After dropping its first match of the season to Boston University on Tuesday, the Massachusetts tennis team looks to get back on track when it takes on Albany this weekend.

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Men's, Women's ski team prepare for MacConell Regionals.

The Massachusetts hockey team dropped its third consecutive game Saturday night, dropping a 2-1 decision to UMass-Lowell at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen fell to 8th in the Hockey East standings with the defeat.

Massachusetts men's skiing team remains in third in its conference after strong showing this weekend in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.

Coach Don Cahoon's experimentation with line combinations breeds some scoring success, but it is not enough to avoid losses in several key games.

As their record fell below .500, the Minutemen squandered opportunities to rise in the Hockey East standings and now sit in seventh place. UMass lost and tied a pair of games with Vermont over the weekend.

Arenas away from the Mullins Center have not been kind to the Minutemen this season. Statistical variations between home and away games has yielded one road win this season.

UMass loses four straight Atlantic 10 games after defeating Fordham earlier in January.

Much of the Minutewomen's struggles over the past six weeks have been derived from poor first-half performances.

Kevin Morris takes over the head coaching duties after serving as offensive coordinator for the past five years.' Morris will lead a program that has enjoyed the winningest period in school history over the past four years.

After spending five years as football coach at UMass, Don Brown accepted the defensive coordinator position at Maryland. Three weeks ago, Brown was a candidate for head coach at Yale.