Jackson Alexander of the Daily Collegian recaps the men's soccer team's loss to Rhode Island on Sunday.
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Stephen Hewitt of The Daily Collegian takes a look at the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer postseason picture as the season winds down to its final two regular-season weekends.
Jackson Alexander of The Daily Collegian has a preview of this weekend's home games for the UMass men's soccer team against George Washington (Friday) and Richmond (Sunday).
Stephen Hewitt of The Daily Collegian has a preview of this weekend's A-10 matches at Fordham and La Salle.
Stephen Sellner of The Daily Collegian looks at how the tough non-conference road schedule earlier this season has prepared UMass for this weekend's key Atlantic 10 matches at Fordham and La Salle.
Jackson Alexander of the Daily Collegian looks at the strength of men's soccer in the Atlantic 10 this year.
Stephen Hewitt looks at the beginning of the Atlantic 10 schedule for the UMass men's soccer team this Friday and Sunday. The Minutemen will host No. 14 Charlotte at Rudd Field on Friday afternoon and Saint Louis on Sunday.
It was a wild one on Saturday at Rudd Field as the UMass men's soccer team defeated No. 19 Bradley thanks to a late game-winning goal from sophomore Brett Canepa. The match was the non-conference finale for the Minutemen who will open Atlantic 10 play this weekend against Charlotte and Saint Louis at Rudd Field on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The UMass men's soccer team heads to Dartmouth on Saturday for a 7 p.m. match after falling earlier this week to Hartford at Rudd Field. The Daily Collegian has coverage of the upcoming game.
The UMass men's soccer team will host Hartford today at 3:30 PM at Rudd Field. The Daily Collegian takes a look at the game and what the Minutemen need to do for the win.
Stephen Sellner of the Daily Collegian has a sidebar on the men's soccer team's loss to Boston University on Sunday and how the game was a tale of two halves: The Daily Collegian
The UMass men's soccer team will head to Harvard tonight for a 7 PM kick-off before returning home on Sunday to host Boston University at Rudd Field. The Daily Collegian has a pair of stories to preview the weekend.
Stephen Hewitt of the Daily Collegian looks at UMass' top returning scorer and captain Bryant Craft as he looks to build upon his strong junior season from last year for the men's soccer team. Previously a midfielder, Craft moved up top to a forward position to bolster the Minutemen's scoring.
Massachusetts men's soccer coach Sam Koch doesn't like to predict.
He doesn't like to gaze too far ahead into the future and would rather focus on what he can control now. But if he had to guess who the team's offense would revolve around and who the Minutemen's leading goal producer would be by season's end, he would be hard pressed not to choose his senior captain and star striker, Bryant Craft.
"It's the 20th year at the University of Massachusetts for men's soccer coach Sam Koch, and most of the changes have been off the field.
"I wasn't married then, I didn't have kids and my hair is a lot grayer now," said Koch, who has four children. "But as far as soccer goes, I'm old school. We had blue collar kids then and we have blue collar kids now."
And it's almost been forgotten that Koch was the head coach at Stanford for six years before taking the top spot at UMass. Overall, he has recorded 262 wins against 192 losses and 51 ties. At UMass, he's 204-139-56, including a trip to the NCAA Division I semifinals in 2007, so here's a guy that has some perspective on the game.
Read more of Dick Baker's Two decades of UMass soccer; men's coach Sam Koch still wears his collar blue
The men's soccer team heads to Charlotte tonight and then Saint Louis on Sunday afternoon to finish the regular-season schedule. A trip to the A-10 Tournament is on the line as the Minutemen need at least one win to secure a spot in the field of six. UMass currently ranks third in the league, while Charlotte is No. 1. The Daily Collegian has a complete preview of the weekend.
Join us on Wednesday afternoon for the UMass Sports Luncheon at the Campus Center Room 1009. The guest speakers will be soccer coach Sam Koch, hockey coach Toot Cahoon and football coach Kevin Morris.
The Athletes of the Week Katie Kelly from field hockey as well as Tyler Holmes from football will be honored.
Tough weekend for the UMass men's soccer team as they fell to Fordham 1-0 on Friday and forced a 1-1 draw against La Salle on Sunday. The Minutemen, however, are still in the top six of the A-10 standings and remain a viable threat for both a spot in the tournament and a No. 1 seed with a huge weekend against No. 1 Charlotte and Saint Louis upcoming.
Daily Collegian Recap: Minutemen close out regular season at Rudd with draw
Daily Collegian Sidebar: Seniors remaining from College Cup run help in draw with Explorers
NewEnglandSoccerNews.com: UMass Comes Back To Draw La Salle 1-1
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With two weeks left in the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer season, things are starting to heat up. The Minutemen, currently in 2nd place, host Fordham who is log-jammed in a six-way tie for fourth today at Rudd Field (2:30 PM). La Salle, who is also tied with Fordham, visits Rudd Field on Sunday (1 PM) which will be Senior Day for the Minutemen.
Daily Collegian Preview: Minutemen wrap up home schedule over weekend
Daily Collegian Sidebar: DeVivo impressing in freshman season for Minutemen
DeVivo hasn't had much playing time with the Minutemen this season, so one must wonder if this recent string of success will have any impact on him playing more often.
