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Vinny Borgesi skates down the ice to get open for a pass Jan. 26. Borgesi scored the second goal of the night against Merrimack College.

The force is not with Huskies in loss to Merrimack

Elli Einset and Bailey Reynolds January 26, 2025

The force failed the Huskies Jan. 25 when Northeastern men’s hockey (9-11-3, 4-8-3 HE) narrowly fell to the Merrimack College Warriors (10-13-1, 6-7-1 HE) 4-3 at Star Wars night in Matthews Arena.  “We just can’t make the mistakes we made in the second period,” head...

Skylar Irving fights for the puck Jan. 7. Irving collected a goal and an assist against Merrimack Jan. 25.

‘Everybody wants to beat the Huskies’: Northeastern women’s hockey takes 8-point weekend sweep against Merrimack

Frances Klemm, deputy sports editor January 26, 2025

Northeastern women’s hockey (17-8-1, 12-6-1 HE) faced off against the Merrimack College Warriors (6-17-3, 3-13-3 HE) and came back with its fourth weekend sweep of the season, with a 4-0 score Jan. 24 and 4-1 Jan. 25.  Coming off a high from an overwhelming 4-0 victory...

Harold Woods and Rashad King stand, waiting for the opposing team to bring the ball down the court Dec. 3, 2024. King notched 19 points against Drexel Jan. 23.

Northeastern defeats Drexel for fifth home win

Elli Einset, sports editor January 25, 2025

Northeastern men’s basketball team (11-9, 3-4) CAA broke their two-game losing streak Jan. 23, beating the Drexel Dragons (11-9, 3-4 CAA) 70-61 in their first home game since Jan. 4.  The Huskies were dominant in their three-pointers in the first half, collecting four out...

Yirsy Quéliz shoots a jumper. Quéliz had 11 points against William & Mary Jan. 19.

Northeastern women’s basketball loses heartbreaker against William & Mary

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 20, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-13, 0-5 CAA) took yet another devastating loss at home Jan. 19, this time against the William & Mary Tribe (6-10, 3-2 CAA), 74-66.  With only seven healthy players left for Northeastern due to injuries, the game quickly became...

Cam Lund skates up the ice with the puck Jan. 10. Lund scored the second goal for the Huskies in the Jan. 18 game against University of Vermont.

Northeastern men’s hockey take first weekend sweep of the season against Vermont

Elli Einset, sports editor January 20, 2025

Northeastern men’s hockey (9-10-3, 4-7-3 HE) swept the University of Vermont Catamounts (8-12-3, 3-8-2 HE) in back-to-back games Jan. 17 and 18.  The first game of the weekend was a fierce battle that was eventually sent into overtime, 2-1, while the second game leaned...

Harold Woods drives past his defender Jan. 4. Woods collected 20 points against College of Charleston Jan. 18.

Northeastern takes another close loss to College of Charleston on the road

Elli Einset, sports editor January 19, 2025

Northeastern men’s basketball (10-9, 2-4 CAA) narrowly fell to the College of Charleston Cougars (15-4, 5-1 CAA) 87-85 Jan. 18, marking its fourth conference and second consecutive loss.  The Huskies started off strong; Keeping up with the Cougars, Northeastern shot 54%...

Graduate student forward Jaden Bogden skates down the ice with the puck. The Huskies were coming off a season high Jan. 18 after taking Boston College down in Matthews Arena for the Beanpot semifinals 4-2 Jan. 14.

‘Effort wasn’t there, execution wasn’t there’: Northeastern women’s hockey falls in Beanpot intermission play against Providence

Frances Klemm, deputy sports editor January 19, 2025

The Northeastern women’s hockey team (14-8-1, 10-6-1 HE) took on the Providence College Friars (13-8-3, 9-6-2 HE) Jan. 18 and faced its first consecutive defeats all season. The Huskies were coming off a season high after taking Boston College down in Matthews Arena for the...

Freshman guard María Sánchez Pitarch dribbles down the court Nov. 14. Five of Towson’s points came off turnovers from Northeastern and the Huskies failed to score on any of Towson’s mistakes.

Northeastern women’s basketball collapses in second half, suffers defeat against Towson

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 18, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-12, 0-4 CAA) was demolished by the Towson Tigers (4-12, 2-3 CAA) 79-43 on the road Jan. 17.  Northeastern was coming off their closest game against a conference opponent, a Jan. 12 loss to the University of North Carolina Wilmington...

JB Frankel keeps his eyes on his opponent, waiting for him to make his move Jan. 4. Frankel collected 13 points and one steal against UNCW Jan. 16.

Northeastern falls short to UNCW Seahawks

Elli Einset, sports editor January 17, 2025

Northeastern men's basketball (10-8, 2-3 CAA) took a tough loss to the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks (13-5, 3-2 CAA), or UNCW, 72-80 on the road in Wilmington Jan. 16.  After tying up their conference record against Stony Brook Jan. 11, the Huskies slipped...

The Doghouse cheers on the team as captain junior forward Jack Williams lines up to play. The Northeastern men's hockey team was handed a disappointing 5-0 loss by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen Jan. 10 at Matthews Arena

‘They played big boy hockey, and we didn’t’: Northeastern’s hot and cold weekend split against UMass brings two shutouts and messy play

Esha Minhas, news staff January 13, 2025

The Northeastern men's hockey team (7-10-3, 2-7-3 HE) was handed a disappointing 5-0 loss by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen (10-9-2, 3-6-2 HE) Jan. 10 at a packed Matthews Arena but were able to come back the next night with a shutout in Minutemen territory....

Natalie Larrañaga dribbles past the defenders Nov. 14, 2024. Larrañaga notched 10 points against UNCW Jan. 12.

Women’s basketball takes frustrating loss to UNCW

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 12, 2025

The Northeastern’s women basketball team (1-11, 0-3 CAA) lost an extremely close game against the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks (8-8, 2-1 CAA) 51- 48 Jan. 12 at the Cabot Center. The Huskies’ first home win was in sight until costly mistakes in the fourth...

JB Frankel strategizes with coach Brian McDonald Jan. 4. Frankel earned two steals and nine points against Stony Brook Jan. 11.

Huskies split basketball conference games on the road

Elli Einset, sports editor January 12, 2025

The Northeastern men’s basketball team (10-7, 2-2 CAA) split their two conference games on the road Jan. 9 and 11, losing to the Towson University Tigers (8-9, 3-1 CAA) 73-80 and decisively winning against the Stony Brook University Seawolves (4-13, 0-4 CAA) 70-66.  The...