The Northeastern baseball team earned the No. 19 NCAA ranking May 19, the highest in program history. The Huskies finished the regular season with 45 wins, the highest in the NCAA, including 16 shutouts and a 24-game win streak.
As the postseason begins, here were the key factors in the team’s success this season.
An elite pitching staff
Northeastern has three consistent, talented starting weekend pitchers: left-handed graduate student Will Jones, right-handed junior Jordan Gottesman and right-handed junior Aiven Cabral.
The weekend opener must be the team’s best pitcher — its ace — and Jones is just that. He has a perfect 10-0 record with 14 earned runs and 69 strikeouts across 63 innings pitched. On May 20, Jones was named to the CAA All-Conference First Team.
In a team-leading 82 innings pitched, Saturday starter Cabral recorded 22 earned runs, 69 strikeouts and a 10-2 record this season. He joined Jones on the all-conference first team.
Gottesman logged 71 innings this season, allowing 19 earned runs while recording a team-high 79 strikeouts, an 8-2 record and two complete games. Gottesman represents the Huskies on the CAA’s All-Conference Second Team.
Graduate student left-handed pitcher Max Gitlin serves as the starter in Northeastern’s midweek contests and leads the nation in midweek wins.
Gitlin notched 14 earned runs and 30 strikeouts across 50 innings on the mound. He’s proven that he can perform under pressure, clinching the Beanpot victory over the Harvard University Crimson April 29, as well as the regular season CAA Championship May 7 against University of Massachusetts Lowell. Gitlin also recorded the pitching staff’s only nine-inning complete game against the University of Connecticut March 26, for which he earned CAA Player of the Week.
In both conference championships and the College World Series regional tournament, teams play four or five games. Starting pitchers need to be on their A-game to advance through the tournament. Northeastern has four starting pitchers that are able to go the distance and lead the team to postseason success.
However, starting pitchers cannot do it alone. They must have strong relief pitchers to secure wins for the team. Junior right-handed pitcher Charlie Walker — who was named to the All-CAA First Team — senior right-handed pitchers Brett Dunham and Jack Beauchesne and graduate student right-handed pitcher Cooper McGrath were standout relievers this season.
With a Division I-leading 2.94 ERA, 16 shutouts — the only team in double digits — and a 1.06 WHIP, Northeastern has a pitching staff that can get the job done.
Individual star power
Every team needs to have a star. And the Huskies are lucky enough to have multiple.
Redshirt junior left fielder Harrison Feinberg was named CAA Player of the Year May 20. He closed out the regular season with a .372 batting average, 14 home runs, 57 RBIs and 35 stolen bases. On top of offense, Feinberg is a defensive asset, making game-changing plays in the outfield for Northeastern this season.
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— Northeastern Baseball (@GoNUbaseball) April 16, 2025
Junior center fielder Cam Maldonado has had a record-breaking season of his own. He recorded his 81st career stolen base April 27, breaking the previous program record. Maldonado was named to the CAA All-conference First Team May 20 and earned CAA Player of the Week honors twice, on March 10 and March 31. In 200 at-bats, Maldonado recorded 75 hits, 57 RBIs, 15 home runs and 28 stolen bases with a .375 batting average.
For the second time in his career, junior shortstop Jack Goodman was named to the first team May 20, the third offensive player from Northeastern to receive the honor. Goodman has a .333 batting average with 61 hits, 49 RBIs, 10 home runs and 19 stolen bases across 183 plate appearances.
A team cannot win without scoring runs. These three players, along with a strong batting rotation, will help the Huskies put numbers on the board in postseason play.
Mike Glavine
A team is nothing without a coach.
Mike Glavine became Northeastern’s head coach in 2015 after eight seasons as the program’s recruiting coordinator, guiding the team to its best performance since 2006. In 2017 and 2018, he led Northeastern to consecutive CAA regular-season titles, and in 2021, the team made its first appearance in the CAA Championship tournament.
Glavine has claimed five CAA Coach of the Year titles, most recently in 2025. Under his leadership, Northeastern set a program record and led Division I with 45 wins in the 2024-25 season.
Now chasing their first CAA Championship title and trip to the College World Series, the Huskies have everything it takes for even more historic achievements. Easily the strongest in Northeastern’s history, this year’s team has the potential to go far in the postseason.
