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As her final season as a member of the UMass Women's Basketball program starts to come to a close, Sam Breen sat down with WMUA Sports' Jacob Munch to discuss her collegiate basketball journey, how coming to UMass changed her mindset on basketball, and what she'll miss most as well as a final message to the UMass community.    *This conversation was conducted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2...

As her final season as a member of the UMass Women’s Basketball program starts to come to a close, Destiney Philoxy sat down with WMUA Sports’ Jacob Munch to discuss her lifelong basketball journey, her growth both as a player and person at UMass, and her relationship with Head Coach Tory Verdi as well as a final message to the UMass community.   * This conversation was conducted on Tuesday,...

Breakdown of URI and Dayton games, Looking forward to the next week of games, A-10 Tourney talk and transfer portal

It's a program record 12 Game Winning Streak for the UMass Minutewomen!!! They went down to Kingston and finally got a victory against Rhode Island to move into a tie for first place before they handedly beat Davidson at home in front of the largest non-Field Trip Day crowd at the Mullins Center in at least 8 years! Jacob Munch, Sam Kinches, Chris Vogel, Beckett Storey, and Josh Schreiber break it...

During halftime of the UMass Minutewomen vs Davidson Wildcats basketball game on Sun Feb 19, 2023 from the Mullins Center, WMUA broadcasters Jacob Munch and Pedro Gray Soares were joined live on the Official Radio Network of UMass Women's Basketball by the all-time leading scorer in UMass Women's Basketball history, Sue Peters! 

The crew previews UMass and its pivotal series against their conference rival: Boston College in this episode of the UMass Hockey Hour !! Join Noah Glickman, John Ruggiero, Andrew Golden, and Chris Vogel as they discuss what they expect out of UMass this coming weekend along with their struggles against UVM. Is there high confidence in the Minutemen to get the job done?? Listen in and find out......

It was yet another pair of great wins for the UMass Minutewomen as they won an instant classic vs the Fordham Rams and then dominated George Mason in Fairfax, VA. On Episode 20 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch, Beckett Storey, and Andrew White recap the excellent UMass victories before they fully shift their focus to this week's matchup in Kingston, RI against the Rhode Island Ram...

The UMass Minutewomen extended their winning streak to 8 games with a narrow home victory over Richmond and a large road win at La Salle. Josh Schreiber, Andrew White, Jacob Munch, and Beckett Storey provide their analysis of the two wins, right here on Episode 19 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show. Then it's another Stump the Senior edition followed by previews of this week's home rematch vs th...

UMass is riding a 6 game winning streak into the month of February and Sam Kinches, Chris Vogel, Andrew White, and Jacob Munch give their thoughts of the blowout victories over VCU and Duquesne here on Episode 18 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show. Our hosts preview the upcoming midweek home game verse the Richmond Spiders - who feature the back-to-back A-10 Rookie of the Week -, before taking a...

The UMass Minutewomen went 2-0 this week picking up a gritty road win at Fordham and a complete road win at Dayton! On Episode 17 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch, Josh Schreiber, and Chris Vogel explain what impressed them most about the pair of victories. Then, they preview the home VCU Field Trip game as well as Sunday's upcoming road trip to Duquesne. 

Coming off of an important win over Saint Joseph's this past weekend, the road does not get easier for UMass as for the first time in four years, they head down to Fordham to take on the veteran Rams. In Episode 16 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, our team of Sam Kinches, Chris Vogel, Jacob Munch, and Andrew White discuss those two critical A-10 games before taking our very first look at next...

On Episode 15 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Sam Kinches, Andrew White, Chris Vogel, and Jacob Munch try their best to explain what went wrong for the Minutewomen in their home loss to URI, focusing specifically on the consistency issues that continue to plague UMass. Then, the group moves along to a much better result: the win over Loyola Chicago before issuing a preview and some keys to w...

Welcome to 2023 Minutewomen faithful and welcome to conference play!! UMass beat St. Bonaventure handedly on New Year's Eve behind Sam Breen's first career triple-double, the second in program history, and now UMass tries to build off of the victory as they look ahead to hosting a team that defeated them twice last season: the Rhode Island Rams. Episode 14 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show feat...

