New England Basketball Journal • 03/09/2026

Sacred Heart dethrones Loomis Chaffee in girls Class A championship - New England Basketball Journal

DEDHAM, Mass. — Sacred Heart won its first championship in program history with a 53-46 win against Loomis Chaffee on Sunday in the Class A girls final.
It was a reversal of last year's championship, when Sacred Heart lost an experienced Loomis Chaffee team that claimed its fourth straight title in Class A.
“It can be a little overwhelming [to face a defending champion]. Last year, for sure, we got caught up in the moment,” Sacred Heart coach Ayo Hart said. “This year, having been there last yea...

New England Basketball Journal • 03/08/2026

Darrow beats Worcester Academy to claim first Class AA championship - New England Basketball Journal

DEDHAM, Mass. – Worcester Academy scored the first basket of the game – a triple from Maddie Keough – but Darrow School went on a 14-0 run immediately after that, and never looked back to secure the program’s first Class AA championship win, 55-40, at Noble and Greenough on Sunday.
Darrow is only in its second Class AA season – jumping up from Class D following the 2023-24 season – but head coach Abby Streeter, who is in her second year coaching the Ducks, had high expectations as soon as she to...

masslive • 02/05/2026

Alex Carpenter takes experiences from Massachusetts to Olympic ice

BOSTON — When the Seattle Torrent played the Boston Fleet on Jan. 7 at Agganis Arena, it was Seattle assistant captain Alex Carpenter’s first time playing at the Boston University rink. She is no stranger to Agganis Arena or the BU campus, though.When Carpenter was playing on Boston College’s ice hockey team between 2011-2016, she played in neighboring Walter Brown Arena, and her brother, Bobo, played for the Terriers from 2015-2019.“My brother and I crossed over two years in college, so I would...

masslive • 01/08/2026

Boston Fleet maintain undefeated record at home with ‘gutsy’ win over Seattle (photos)

BOSTON — As the final seconds wound down on the clock of Wednesday’s Boston Fleet game, goaltender Aerin Frankel breathed a sigh of relief as forward Jamie Lee Rattray bounced the puck off the boards and out of the zone to secure the Fleet win.The final sixty seconds, a 6-on-5 empty-net advantage as Seattle tried to overcome a one-goal deficit, were an onslaught on Boston, and it came after a penalty kill.But Frankel only had to save one shot as the players ahead of her blocked three shots in th...

New England Basketball Journal • 02/04/2026

12 women's Division 3 standouts around New England in January - New England Basketball Journal

Conference play is in full swing now that it’s February, and players are making huge impacts on the court to help their teams' success as conference tournaments and the Division 3 NCAA Tournament draw closer and closer.
New England maintains a strong presence in the national conversation. As of Jan. 27, the latest WBCA Div. 3 coaches' poll included sixth-ranked Smith, seventh-ranked Bowdoin, No. 13 Bates and No. 25 Southern Maine.
Several top players across the region have continued to excel in...

masslive • 01/29/2026

Boston Fleet outlast New York in seven-round shootout to remain undefeated at home

LOWELL — The Tsongas Center crowd expressed its dismay when Jamie Lee Rattray took a tripping call with 1:10 left in the overtime period for the Fleet against the New York Sirens on Wednesday. Boston (8-2-2-2) had spent very little time with the puck in overtime, largely due to the lack of face-off wins during the five-minute sudden-death period after the Sirens (7-0-3-6) knotted up the score 3-3 with seven minutes left in the third.To the 4,600 faithful’s relief, the Fleet killed off the overti...

