By Nick Canelas
August 20, 2013
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Local News, News, Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
Elaine Sortino, the longtime head coach of the Massachusetts softball team, whose impact both on and off the field knew no bounds throughout her legendary career, died Sunday night after a nearly two-year battle with cancer. She...
By Joey Saade
March 27, 2013
Filed under Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
The Massachusetts softball team enters the 2013 season in a predicament it has not faced in nearly half a decade.
No longer will the Minutewomen trot on the field each game knowing one of the all-time best pitchers in collegiate...
By Nick Canelas
May 21, 2012
Filed under Softball
All season long, the Massachusetts softball team relied on the dominance of pitcher Sara Plourde to help carry the team to its 23rd Atlantic 10 title, oftentimes needing near-perfect performances in order to come away with ...
By Nick Canelas
May 14, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
In a season filled with mercy rules and lopsided victories, the Massachusetts softball team opted to save the theatrics for the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Just one day after Tiffany Meeks came through with a clutch, two-on, two-out single...
By Stephen Hewitt
May 11, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
On a day when seniors were honored as part of undergraduate commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts, it was a sophomore who came up with a big hit for the Massachusetts softball team.
With runners on fir...
By DailyCollegian.com Staff
April 29, 2012
Filed under Softball
During its now 14-game winning-streak, the Massachusetts softball team has gotten major contributions from a number of individual performers to win big games.
On Sunday, the Minutewomen (30-11, 15-0 Atlantic 10) relied on team defense and timely hitting to spark a doublehea...
By Nick Canelas
April 24, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports
After failing to win the Atlantic 10 championship last season for the first time since 2004, the Massachusetts softball team has made it perfectly clear through its first 13 A-10 games that it has no intentions of coming up short for a secon...
By Patrick Strohecker
April 19, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
The Massachusetts softball team continued its winning ways yesterday, by defeating the Boston College on the road, 5-1.
The win was the team’s sixth in a row and its second of the season over the Eagles, giving it a season sweep of B...
By Nick Canelas
April 17, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports
After showing signs of inconsistency at the beginning of the season, the Massachusetts softball team appears to be getting hot at the right time.
Through their first 21 games, the Minutewomen (21-11, 8-0 Atlantic 10) were sitting at a medi...
By Stephen Hewitt
April 16, 2012
Filed under Softball, Sports
Not even a week off from playing could slow down the Massachusetts softball team.
In fact, it only helped it pick up more steam as the team continued its tear through Atlantic 10 play.
After Tuesday’s game versus Connecticut was postponed due to schedul...
By Stephen Hewitt
April 12, 2012
Filed under Softball
Add another accomplishment to the long list of career achievements racked up by Massachusetts softball pitcher Sara Plourde.
The senior right-hander – who recently earned her fifth Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week honor of the...
