Behind strong performances by Daniel Wu in the long jump and Josh Boone, Joseph Doyle, Scott VanderMolen and Jonathan Pierce in the distance medley relay, the Minutemen put forth a solid effort in the fourth competition of the year.

Both the mens’ and womens’ teams will head to Buffalo for the A-10 championships in hopes of bringing the title back to Amherst.

Brian Flynn scored two goals in a 6-3 victory over UNH, while fans of Hockey East can now vote interactively for the All-Decade team. UMass-Lowell had a big third period to beat Merrmiack 3-1.

Dayton upset second-ranked Xavier Saturady with a 90-65 victory, while Fordham narrowly upset Charlotte and Samari Spears, who scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while being named A-10 Player of the Week.

Behind strong performances from senior captain Alec Goolsby and junior Danny Arnao, the Minutemen won the NECHA West Division with victories over Westfield State and Keene.

With seven goals in the first 16 minutes of play by the five-time defending national champions, UMass was in a constant catch-up role against Northwestern on Saturday. The Minutewomen put some pressure on later in the game, but the deficit was too much as they fell 18-6.

The Minutemen fell 7-1 to No. 14 Boston College on Friday night, a deficit the team hasn’t seen since 2005. In that year, again against the Eagles, UMass fell by a score of 7-0, but since then never lost a game by six or more goals until last Friday.

With 21 points by the Minutemen in the final 3:45 of Saturday’s game at Rhode Island, it seemed they might overcome any late deficit. But once again, UMass fell behind too much too early and could not rebound like they’ve done so often this season.

With a change in its pre-game events, UMass earned its third win at home this season, the first one since a win over Villanova on Nov. 22.

Led by Jasmine Watson’s career-high 21 points and another 16 points from Kristina Danella, the Minutewomen dominated down low against the Rams in their 60-50 victory.