An anticipated UMass men's lacrosse season hit a speed bump on Feb. 7, when the university announced a two-week pause in all activities following a surge in COVID cases.
That delayed what is shaping up to be an anticipated campaign in Amherst, for a team that returns just about everyone from a squad whose signature win a year ago came against then-No. 1 Yale.
In the final installment of our conference previews, which also appear in the January-February issue of New England Lacrosse Journal, we examine the region's two teams in the Colonial Athletic Association: UMass and Fairfield, which both finished 5-2 a year ago.