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         <title>Softball. #25 Softball Tops Kansas, Falls To San Diego State</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><a href=" http://www.tribeathletics.com/files/bsb/live/xlive.htm">Live Stats</a> | <a href=" http://www.tribeathletics.com/liveaudio.html">Listen</a> | <a href=" http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/teamstat.html">Season Stats</a></UL>The UMass baseball team returns to the East Coast this weekend for the second leg of its Spring Break trip as the squad will travel to Williamsburg, Va., for a three-game series against William & Mary, beginning with a 7 p.m. contest on Friday evening, March 19, at 7 p.m. The teams will follow up with a 4 p.m. game on Saturday and will play the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.]]></description>
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         <title>Baseball. Three Games At William &amp; Mary Next For Baseball</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://www.ualbanysports.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&LIST_SPORT_ID=8009">Live Stats</a> | <a href="http://www.ualbanysports.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800">Live Video</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-lacros/stats/2009-2010/teamstat.html">Season Stats</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-lacros/stats/2009-2010/histcarr.html">Career Stats</a></ul></li>The UMass women's lacrosse team heads to Albany on Saturday to face the Great Danes in the final non-conference game before the start of the Atlantic 10 schedule next weekend. This will be the lone game of the Spring Break week for the Minutewomen who are coming off a disappointing loss at Stony Brook last Saturday. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since 2007.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Lacrosse. UMass Heads To Albany For Saturday Showdown</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><li><a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/2010gm06.html">Box Score</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/teamstat.html">Season Stats</a></UL>The UMass baseball team led #13 Oklahoma through 6.5 innings, but the Sooners rallied for three runs in both the seventh and eighth to defeat the Minutemen, 8-4, in the squads' final meeting of a two-game series at L. Dale Mitchell Park on Wednesday evening. The setback leaves UMass at 0-6 on the year, while Oklahoma improves to 17-2.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[UMass senior co-captain Justin Braun was named the 2009-10 Hockey East Old Time Hockey Defensive Defenseman which honors the league's top blueliner for the season announced by the league on Wednesday. Braun becomes the first-ever UMass player to earn the award.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Playing their second of three matches on their spring break trip, the UMass women's tennis team fell to No. 58 College of Charleston, 6-0, in a rain-shortened match Wednesday afternoon. The two teams played just the singles matches, skipping the doubles matches because of the poor weather. It was the second consecutive match against a ranked opponent for the Minutewomen, who fell to #65 Charleston Southern on Tuesday.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><LI><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JamesIhedigbo">Follow James Ihedigbo on Twitter</a></li></ul>Current New York Jet, former UMass All-American and Amherst resident James Ihedigbo traveled to Haiti on Monday to help with the relief and recovery efforts following the earthquake that killed a government-estimated 230,000 people and made 1.3 million homeless in January. Ihedigbo led a group of about 20 to Port-au-Prince, including linebacker Vernon Gholston, wide receiver David Clowney and former Jets cornerback Ahmad Carroll, along with medical professionals and volunteers.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/10-sd-classic-II.html">Tournament Central</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/photos/schools/umas/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/031710_notes.pdf">Weekly Notes</a> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_new"><img src="http://grfx.cstv.com/graphics/icon-acrosmall.gif" width="9" height="10" border="0" alt="Get Acrobat Reader"></a> | <a href="http://sportsjuice.com/broadcaster2.aspx?bid=MjQ%3d-9fRnZRDu36A%3d">Listen Live</a></li><li><b>Thu. Gametrackers:</b> <a href="http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/umas/graphics/umas-09-sched-icon-gt.gif">Kansas (7:30 PM ET)</a> | <a href="http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/umas/graphics/umas-09-sched-icon-gt.gif">SDSU (10 PM ET)</a></li></ul>The No. 25 UMass softball team (11-4) travels cross-country this week to play in the San Diego Classic II, co-hosted by San Diego State and the University of San Diego. The Minutewomen will play seven games in four days, beginning on Thursday with games against Kansas (7:30 p.m.) and San Diego State (10 p.m.). On Friday, UMass takes on Illinois-Chicago (5 p.m.) and San Diego (7:30 p.m.). On Saturday, the Minutewomen face No. 22 Texas A&M (noon) and Oregon State (7:30 p.m.), before finishing up play on Sunday against Long Beach State (3:30 p.m., all times Eastern).]]></description>
