Last season, the Northeastern baseball team rose to the forefront of collegiate baseball after reaching No. 19 in national rankings, the highest in program history. The Huskies finished with a 49-11 overall record, going 25-2 in the conference, and had a 27-game win streak — the longest in the nation.
All eyes are on the team this season as fans and analysts alike wait to see what the Huskies will do to follow up their historic success.
“This is the 106th team in program history,” head coach Mike Glavine said. “I think they’re going to do all the things that Northeastern baseball has done before, which has been grit and toughness and being proud of the logo.”
In his 11 seasons at the helm, Glavine has created one of the strongest mid-major baseball programs in the nation. Alongside him, pitching coach Kevin Cobb has produced an elite pitching staff in his 13 season with the team. He has led the team to two CAA Championships and four NCAA tournament regional appearances. However, few Northeastern baseball campaigns compare to the historic 2025 season.
“You move on, you don’t even really talk about it,” Glavine said about last season. “These guys want their own story. They want their own season.”
In addition to his collegiate success, Glavine has coached 10 Northeastern alumni who played in the 2025 MLB season, including standout Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler and Chicago Cubs pitcher Aaron Civale.
This season, the roster has taken on a new shape. The team lost two staples in the lineup in Cam Maldonado and Jack Goodman to the MLB draft. Key players remain in junior outfielder Ryan Gerety and senior shortstop Carmelo Musacchia. Due to the loss of star power, new players have stepped up to the plate to be the face of Northeastern baseball.
Redshirt senior left fielder Harrison Feinberg has emerged as a potential star player for the Huskies this season.
Feinberg entered the 2026 season with eyes on him from around the nation. The left fielder was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-American Second Team, as well as the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List.
A .367 batting average, team-leading 18 home runs — tying the team single-season stolen bases record at 37 — and 67 RBIs earned him the title of 2025 CAA Co-Player of the Year.
“I have to remember to just have fun, play out there with my boys, not take the whole game too seriously, not let the pressure get to me and keep playing my game like I have in the past,” Feinberg said on the pressure to perform this season.
So far this season, Feinberg has logged 31 runs from 38 hits, 27 RBIs and six home runs, leading the team in all three categories. If he stays on this pace, he is likely to be selected in the 2026 MLB draft.
“I really want him to be himself,” Glavine said. “He can beat you in five different ways — with his bats, with power, with speed, with defense, with his arms. So if he’s not hitting that day, then he can beat you in a different way.”
Of course, no one player can do it on their own. And despite losing a large number of the pitching staff to the MLB draft last year, Feinberg has faith in those who remain.
“We’re going to pitch very well. We have a lot of talented arms that [the media] really don’t know about,” Feinberg said.
Senior right-handed pitcher Ryan Griffin has set a perfect example for the pitching staff this season. In Northeastern’s 13-10 victory over Louisiana State University March 2, Griffin pitched 5.1 innings, holding the defending national champions to just two runs before exiting the contest.
“You go into one of those games like you have nothing to lose,” Griffin said. “You go show them what you’re made of. “No one expects a mid-major from Boston to go down to Baton Rouge and take a win from the Tigers.”
Hailing from North Andover, Mass., Griffin followed in the footsteps of his high school teammate, Sebastian Keane, who turned down playing for the Boston Red Sox to play at Northeastern following his senior year of high school and now plays in the Yankees organization. Keane’s decision, alongside prestigious academics, is what drew Griffin to Northeastern.
“It takes a tough player to turn down really good offers to go play for an awesome coach like Coach Glavine,” he said. “Coach Glavine and Coach Cobb, they know exactly how to get under your skin to get the best out of you. I couldn’t ask for better coaches.”
Six freshmen and six sophomores are members of the pitching staff, making the overall staff relatively young. Because of this, Griffin and the other senior pitchers have stepped up as leaders.
“No matter what the score is, you want to go out there and trust your stuff, be as confident as possible, and let it play out,” Griffin said on how he encourages younger pitchers.
The Huskies are determined to write a new story this season. Glavine has put an emphasis on the team having “a chip on their shoulder” and wants his players to give their all this year.
“We’ll talk about last year in terms of culture and how we loved having fun together every single day,” Griffin said. “[The doubt] builds more of a heart, and nothing comes easy for the Huskies at all. Embodying that grind and that grit will help us on the field.”
