https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/23_W-S_All-Academic_Team A total of 906 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s 2023 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/23_W-S_All-Academic_Team https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team 27 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2022 Winter Sportsmanship Team. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Recap_Video As the winter season comes to an end, we look back on the amazing season and all the exciting moments for men's and women's basketball and men's ice hockey. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Recap_Video https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/D3hoops_Awards After earning MASCAC All-Conference accolades last month, Worcester State's Aaron Nkrumah and Bridgewater State's Emerson Halbleib were named to the d3hoops.com All-Region 1 team. Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/D3hoops_Awards https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings Following the completion of the winter sports season, Westfield State maintains their advantage in the 2022-23 Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the league championship sports. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/WOR_NCAA After 29 years the Worcester State Lancers make their return to the NCAA Tournament taking on hosts #15 Middlebury College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Lancers were looking to advance to make it on to the all central mass second round in Vermont as they pushed the Panthers to the limit Friday night. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/WOR_NCAA https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_All-Conference Sophomore Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and graduate student Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State are the 2022-23 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Defensive Player of the Year and headline the All-Conference team which is voted on by the seven coaches around the conference. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-27 Erik Bjorn of Worcester State and Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after competing in the MASCAC Tournament over the past week. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-27 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Champ Brissette Court was lit up Sunday afternoon as the Worcester State Lancers and the Westfield Owls clashed in the 2023 MASCAC Men's Basketball Championship. Tournament MVP graduate student Erik Bjorn grabbed 24 rebounds to lead Worcester State to their first MASCAC Championship since 1994. Sun, 26 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Semis Top seed Worcester State and Westfield State are headed for their third straight title game match up after claiming victories in their 2023 MASCAC Men's Basketball semifinal contests Friday night. Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Semis https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Bball_Tourney_Update Due to the weather and campus closures, the MASCAC men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will now be played Friday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 26. Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Bball_Tourney_Update https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Champ_Stores The MASCAC with partner BSN Sports have winter championship gear for sale for men's and women's basketball along with men's ice hockey! The stores will remain open until Monday, March 6. Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/Winter_Champ_Stores https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Quarterfinals After winning their quarterfinal contests on Tuesday, third seed Westfield State and fifth seed Fitchburg State advance to the semifinals of the 2023 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament on Thursday. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Quarterfinals https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-20 The Bridgewater State duo of Alex Gonzalez and Emerson Halbleib grab the final MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors of the regular season after leading the Bears to a 2-0 week in MASCAC play. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-20 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Tourney_Preview Worcester State has claimed the top spot in the 2023 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after their regular season championship winning season. The tournament begins Tuesday with the quarterfinal games. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Tourney_Preview https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-13 Juran Ligonde of Framingham State and Dante Kikuba of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after their stellar individual performance for their respective squads last week. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-6 Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State claim the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after helping their team to a win in conference action last week. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_2-6 https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/22_F-W_All-Academic_Team A total of 1,220 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Fall/Winter 2022 All-Academic team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/22_F-W_All-Academic_Team https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-30 Dante Kikuba of Bridgewater State claims both the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week accolades after guiding the Bears to a 2-0 record during conference action last week. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-30 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-23 Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State takes home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the second straight week while Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State is Rookie of the Week after their two teams went 2-0 last week in MASCAC play. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-23 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-16 For the second time this season, the duo of Worcester State's Aaron Nkrumah and Bridgewater State's Dante Kikuba take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 16 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-16 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-9 Javon Taylor of Fitchburg State and Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after helping their teams to conference wins last week. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-9 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-2 Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State earns both the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week awards as the team went 1-1 at the Guilford Holiday Classic. Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_1-2 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_12-12 Ryan Rubenskas of Worcester State and Dante Kikuba of Bridgewater State claim the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after helping their teams to non-conference victories over the past week. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_12-12 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_12-5 Frederick Siayor of Fitchburg State and Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after leading their teams to non-conference wins over the past week. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_12-5 https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/22-23/Emerson_SA_Spotlight Each week, the MASCAC will interview one of the amazing student-athletes from around the conference in the MASCAC Student-Athlete Spotlight series. This week's interview is with Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State men's basketball. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/22-23/Emerson_SA_Spotlight https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-28 Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and Dante Kikuba of Bridgewater State are the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week award winners after leading their teams to non-conference wins last week. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-28 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-21 Emerson Halbleib of Bridgewater State takes home both the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after helping the Bears go 2-0 in non-conference play last week. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-21 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-14 Bridgewater State's Precious Okoh is the first MASCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week honoree after the 2022-23 season began last week. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_POW_11-14 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Preseason Reigning MASCAC Champions Westfield State has been tabbed to repeat as the 2022-23 MASCAC Men’s Basketball Championship as voted on by the seven coaches from around the league. Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/releases/MBB_Preseason