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.
Chaos
4. This weekend’s Army vs. Virginia matchup came together thanks to a broadcast and text.
Black Knights coach Joe Alberici was leaving a church service last weekend when UMass coach Greg Cannella called to inform that the Minutemen had to cancel a scheduled game due to COVID-19 protocols.
Army junior Brendan Nichtern had heard on a Saturday broadcast that Virginia was looking for a game this upcoming weekend. Hours later, the game was on.
Read more about how the game materialized.
WHAT WE’RE READING
Megan Whittle, in the IWLCA blog “Behind the Whistle,” details her mental health struggles and how she’s encouraged by the lacrosse community’s growing openness to speak about mental health.