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Drury's McGrath Leads Springfield College Offense

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Drury High graduate Kayla McGrath has a team-high eight goals for the Springfield College women's soccer team this fall.
 
Last week, she scored both Pride goals in a 2-0 win over Wellesley.
 
McGrath's two game-winning goals this season is currently seventh in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.
 
She has played 29 games and has 10 starts over the last two seasons for Springfield, which was 8-4-5 overall (6-2-3 in the NEWMAC) in the regular season and opens the conference tournament on Tuesday against Smith.
 
Westfield State senior Michaella Moncecchi (Wahconah) has appeared in three games with one start in goal for the Owls, stopping six shots while allowing a pair of goals. Westfield State (11-6-1) plays in the MASCAC semi-finals on Friday.
 
At Salem State, Mount Everett graduates Huda Ngoy Nkulu and Maggie Sarnacki have helped the Vikings to a 3-4 MASCAC record this fall. Ngoynkulu has one goal in 15 games, and Sarnacki has appeared in six games for Salem State, which finishes the regular season on Tuesday at home against Fitchburg State.
 
Caleb Besaw appeared in 10 games this fall and had two starts for the Castleton State men's soccer team. The Drury High grad and college junior was credited with two shots for the Spartans (4-11-3).
 
Lenox Memorial graduate Dennis Love just missed out on scoring for the Marist men's cross country team at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday.
 
Love, a first-year runner for the Red Foxes, placed 52nd among 126 finishers at the event, covering the 8-kilometer course in 27 minutes, 13.2 seconds.
 
Earlier this year, Love was Marist's fifth finisher, helping the team to a 27th-place showing out of 34 teams at the IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City.
 
Williams College sophomore and Mount Greylock graduate Kate Swann finished 45th at last weekend's NESCAC Championships, where Williams won a fourth straight league title.
 
McKenzie LaBier has 75 kills this fall for the Bay Path University volleyball team. The 2023 Wahconah graduate also has 26 solo blocks for the Wildcats (11-10) who play at MCLA on Wednesday.
 
Lee High graduate Kylie Joyce has appeared in seven matches for the Westfield State vollebyall team this fall. The Owls' sophomore had season highs for kills (five) and digs (seven) in a win over Elms College on Oct. 3. Westfield State (8-17) hosts Eastern Connecticut State on Tuesday.
 
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Mass MoCA Commission Approves Mental Health Practices as Tenants

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Mass MoCA Commission on Thursday approved three new tenants for Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. 
 
Kimma Stark, project manager at the museum, gave the commission the rundown on each of the new tenants. 
 
Eric Beeman is a licensed mental health counselor who uses art in his therapy. He holds a master's degree in expressive arts and arts therapy from Lesley University, where he's also taught graduate-level practices and principles of expressive art therapy.
 
He integrates creative arts based interventions into his clinical work including drawing painting, poetry, writing, brief drama and roleplay, movement and sound. Beeman works one-on-one and with small groups and said he mostly works with adults. 
 
He will be operating as Berkshires Expressive Arts Therapy on the third floor of Building 1. 
 
Beeman said Stark has been very helpful. "It's different than just renting a space and she's been very helpful and personable and accessible," he said. 
 
Mary Wilkes, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist, works with individuals with severe mental illness, with attachment and relationship issues and needing support navigating major life transitions. She works with teenagers, college and students and adults. 
 
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