Powered by a career-high 221 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Luis Gonzalez, the UMass Dartmouth football team defeated visiting Plymouth State by a 41-7 margin in the MASCAC regular season finale for both teams. The Corsairs move to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play, securing a share of the MASCAC regular season title for the second consecutive season. The Panthers conclude their season at 4-6 with a 4-4 conference mark.
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Behind three touchdowns each from Luis Gonzalez and Jalyn Aponte, coupled with a staunch defensive effort, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth football team recorded a 59-0 shutout of Worcester State University in MASCAC action on Saturday at Cressy Field. The Corsairs move to 4-0 and 2-0 in conference play, while the Lancers are now 1-3 and 1-1 in the MASCAC.
UMass-Dartmouth coach Mark Robichaud really wanted to move Dante Aviles-Santos to wide receiver when he came in last year as a freshman. But he refused to move, and instead, is now one of the nation's leading passers. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Annapolis feature.
WPI, Carnegie Mellon, Mass-Dartmouth and others all improved to 4-0, while Trinity (Texas) bounced back from a pair of losses to Top 10 teams and Misericordia won in quadruple overtime in Saturday's Division III football action.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's junior quarterback Cory Burnham (Essex, Mass.) threw for 489 yards and six touchdowns to set single-game records in both categories and power the Corsairs to a 48-41 victory over Westfield State University this afternoon in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) contest at Alumni Field.
It never hurts to get an infusion of energy and talent from other places, and this was a formula that served Salve Regina and UMass Dartmouth well in their season-opening victories.
The leaves are starting to change and our journeys are going to get a little more picturesque. Here's a trip through New England and upstate and western New York.
Contrary to the information it released a few weeks ago, the NCAA D-III football championships committee announced Friday that the Southern Athletic Association and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference will not have automatic bids to the 2014 Division III football playoffs.
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Junior Jason Ferri (Billerica, Mass.) pulled in a pair of fourth quarter touchdown receptions to whittle the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth deficit to 14-13, but a missed extra point with 41 seconds remaining in regulation allowed visiting Westfield State University to escape the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) football opener this afternoon at Cressy Field.
There were some staggering numbers this week on the Northeast landscape. Trinity won its 50th consecutive home game, UMass-Dartmouth freshman Davon Fuller intercepted a school-record four passes in one game and Colby's CT Harris had four sacks in a win over Hamilton.
Bobby Hemmann kicked a 47-yard field goal with 1:39 remaining and host Mount Ida held on for a 24-21 victory over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's football team in the first game at the Mustangs' brand new Alumni Field Friday night.
The New England Football Conference is splitting after the 2012 season, with the groups getting a second automatic bid after a two-year waiting period and taking one at-large bid away from the field.
Corsairs Football Claims Share of MASCAC Title; Bests Plymouth State, 41-7
November 11, 2023Powered by a career-high 221 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Luis Gonzalez, the UMass Dartmouth football team defeated visiting Plymouth State by a 41-7 margin in the MASCAC regular season finale for both teams. The Corsairs move to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play, securing a share of the MASCAC regular season title for the second consecutive season. The Panthers conclude their season at 4-6 with a 4-4 conference mark.
