Baseball
After recording the second-best record in the history of the program, Head Coach Brendan Eygabroat and his Beacons are off to the NCAA DIII Regional Tournament. After suffering elimination from the Little East Conference postseason tournament, UMass Boston still received an at-large bid to make it to the postseason. Eygabroat is excited to see his squad rewarded for their hard work.
“[Our Team] had an excellent year. You always want an automatic bid, but we’ll take it,” said the coach. “Now it’s time to focus on our game this Wednesday.” The Beacons are headed down to Pennsylvania for a 10 a.m. game on May 18.
The Beacons definitely earned their way to this regional tournament after having a historic season. Currently the Beacons have 28 wins and 14 losses overall, with a 10-4 record in LEC play. Collectively, the team ended the year with a .281 batting average, a .378 on base percentage, a .393 slugging percentage, and 23 home runs.
On the season, Junior Dave Murphy has been absolutely phenomenal, making big offensive plays whenever the Beacons need him most. During the four postseason games, Murphy managed to go yard three different times. Two of which helped lead the Beacons to consecutive postseason victories against Keene and Dartmouth. If the Beacons want to do some damage this postseason, they’ll need to rely on Murphy’s swing.
Lacrosse
Tyler Low and the Lacrosse program had another excellent season, posting an overall record of 12 wins and 6 losses. Impressively, during the regular season, the Beacons managed to win 4 of their 6 Little East Conference match-ups. Despite the team’s in conference success, UMass Boston was eliminated in the first round of the LEC postseason.
During the first round matchup against rival UMass Dartmouth, the Beacons went down 3 goals early in the first quarter. Despite the slow start, UMass Boston managed to string together a comeback, narrowly falling short to the Corsairs by a single goal. The match ended 12 goals Dartmouth to 11 goals Boston. While the team’s postseason aspirations ultimately fell short, the team has a lot of positives to bring with them this offseason, including 5 second-team all-conference honors.
“The [lacrosse team] has tons of nasty talent coming up the ranks next year. Tyler did a great job with recruiting the past couple seasons,” said former Beacons standout John Powers. “Losing Calvin will be a big hit for the team, but they should have enough talent collectively to make up for his loss. They should be solid again next year.”
Hopefully Powers is right. This season, the Beacons will graduate 10 seniors, including a key goal-scorer, Calvin Lee; an elite goalkeeper, Craig Frehill; and playmakers Nick Weiss and Michael Kennedy. These four athletes have been at the core of the team’s success throughout the year. Fortunately, freshman Michael Lund, paired with sophomores Conor Smith and Matthew Duggan, makes for a solid trio to build on for the future.
Softball
After an incredible year, the softball program suffered a loss in the Little East Conference Championship Series. Despite the final disappointing defeat, the Beacons had a season to be proud of. Five separate athletes were awarded with conference honors for their outstanding play on the season.  
While the athletes get to enjoy some vacation time this summer, Head Coach Natalia Ardagna has a heavy work load as she enters her offseason. While the team only has one graduating senior, Ardagna needs to make some slight improvements within the roster, including an upgrade in bullpen depth.
With additional recruitment and another full year of experience under the team’s belt, UMass Boston should be able to post a .650 percent winning percentage next season. This season, the Beacons finished the year with a 22-19 overall record, but just a 6-8 record in conference. To establish UMass Boston as a top team in the program, Ardagna will need to turn around their LEC record.
Tennis
Head Coach Eric Berg and the Beacon tennis team look to improve on a rough journey this season. Overall, the team finished with a poor 8-12 record. However, during in-conference matches, the Beacons managed to pull out some big-time wins, earning themselves an LEC record of 4-2 overall.
While the Beacons struggled in much of the regular season, the team found some footing in their last 8 games of the year. UMass Boston managed to win 5 games during this stretch, all of which were against Little East opponents. The Beacons capped their late season success with 2 postseason victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the LEC tournament.
Three Beacon athletes were awarded for their excellent performances during the season. Josh Bhasin was name LEC Rookie of the Year, Jack Wang earned first-team LEC, and Austin DeLasse took home an all-conference honor.