New England Basketball Journal • 12/30/2025

10 Division 3 women's college standouts in December - New England Basketball Journal

The second month of play in college basketball is nearly through, and league competition has begun for D-3 women’s programs. Across the region, players are finding their footing and making and impact.
New England remains central in the Division 3 picture. No. 3 Smith, No. 7 Bowdoin, No. 12 Bates, No. 13 Trinity and No. 19 Amherst all appear in the latest WBCA Coaches' Poll. The nation's second-leading scorer gets her buckets in Maine.
From senior leaders and 50-point scorers to a breakout freshm...

masslive • 12/08/2025

Boston Fleet remain unbeaten with 4-1 win over Minnesota Frost

BOSTON — Shay Maloney had the Boston Fleet’s last game against the Minnesota Frost in mind heading into Sunday’s contest at Agganis Arena.The Fleet saw their playoff hopes end last season when the Frost dominated their way to a seven-goal victory at the end of last season.“Coming off of last season, they left a sour taste in our mouth,” Shay Maloney said. “We played with a little bit more of a chip on our shoulder, just because I think we had a little bit of something to prove at the end of last...

masslive • 12/04/2025

Another early goal for the Fleet continues Boston’s 3-0 start (photos)

BOSTON — With a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes, the Boston Fleet have started their season 3-0, the second team in PWHL history to start with three wins. The first team? The Minnesota Frost in the PWHL’s inaugural season that wrapped up with the Frost hoisting the Walter Cup.But the end of the season result is not really what head coach Kris Sparre is focusing on right now. He’s focused on building the systems that it will take to succeed throughout the season. “We’re really a process dri...

New England Basketball Journal • 12/03/2025

10 women's Division 3 standouts around New England in November - New England Basketball Journal

The college basketball season is underway for the 2025-26 season, and teams have gotten their first looks at their landscape in November.
New England in particular is on fire. Six different schools appeared in D3hoops.com's last Top 25 poll: Smith (No. 4), Bowdoin (No. 6), Bates (No. 11), Trinity (No. 14), Amherst (No. 15), and Colby (No. 19).
Across Division 3 women’s hoops, players have already exceeded expectations, and some have already surpassed milestones.
Here are 10 players around New En...

masslive • 11/23/2025

Fast start, Aerin Frankel shutout fuel Fleet season-opening win (photos)

LOWELL — It didn’t take long for the Fleet to score their first goal of the season. Less than 90 seconds into the game, Susanna Tapani sent the puck toward the net, and the forward got a bounce off a Montréal stick to give the Fleet an early lead in Boston’s season opener.The Fleet scored an insurance goal in the third, and Boston blanked the Victoire with a 2-0 win in front of 5,166 fans on Sunday at Tsongas Center.Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel made 25 saves for her third career shutout for Bo...

masslive • 11/21/2025

Boston Fleet embracing change ahead of season opener

The Boston Fleet underwent many changes during the offseason after barely missing the playoffs in the PWHL’s second season, and their upcoming season is set to be one with a new identity that includes a new head coach and a new captain.Kris Sparre assumed coaching responsibilities for the Fleet in July after inaugural coach Courtney Kessel took over the helm of the Princeton women’s hockey program.Sparre’s goals for the Fleet are to “embody the city that we are in, which is a tough, gritty style...

New England Basketball Journal • 11/11/2025

12 players to watch in New England Division 3 women's basketball - New England Basketball Journal

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New England Basketball Journal • 11/10/2025

10 New England teams to watch in Division 3 women's basketball - New England Basketball Journal

By: Chloe Patel
Division 3 women’s basketball teams in New England made up a fair share of the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, and the region will continue to produce high-level basketball that could compete on the national stage this season.
New York University secured its second straight national championship to cap off the 2024-25 season with a second consecutive victory against Smith. Smith knocked off a pair of New England teams, including Amherst and top-seeded Bowdoin, en route to its second...

Boston Globe • 03/08/2023

Addie Ruter erupts with a career performance for No. 5 Foxborough girls’ basketball in Division 2 win over Worcester South - The Boston Globe

FOXBOROUGH — In a tightly-contested MIAA Division 2 Sweet 16 matchup against No. 20 seed Worcester South, the fifth-seeded Foxborough girls’ basketball team needed a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers from Kailey Sullivan to open up a 29-17 lead with four minutes remaining in the second quarter. The Warriors (21-1) never looked back as they went on to lead by double digits for the remainder of their 71-55 victory to secure an Elite Eight berth opposite 13th-seeded Chicopee, a 40-38 winner over four