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By GARRETT COTE

Not even three minutes into the NCAA Division 3 women’s basketball national championship game, it was clear Smith College had its hands full with undefeated NYU — the reigning Div. 3 champions which held a 61-game winning streak entering Saturday. The Pioneers were well aware of just how dominant the Violets are considering they lost to them in last year’s title game, but after NYU ripped off the game’s first nine points, the journey to the top of the mountain became even steeper.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’ll be a rematch in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball National Championship game. 

A 22-point game from Ally Landau helped the Smith College basketball team advance past Gustavus Adolphus, 61-50, in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division 3 women’s tournament on Saturday.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team’s nine-point fourth quarter lead in the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball second round had evaporated. Amherst College clawed its way back in it on the defensive end, holding the host Pioneers to just six points for the first 9 minutes, 30 seconds of the frame, and got a massive 3-pointer from guard Reagan Pahl with 13 seconds left to tie the game at 50 apiece. Smith’s deafening crowd turned silent as head coach Lynn Hersey called timeout to draw up a play.

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — Youssef Ahmed Sabbagh remembers little about growing up under Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, but the details he can recall are memories he’d rather forget.“I used to hear and see missiles, bullets and explosives,” said Sabbagh, a...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Smith College junior Nadira Talayee and Montague resident Francia Wisnewski both love to run. While Wisnewski was running a 2021 New York City marathon to raise money for the nonprofit Free to Run, that organization was providing a safe...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Smith College women’s basketball team refused to go away in the NCAA Division III National Championship game on Saturday night. Undefeated NYU — which entered with an unblemished 30-0 record on the season and had outscored its...

By GARRETT COTE

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wartburg’s Sarah Faber stepped back and let fly a 3-pointer in the waning moments of regulation against Smith College in the NCAA Division 3 Final Four on Thursday night. If she missed, the Pioneers would go to their first-ever...

GREENFIELD — In celebration of Women’s History Month, Greenfield Community College is welcoming Smith College Professor Carrie Baker for a discussion on the intersection of democracy and women’s rights.The event, titled “Democracy and Women’s Rights:...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A continued challenge for some prospective students and their families in accessing federal financial aid applications, and a corresponding delay in relaying the information from these forms to colleges and universities, is raising...