There were no shortage of surprises during conference tournament week. Not in the NESCAC, where eighth-seeded Colby took down heavyweights Tufts, Amherst and Williams to…
Conference tournaments throughout New England are underway, meaning the push for an NCAA tournament berth is full steam ahead. Postseason dreams are still alive for…
Under first-year head coach Jason Dowiak, UMass Amherst recently wrapped up its best season since 2011, largely navigating the Atlantic 10 with ease. As part…
Gianna Mitchell and Kayla Duran first started playing soccer together in 2011, when they joined FC Stars, one of Massachusetts’ top club programs. Fast forward…
Colby goalie Matt Johnson (Medford, Mass.) dove to his right, extended fully and batted away the left-footed penalty kick of Tufts' midfielder Travis Van Brewer (Wilbraham,…
This fall brought about serious changes for Nicolas Cardona and Eduardo Velez-Perez. The former, a defender, transferred to Assumption in Worcester, Mass., after spending his freshman year…
When the Western Connecticut State women’s soccer team takes the field for practice, there’s a banner nearby celebrating the fact that the team made four…
Bienfait Badibanga, one of the most dynamic freshman players in Division 3 in these parts, sums up the difference between himself and his freshman brother,…
When Austin Aviza originally was recruited to Syracuse, he didn’t envision playing much at first. After all, the Medway, Mass., native noted how difficult it…
Riley Strassner (Avon, Conn.) and Kyle Zajec (Westport, Conn.) followed starkly different paths in their youth soccer career. For Strassner, raised in the middle of…