Massachusetts
Minutemen Host Crusaders After Long Weekend – University of Massachusetts Athletics
University of Massachusetts Men’s Soccer Notes & Information | |
Matchup | Massachusetts vs. Holy Cross |
Date | Time | Tuesday, Oct. 14 | 3 p.m. ET |
Location | Rudd Field | Amherst, Mass. |
@UMassMSoccer | |
UMass Men’s Soccer | |
UMass Men’s Soccer |
AMHERST, Mass. – Massachusetts (6-3-4, 2-2-1 A10) is set for a matchup with Holy Cross (2-8-3, 1-3-1 PAT) Tuesday afternoon at Rudd Field. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. with action streaming live on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
The Minutemen are coming off a 4:2 loss at Davidson Saturday night. Oliver Akintade scored a brace for UMass to fuel a late-game comeback to trail 3-2 in the 84th minute. However, a 90th minute goal by the Wildcats would close the game in UMass’s first loss since Sep. 21.
Eyes on the Minutemen
UMass received votes from the United Soccer Coaches Poll, leaving the Minutemen just outside the top 25 rankings. Massachusetts also ranked in at No. 34 in the latest NCAA Men’s Soccer RPI.
Hughes Chasing Records
Alec Hughes currently stands second among All-Time goal scorers in program history (45), trailing only Jeff Deren ’03 (48). Hughes leads the NCAA top goal scorer chart with 10 goals on the season and 21 points respectively. He is currently trailing recent Massachusetts Athletics Hall of Famer Jeff Deren on most goals scored (48) and total points in program history (113), with Hughes having 45 goals and 98 points.
Deren (’99-’03) was inducted into the Hall of Fame this past August, helping the Minutemen to Atlantic 10 regular season championships in 2000 and 2002 while also leading UMass to the 2001 Atlantic 10 Tournament championship and an appearance in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Deren was twice named an All-American (2001, 2002), Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year (2001, 2002) and an All-New England honoree (2001, 2002).
A Look at the Squad
UMass returns 16 players from last year’s roster including Hughes and fellow graduate student Mike Willis.
Additionally, the Minutemen welcome nine newcomers featuring Dean Linden (Fr.), Sean Fernandez-Davila (Fr.), Joseph Bianco (Jr.), Johan Feilscher (Gr.), Kyle Stenzel (Gr.), Bilal Hersi (Gr.), Chris Giglio (Gr.), Layton Purchase (Gr.), and Oliver Akintade (Gr.).
Scouting Holy Cross
Holy Cross comes to Rudd Field with a 2-8-3 record in 2024. The Crusaders posted a 5-10-3 record last season, going 2-5-2 in Patriot League play. Holy Cross looks to bounce back from a five-game skid, most recently dropping a 2-0 decision to Lafayette on the road.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts teams joins hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina, Florida
Massachusetts emergency relief teams are joining in on the national aid efforts in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
“It’s been a crazy, crazy and rough ride,” said Robert Brown, CEO of Broco Energy, speaking from where he and teams were providing relief in Florida. “But when you see what you’re supporting — usually the guys that do this have a call to help, or first responder mentality, so they don’t mind working the long hours, because we know we’re providing some essential aids to get these communities back up and running.”
Brown said teams from Broco, a Haverhill-based, veteran-owned heating oil and emergency service company, went down ahead of Helene on Sept. 23 and are likely to stay another month.
The company first brought several trucks down to Tallahassee, where Helene was first predicted to hit, and moved through North Carolina and then the Gulf Coast of Florida with over 50 trucks as the storms pillaged the southern states.
They were far from the only Massachusetts volunteers to rush to aid after the natural disasters.
From Massachusetts and New England fuel companies, Brown said, they’ve worked collaboratively on relief efforts with from Townsend Energy, Tasha Fuels and Lake Region Energy, among others from across the country.
Over 50 Massachusetts Red Cross volunteers made their way down to southern states in the wake of the hurricanes. The organization also put out calls for volunteers, blood and donations and noted $250,000 donations from DraftKings and the GE Vernova Foundation.
“We have bottled water, snacks on hand, containers for hot meals when the time comes,” said one Red Cross volunteer Kelly Isenor in a video posted by the organization from Tallahassee before Milton. “We’ll shelter in place for the duration of the storm, then as soon as its safe to get out there, we are ready to go and meet the needs for anything that comes in from hurricane Milton.”
Massachusetts Task Force 1, one of the 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams with 16 members based out of Beverly, was first deployed to North Carolina in late September to assist land and water rescue operations after Helene. Over two weeks later, the team’s recovery operations are still ongoing in Madison County.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency also announced it would send down three emergency management personnel to assist efforts in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia on Oct. 9. The staff are helping to support communications, logistics and other aid efforts in the region.
Brown, a former Navy Seabee steelworker and Chelsea Fire Department captain who’s responded to natural disasters since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, called the scene the “largest I’ve ever seen.”
“There’s a lot of organized chaos, there’s a lot of moving parts,” said Brown. “But things change so quickly, and we’re moving truck to different areas, nursing homes, and the critical facilities, supporting the relief efforts in the hospitals. This incident scaled up so fast.”
Ways to assist hurricane Milton and Helene relief efforts can be found on FEMA’s Volunteer and Donate page.
Massachusetts
Boston man arrested for brandishing a gun during Uber ride in Medford
A Boston man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly brandished a gun during an Uber ride in Medford, Massachusetts, last week.
Medford police said they received a call around 1:40 a.m. on Friday for a report of an intoxicated man who had brandished a firearm during an Uber ride in the area of Rockwell Avenue.
Later that day, police said they followed up on the case and obtained surveillance footage of the suspect entering an address on the Mystic Valley Parkway. The search warrant was executed around 2:30 p.m., and the suspect was located.
During their search, police said they found large amounts of drugs and money, along with a loaded gun. The serial number had been scratched out, making it unreadable.
The suspect, identified by police as 33-year-old Jaliel Langston, of Boston, was arrested and charged with unlawful carrying of a firearm, subsequent offense; unlawful possession of ammunition; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; possession of a firearm with a mutilated serial number during a felony; drug trafficking and possession with intent to distribute, subsequent offense.
Langston is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday in Somerville District Court.
Massachusetts
How to watch Massachusetts Senate debate between Elizabeth Warren and John Deaton
BOSTON – Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and her Republican challenger, attorney John Deaton, will face off in their only Boston area debate on Tuesday, October 15.
Hosted by WBZ-TV, the debate between Warren, the Democratic incumbent, and Deaton will be hosted by WBZ political analyst Jon Keller.
How to watch the Massachusetts Senate debate on cable
The one-hour debate is being broadcast live on WBSK-TV Channel 38 in the Boston area starting at 8:30 p.m.
Where to stream the Massachusetts Senate debate
The debate will be streamed for free on CBS News Boston, on the free CBS News app on your connected TV or smartphone, on Paramount+, and all platforms where CBS News Boston is available, including CBSNews.com and YouTube.
Where to watch a replay of the Massachusetts Senate debate
The full debate will be available to watch on CBS News Boston’s YouTube page. It will also be available in the video player at the top of this page.
Where is the debate being held?
The debate is taking place at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston.
What to know about the debate
There will be no opening statements or closing remarks from the two candidates.
Warren is attempting to win a third term in the U.S. Senate. Deaton is an attorney and a U.S. Marine veteran who has never held public office.
A Republican hasn’t beaten an incumbent U.S. Senator in Massachusetts in exactly 100 years. The most recent poll shows Warren holding a large lead over Deaton.
This will be the first of two debates in the Massachusetts Senate race. The second one will be held in Springfield on Thursday, October 17.
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