It's a very special episode of the UMass Women's Basketball Show... It's our Atlantic 10 Preview Show!!! Jacob Munch, Chris Vogel, Sam Kinches, Beckett Storey, and Josh Schreiber go in depth about all 15 teams in the Atlantic 10 including who might challenge the Minutewomen for the regular season crown as well as which teams might do better or worse than their non-conference record suggests. Get e...

In Episode 12 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Jacob Munch and Chris Vogel discuss the impressive demolition by the UMass Minutewomen over Saint Peter's last week. And as UMass hosts Dartmouth on Wed Dec 28, the question is: can UMass repeat that impressive performance again this week? Chris and Jacob seem to feel pretty confident as Massachusetts gets ready for their final non-conference gam...

Happy Holidays UMass fans!! With a break in the game schedule and only two non-conference games left to go, Jacob Munch, Beckett Storey, Sam Kinches, and Chris Vogel recap the Minutewomen non-conference slate on Episode 11 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show! It's also that time of year to pass out some awards so everyone announces their selections for 7 awards including Newcomer, Best Defensive...

UMass Women's Basketball is on their first losing skid of the season as they have now lost two games in a row. Jacob Munch, Andrew White, Beckett Storey, and Sam Kinches break down what went wrong for the Minutewomen and who they would like to see step up in the near future. The crew also has the second UMass Women's Basketball Trivia Show as Andrew tests Beckett and Sam's Minutewomen trivia knowl...

A lot to unpack from a couple one game sets in the WEEK 11 episode of the UMass Hockey Hour !! Join Noah Glickman , Scottie Marro, Jimmy Whelan, and Maddie Poplawski as they discuss the recent shootout loss* for the Minutemen against UML over the weekend, along with a 2-1 loss to Merrimack on Wednesday night. What can UMass do to clean up its recent penalty problem, and where do they stand after t...

After a split of UMass Women's Basketball's games in the Briann January Classic down in Tempe, Arizona this weekend, Jacob Munch, Beckett Storey, Sam Kinches, and Chris Vogel go over the weekend on Episode 9 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show! A couple cons from this weekend but also plenty of pros including Destiney Philoxy becoming the program's all-time leader in Games Played and Assists! We...

It was a fantastic weekend down in Miami for the UMass Minutewomen as they were victorious in an overtime thriller and then won the FIU Thanksgiving Classic Championship!! On Episode 8 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Sam Kinches, Jacob Munch, Josh Schreiber, and Chris Vogel reminisce on a highly successful week for UMass and then begin to turn the page towards the visiting Yale Bulldogs who...

Join Scottie Marro, Andrew Golden, John Ruggiero and Sam Kinches as they preview the upcoming Friendship Four in-season tournament taking place in Belfast, Ireland for the UMass Minutemen, along with reviewing their first win in five games against UNH last Saturday, and end off the show by Stumping the Senior and telling everyone what they are thankful for this hockey season.

It's a short work/school week for people this week but it is the opposite for UMass Women's Basketball! On Episode 7 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Sam Kinches and Jacob Munch explain why UMass's wins over Maine and Harvard in the past week were so impressive even though they came in very different ways. Sam and Jacob also share what to expect in Tuesday's game at UMass Lowell before previe...

Lots of negativity in the room from the WMUA upperclassmen in the WEEK 8 episode of the UMass Hockey Hour !! Join Scottie Marro, Devin Dobek, Maddie Poplawski, and Andrew Golden as they discuss everything that has been going wrong during a 5-game losing skid for Minutemen, and what they need to do to clean up their mistakes with another Hockey East matchup @ UNH upcoming. Will we see an unseen cha...

On Episode 6 of the UMass Women's Basketball Show, Josh Schreiber, Sam Kinches, Jacob Munch, and Chris Vogel give their thoughts and feelings about UMass's loss to #5 Tennessee this past Thursday and then they move ahead to previewing Monday's home game vs Maine and Friday's road game at Harvard. Predictions are made and there may have been some upset selections... Tune in to find out. The UMass W...

Listen in as Scottie Marro, Jimmy Whelan, Jacob Repper, and Sam Kinches dive into a rather difficult last couple of weeks for UMass Hockey on this fifth episode of the UMass Hockey Hour. They discuss what went wrong for UMass against Providence last weekend, preview this weekend's series against Boston University, and venture into NHL talk for the first time this season. Plus, another edition...