring every team ranked in the Nike/US Lacrosse Preseason Top 20.
Check back to USLaxMagazine.com each weekday for new previews, scouting reports and rival analysis.
No. 19 UMass
Pre-COVID Ranking: 14th
Angela McMahon’s Minutewomen didn’t enter the 2020 season ranked. They quickly proved the preseason assumptions surrounding the team wrong.
In their first game of the season, UMass topped then-No. 5 Boston College 15-11. And although the next game was a loss by the same score against an upstart Dartmouth team, UMass’ season-opening statement was enough to make waves in the Nike / US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20.