As the regular season winds down, the Northeastern track and field team competed at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University last weekend.
Junior forward Kevin Roy helped Northeastern continue its winning ways by scoring four goals and three assists in two games against the University of Connecticut (UConn) this weekend. NU breezed past UConn in back-to-back blowouts, winning 9-0 and 6-1.
Needing just one point, the Northeastern women’s team came away from a weekend in Storrs, Conn. with three CAA points, advancing to third place in the Hockey East standings. Saturday, NU faced University of Connecticut (UConn) and pulled out a last second victory to make the final score 4-2. The teams squared off again on Sunday afternoon, which resulted in a 2-2 tie.
Despite its best offensive performance of the season, the Northeastern women’s basketball team (4-19) was bested once again on Sunday afternoon, losing 84-78 to the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW) Seahawks (10-14).
Senior Maddie Grogan skated off the ice to the sound of applause and tambourines from the Northeastern University Figure Skating Club (NUFSC). Embraced by her teammates, they decorated Grogan with an oversized gold medal, cut out of construction paper.
The Northeastern track and field team concluded a busy weekend sending competitors to the Harvard Fast Meet and a relay team to the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
On Jan. 16, senior captain Bianca Calderone became the first NU player drafted into the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Calderone was selected in the fourth and final round, 33rd overall, by the hometown Boston Breakers.
In the midst of an intense Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference schedule, the Northeastern (NU) men’s basketball team stayed at Matthews Arena for two home games this past week.
The Huskies received frustrating news on Sunday when they learned that Monday night’s Beanpot final against Boston University would be postponed for two weeks due to the season’s third major snowstorm. The Beanpot finals will now take place on Monday, Feb. 23.
