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River Hawks on the verge of ending a playoff drought

River Hawks on the verge of ending a playoff drought

(Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics) “Junior Ethan Agyare-Danso (left) dribbles the ball, building up the offensive attack against UMBC.” Tristin Henson Connector Editor   The River Hawks Men’s soccer team has been doing very well this season, and they are currently 7-4-2, only needing one more win to get them to the playoffs. If they

The soccer roundup with conference play underway

(Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics) “The River Hawks team celebrate a goal together.” Jason Cooke Connector Editor On the heels of its seventh straight postseason appearance, the UMass Lowell women’s soccer team is off to a strong start on its 2025 campaign, with hopes of tending to unfinished business following last fall’s loss in

River Hawks prevail on Halloween with 1-0 win over Bryant

(Photo courtesy of UML Athletics) “River Hawks players celebrate” Shaan Baid Connector Editor The River Hawks enjoyed Halloween with a 1-0 win against Bryant on Thursday night. Graduate student Marissa Saucedo came up huge for the winners by scoring the game-winning goal at the 84:33 mark. UMass Lowell improves to 5-9-3 with the win. Defensively,

Men’s Soccer 0-0 tie against Northeastern

(Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics) “Shunnosuke Nakajima handles the ball” Shaan Baid Connector Editor The River Hawks ended their contest with Northeastern in a 0-0 draw on Tuesday night at Cushing Field, thanks to junior goalkeeper JR Gawel’s five clutch saves. With the draw, the River Hawks now sit at 5-1-3 in the season.

World Cup predictions after U.S. faces unsustainable loss to Netherlands

(Photo courtesy of Bloomberg) “Forward Christian Pulisic looks off after U.S. is eliminated by the Netherlands.” Tanner Hume Connector Editor The group stages are finally done after two weeks of brutal competition. Upsets were had, and surprise qualifications were aplenty. This has been a very entertaining World Cup so far, but now, it’s knockout time,

Predictions for each of the 2022 FIFA World Cup groups

(Photo courtesy of Marca.com) “The final groups for the 2022 World Cup.” Tanner Hume Connector Editor The 2022 FIFA World Cup has finally arrived, and there is a lot of craze in the world of soccer/football. What stinks is that the sale of alcohol was banned in Qatar during the tournament, so everyone must be

125 dead after tear gas triggers fatal soccer stadium rush in Indonesia

(Photo courtesy of TSN.ca) “People gather in a vigil to mourn those who tragically passed.” Jon Hatem Connector Staff On Saturday, October 1st, at least 125 Indonesian people were estimated to have passed after an incident between rival fans and the police. Occurring in Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, Indonesia, this is among the worst crowd