After spending her freshman year at East Carolina University in North Carolina, Emma Mendoker is back in Amherst. The Amherst Regional alum confirmed that she has been granted her release by ECU and has verbally committed to the University of Massachusetts.

After capturing the Atlantic 10 championship Saturday, the University of Massachusetts softball team stayed in St. Louis. Not expecting to host an NCAA regional, the Minutewomen figured the Gateway to the West was as good a launching point as any because any series figured to be well west or south of Amherst.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - With the second-best offense and the most wins in the country, the University of Massachusetts women's lacrosse team hoped to extend its 12-game winning streak deep into the NCAA tournament.

Amherst Regional will have four participants in the Western Massachusetts individual tennis semifinals to be held this weekend, including three finalists from last year.

Amherst's top girls singles duo of Maya Hart and Nicole McCann breezed to the final four last weekend.

The Amherst Regional ultimate program put its stamp on the first Northeastern Championships Sunday.

The girls and boys teams combined to outscore the competition 166-34 as they swept the titles at Rogers Field in Devens. The girls team beat Watchung Hills 13-7, while the boys squad topped Needham 13-2.

Aiden Barrett scattered seven hits and struck out seven in a complete-game 7-2 victory by the Hopkins Academy baseball team at Athol Saturday.

Evan Delaney had three hits, two RBIs and a home run, while Ethan Wenner added two hits and an RBI for the Golden Hawks (7-5, 7-4 Hampshire).

The Daily Hampshire Gazette highlighted the top winter athletes recently, selecting a player of the year for each sport as well as additional all-star teams.

Here are the players from towns covered by the Amherst Bulletin who were honored in the Gazette.

A combined one loss between the University of Massachusetts men's and women's lacrosse teams wasn't enough to get either of them the seeds they'd hoped for in the NCAA tournament.

The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team will add a big man to close out its 2012 recruiting class.

The Minutemen have also added a transfer guard.

Isaac Freeman, a 7-foot-1, 215-pound center from Manassas, Va., who played at South Kent (Conn.) Prep this year, announced Monday that he chose UMass over Drexel after taking an official visit in Amherst this weekend.

Facing one of the top pitchers in the region, the Amherst Regional baseball team finally got its bats going.

The Hurricanes pounded out 13 runs on 13 hits en route to a 13-5 win over defending Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament champion Minnechaug Regional last week at Stan Ziomek Field.

The offense clicked, the defense kept dominating and the Amherst Regional boys lacrosse team earned a signature win Tuesday.

The Hurricanes won at powerhouse Longmeadow for the second straight season, dispatching the Lancers 15-7.

James Ihedigbo wasn’t worried about his current lack of a football job when he walked into Lit, a nightclub on Boltwood Walk.

Friday was about having a good time and raising money for his HOPE Africa charity. Saturday was for reconnecting with old friends at the University of Massachusetts spring football game. He'll worry about where he's going to play next year, next week.

No University of Massachusetts football players were selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, but shortly after it ended, five Minutemen were signed to free agent contracts earning them a chance to make a team out of camp.

UMass freshman Quianna Diaz-Patterson and senior Sara Plourde were named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, Monday.

Diaz-Patterson hit .643 with an on-base percentage of .706 and a slugging percentage of 1.071. The shortstop from Amherst also collected at least one hit, one run and one RBI in all five games.

Diaz-Patterson drove in the eventual game-winning run in Tuesday's 5-4 win over Rhode Island and scored the eventual game winners in both games against Charlotte on Sunday.

The University of Massachusetts women's lacrosse team earned its four-peat Sunday with a 15-9 win over Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Championship game in Richmond, Va.

The Amherst ultimate frisbee community will welcome back a pair of high-quality competitors to this weekend's Amherst Invitational.

Both the Paideia School of Atlanta and the Seattle Fryz are among the 30 teams that will compete on Saturday and Sunday in the 21st edition of arguably the best high school tournament in the country.

The Amherst Regional baseball team lost a 3-2 thriller to Brattleboro (Vt.) in extra innings last week despite a dominant pitching performance by starter Michael Walkowicz.

Walkowicz struck out 15 and allowed one earned run on four hits over seven innings before he was taken out because of a high pitch count at Amherst.

The Amherst Regional boys track and field team came away as one of the biggest winners in Saturday's Steele Relays at Northampton, winning five team events and two individual events.

Aiden Barrett and the Hopkins Academy baseball team overcame a rough first inning that forced them to dig out of a three-run hole to earn a 5-3 win over Turners Falls at home Friday.

Barrett allowed three runs, none earned, on four hits and four walks while striking out nine in the complete-game effort for the Golden Hawks (4-4, 4-3 Hampshire).

Brie Cook's third hit and fourth RBI broke the game open in the ninth inning and kept the Frontier Regional softball team perfect with a 7-3 win over Hopkins Academy in Hadley Friday.

Cook singled home Katelyn Wood to give the Red Hawks (9-0, 8-0 Franklin) the lead and Frontier posted two more insurance runs.