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         <title>Softball. #25 Softball Heads To San Diego For Seven Games</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><li><a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/2010gm05.html">Box Score</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/teamstat.html">Season Stats</a><li><B>Wednesday: </b><a href="javascript:window.open('http://www.umassathletics.com/gametracker/launch/?event=855230&school=umas&sport=mbasebl&','GameTrackermbasebl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=no,width=976,height=700');%20void('');">GameTracker</a> | <a href="javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=okla&media=168703','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700');%20void(0);">Watch</a></ul>Despite having the tying run in scoring position with one away in the top of the ninth, the UMass baseball team was unable to pull off the comeback against #13 Oklahoma, who edged out the Minutemen, 4-2, at L. Dale Mitchell Park on Tuesday evening. With the loss, UMass falls to 0-5, while the nationally-ranked Sooners move to 16-2.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The UMass women's tennis team kicked off its spring break road trip on Tuesday afternoon, falling to No. 65 Charleston Southern, 5-2. The loss was the fourth-straight for UMass, who fell to 7-5 on the year. The Buccaneers improved their record to a perfect 8-0, moving them into the ITA national poll for the first time this year.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Tennis. #65 Charleston Southern Knocks-Off UMass, 5-2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><LI><a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/view.gal?id=65783">Photo Gallery</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-lacros/stats/2009-2010/031610pc.html">Box Score</a> | <a href="http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-lacros/stats/2009-2010/teamcume.html">Season Stats</a></li></ul>Eleven players scored goals including two with the first tallies of their careers as UMass beat Providence, 17-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Garber Field. Sophomore Art Kell scored a career-high five goals and added an assist for six points. Ryan Hantverk and Will Manny each had two goals. Colin Fleming and Mael Walkowiak scored their first-career goals. UMass (4-2 overall) will be off for a week until travelling to Brown next Tuesday at 4 p.m.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Lacrosse. Kell Nets Five As UMass Downs Providence, 17-3</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=521558&navid=DL|MIN|home">Minnesota Wild Press Release</a></ul></li>It was officially announced on Tuesday morning that UMass hockey sophomore center Casey Wellman has signed with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. Wellman signed a two-year entry-level contract and will be joining the team immediately. He could see action in Tuesday night's game versus Edmonton.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sophomore Jason Cook earned his second UMass Athlete of the Week honor for his performance at the NCAA Zone A meet last week. Cook notched two third-place finishes in both the one and three-meter diving events in the meet held at Rutgers University, finishing off a tremendous season in just his second year at Amherst.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><b>Tuesday: </b><a href="javascript:window.open('http://www.umassathletics.com/gametracker/launch/?event=855228&school=umas&sport=mbasebl&','GameTrackermbasebl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=no,width=976,height=700');%20void('');">GameTracker</a> | <a href="javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=okla&media=168702','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700');%20void(0);">Watch</a><li><B>Wednesday: </b><a href="javascript:window.open('http://www.umassathletics.com/gametracker/launch/?event=855230&school=umas&sport=mbasebl&','GameTrackermbasebl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=no,width=976,height=700');%20void('');">GameTracker</a> | <a href="javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=okla&media=168703','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700');%20void(0);">Watch</a></UL>The UMass baseball team continues its challenging Spring Break trip with a pair of midweek games at nationally-ranked #13 Oklahoma on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16-17. Both of the Minutemen's (0-4) games against the Sooners (15-2), each set to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern, will air locally on Sooner Sports Network on Cox Channel 7 in Oklahoma City and Cox Channel 3 in Tulsa with Chuck Kelly calling the play-by-play and DeWayne Vaughn providing the color analysis.]]></description>
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         <title>Baseball. Tough Task For Minutemen At #13 Oklahoma</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><LI><a href="http://wmua.org/listen">Listen To Thursday's Lacrosse Radio Show At 5 p.m.</a></li><LI><a href="http://www.twitter.com/UMassAthletics">Follow UMass On Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/UMassAthletics">Follow UMass On YouTube</a></li></ul>Let the Madness begin! The NCAA men's basketball tournament gets underway today. UMass alum Tony Barbee coaches his UTEP Miners against Butler today at 4:45 p.m. At 5 p.m., listen to the UMass Lacrosse Radio Show on WMUA 91.1. Happy Birthday to tailback Jonathan Hernandez, as No. 22 turns 22. The softball team begins action in San Diego at 7:30 p.m., vs. Kansas.]]></description>
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