Though the Massachusetts women’s basketball team stifled the Atlantic 10’s leading scorer Brittani Shells to nine points, they couldn’t conjure up enough offense to defeat Richmond. The Minutewomen got knocked out of the postseason with a 54-47 opening round loss to the Spiders, who pulled down 20 offensive rebounds.

The Massachusetts women’s basketball team will start the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Friday. Here is a look at the rest of the field looking for the postseason championship.

In their final regular game of the season, UMass fell to Charlotte Sunday afternoon 85-51. Meghan Zullo led UMass with 11 points. UMass takes on eighth seeded Richmond this Friday in the opening round of the A-10 tournament.

After suffering its largest loss of the season, UMass took the loss to the Musketeers as a learning lesson. Despite losing by 33, the Minutewomen saw what they need to do to play like a nationally ranked team.

Alone in ninth place in the Atlantic 10, the Massachusetts women’s team is in a good position to make the conference tournament. However, in order to make the postseason, the Minutewomen need to come up with a victory against La Salle tonight when they travel to Philadelphia for the second week in a row.

The Massachusetts women’s basketball team had three scorers in double-digits, but it was not enough to stop Dayton in its 74-60 victory. UMass shot 42.3 percent from the field.

Although Temple is typically not a great shooting team, it found its touch on Wednesday night in a 66-54 victory over UMass. The Minutewomen play on Saturday against Dayton.