If the Northeastern men’s hockey season was to be analogized to the timeline of a VH1 retrospective, the celebrity would have had no time to celebrate their ascension from rags to riches.
The Huskies went 20-6 in the regular season and 9-3 against Colonial Athletic Association teams. They finished third in the conference, but were eliminated from the tournament by the James Madison University Dukes in a five-set marathon (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 27-29, 7-15).
After an opening 61-52 win against University of California-Riverside and another comeback win against Belmont University, the Huskies nearly had another late rally against University of North Carolina-Charlotte in the Great Alaskan Shootout Championship. They came up just short and finished in second place after losing to the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, 67-59.
Northeastern lost to the fourth-seeded University of Connecticut 1-0 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday in front of 4,675 fans at Morrone Stadium in Storss, Conn., bringing an end to one of the most prolific seasons in program history.
The men’s soccer team knew last night’s NCAA tournament matchup with Boston College would be a historic game – but they didn’t know it was going to be quite so memorable.
The Huskies advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tourney on Dante Marini's first goal of the season, topping the Boston College Eagles 1-0 at Parsons Field tonight. Click on the photo for a slideshow. (News photos/Zack Williamson)
Men’s basketball won one of its hardest non-conference game of the year against the Princeton University Tigers with their second straight last-second game winning play of the season, 67-66, on the road Tuesday night.
The Northeastern volleyball team finished the regular season on the road with two games in Virginia last weekend, coming out with a win and a loss, both in three-set sweeps.
Despite missing several players due to both national team commitments and injury, the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team was able to go 1-0-1 against the University of Vermont Catamounts.
