From conference championships to new coaches, player milestones and memorable stories of the UMass sports community, 2022 kept the sports section of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian busy. To recap, check out stories from our sports staff.
January:
UMass hockey’s Matt Murray started off 2022 with a career high 40 saves in goal against Michigan, by Kayla Gregoire
Sydney Taylor has a career high 32 points in UMass women’s basketball’s win against VCU by Michael Araujo
February:
UMass men’s basketball defeated Rhode Island with help from T.J. Weeks’ 30 point career night by Freddy Hanna
Sam Breen and Destiney Philoxy put UMass over Saint Louis in the final seconds for a thrilling conference victory by Lulu Kesin
Faced with a difficult match up against UConn, UMass hockey won 2-1 against the Huskies by Colin McCarthy
March:
Michael Araujo detailed Sydney Taylor’s jump from bench warmer to star player for the Minutewomen
Lulu Kesin wrote about Angelique Ngalakulondi’s journey at UMass
UMass women’s basketball won the Atlantic 10 tournament by Michael Araujo
Minutewomen advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in two decades by Lulu Kesin
UMass hockey won its second straight Hockey East title by Colin McCarthy
Colin McCarthy touched on UMass hockey’s Colin Fleix growth in the Minutemen uniform
Kayla Gregoire shared about Scott Morrow’s growth of a college decommit to a top NHL prospect
Matt McCall was released as head coach for the UMass men’s basketball program by Joey Aliberti
Pedro Gray Soares wrote about former Minutemen Greg Jones’ transition back into DI college ball
Freddy Hanna detailed Rich Kelly’s perfect shooting stroke
Joey Aliberti talked with Trent Buttrick about his time at Penn State and UMass
Frank Martin was officially hired as the new head coach of the Minutemen
April:
Colin McCarthy highlighted the impact UMass hockey had on the future of now NHL players
UMass men’s lacrosse came back to defeat Delaware at home by Marco Lopez
UMass women’s lacrosse dominated game after game, with a notable 20-7 win over VCU by Corinne Arel
May:
Johnny Depin wrote about UMass softball’s spark plug, Kendra Allen.
June:
August:
Pedro Gray Soares previewed the 2022 men’s soccer season
September:
UMass football picked up its only win of the year against Stony Brook by Johnny Depin
October:
Lulu Kesin highlighted UMass’ most passionate sports fan, UMass Reindeer.
Alec Hughes scored a game winner in the final seconds for the UMass men’s soccer team by Marco Lopez. The thrilling victory came on Senior Day, with coach Fran O’Leary highlighting the talented graduates, by Pedro Gray Soares.
Johnny Depin shared why he thinks it doesn’t matter who is QB1 for the Minutemen.
UMass women’s soccer scored two goals in two minutes to comeback and defeat George Washington by Scottie Marro.
November:
The Daily Collegian released its preseason basketball special issue.
The UMass women’s basketball team traveled to Knoxville to face the then No. 5 Tennessee Lady Vols, where the Minutewomen only fell by single digits by Michael Araujo
Noah Fernandes hit a last-second 3-pointer to beat Murray State in the Myrtle Beach Invitational by Pedro Gray Soares.
The Minutemen went on to win the Myrtle Beach Invitational for their first in-season tournament title since the 2013-14 season by Joey Aliberti.
Kayla Gregoire and Colin McCarthy traveled to Northern Ireland to cover the Friendship Four.
The Minutewomen held Drake scoreless in overtime to defeat the Bulldogs in the FIU Thanksgiving Classic by Lulu Kesin.
December:
UMass men’s basketball electrified Cambridge with a huge win on the road against Harvard by Judah Katz
Destiney Philoxy became UMass women’s basketball’s all-time leader in assists and games played by Michael Araujo
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