"It's tough, we've got to come out and practice everyday and that's how we base our playing time," DeVivo said. "I just come in and do my role. Coach talks about playing your role and if everyone does that, we'll be successful. So I'm just going come in and do what I have to do when I come in and see how it plays out."
The men's soccer team had a huge weekend sweeping Temple and Saint Joseph's on the road this past weekend to remain undefeated (4-0-1) in Atlantic 10 play to stay in 2nd place in the league standings.
Daily Collegian: Minutemen finish strong over Saint Joseph's & Temple
New England Soccer News: UMass edges St. Joseph's 1-0
The men's soccer team continues its march to the Atlantic 10 Tournament this weekend with a pair of games down in Philly starting today at Temple (2:30 PM). The Minutemen will then face Saint Joseph's on Sunday at 1 PM.
With the 1-0 win at Rhode Island on Saturday night, UMass remains unbeaten in the Atlantic 10 (2-0-1) and sits in third place in the league standings. UMass is two points out of second (Xavier) and and five out of first (unbeaten Charlotte) - both teams have played one more game than the Minutemen.
The Daily Collegian has a preview up on this Saturday's big A-10 match at Rhode Island for the men's soccer team. The Minutemen opened the A-10 schedule with a 1-0-1 record last weekend and are in a tie for 2nd in the league standings.
The Collegian also has a notebook in the paper that examines some of the struggles the Minutemen have had in the 2nd half of games this year.
The Daily Collegian's Steve Levine recapped the Atlantic 10 opener for the UMass Men's Soccer team last weekend. The Minutemen shutout Xavier 2-0, which saw Morgan Brandso net his first collegiate goal last Friday before battling to a 1-1 draw with Dayton on Sunday.
Herb Scribner has a sidebar in Tuesday's Collegian regarding corner kicks last weekend. "Thus far in the 2010 campaign, the Minutemen have given up 59 corner kicks, with 15 of them coming in the first two A-10 matches alone."
Herb Scribner has a sidebar in Tuesday's Collegian regarding corner kicks last weekend. "Thus far in the 2010 campaign, the Minutemen have given up 59 corner kicks, with 15 of them coming in the first two A-10 matches alone."
After falling behind 2-0, Bryant Craft and Stuart Amick each tallied 2nd half goals and the UMass men's soccer defense settled in forcing a 2-2 draw with Siena to wrap up the non-conference portion of the schedule. Here are the recaps from the game:
Daily Collegian
Daily Collegian Sidebar On Ben Arikian Moving Up Top-10 Assist Chart
New England Soccer News
The men's soccer team will host Dartmouth this afternoon (3 PM) at Rudd Field in the second-to-last non-conference match of the season. Steve Levine of the Daily Collegian previews the match and the Big Green's top-two scoring threats.
Despite scoring some timely goals and having several multi-goal games, the Minutemen haven't finished a lot of prime scoring chances. Herb Scribner of the Daily Collegian looks at the UMass offensive production and what UMass can do to put a few more goals in the back of the net.
Be sure to support the Minutemen at Rudd Field this afternoon. Admission is free to all!
Herb Scribner of the Daily Collegian wrote a sidebar today following the draw with Vermont about the offensive production the Minutemen have been able to accomplish after starting the season with that goal in mind.
Since day one of the 2010 campaign, Massachusetts soccer coach Sam Koch has stressed the importance of incorporating offense into the Minutemen's game plan. Thursday afternoon's match against Vermont saw the culmination of that idea. Despite drawing, 2-2 against the Catamounts, the Minutemen played aggressively on the offensive side of the pitch throughout the entire match, taking 17 shots, four of which were on target.
Join us at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday for the UMass Sports Luncheon at the Campus Center's Massachusetts Room 1009. The guest speakers today are Athletic Director John McCutcheon, football coach Kevin Morris and men's soccer coach Sam Koch.
Also, the Co-Athletes of the Week from the football team, Tyler Holmes and Jonathan Hernandez will be honored for their big games in the 27-23 win over William & Mary on Saturday.
It was a good fight for the Minutemen and had the crossbar on the goal been an inch higher, it could have been a different outcome yesterday at Rudd Field against No. 10 Harvard. The Crimson earned a 3-2 win over the men's soccer team in front of a great crowd of 1,062 fans. Coverage of the game can be found at The Daily Collegian, The Republican, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, and NewEnglandSoccerNews.com.
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KOCH POSTGAME INTERVIEW
The men's soccer team will kick-off the 2010 season tonight at Boston University. The match is slated for a 7 PM start at Nickerson Field. Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette has a season preview out today. Vautour writes "The University of Massachusetts men's soccer team features an experienced defense, two battle-tested goalies and one of the best players in the country in Ben Arikian. If the Minutemen can find a way to score some goals here and there, they might be pretty good." BU head coach Neil Roberts gives his thoughts of the Terriers and the Minutemen in this video interview.
Jeff Thomas of the Springfield Republican previews the upcoming season for the UMass men's soccer team. The Minutemen return the entire defensive unit, along with both goalkeepers, which led the A-10 last year and Hermann Trophy candidate midfielder Ben Arikian. The goal for this year, according to head coach Sam Koch, is to increase goal productivity. Thomas writes "The way the Minutemen play defense, just the smallest turnaround on offense could spell a return to the NCAA Tournament."
