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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Sports

Women’s Hockey Clinches the No. 3 seed for Playoffs

February 28, 2014

By Sara Shaker, News Correspondent  Redshirt-senior forward Brittany Esposito scored five goals this weekend as the Northeastern women’s hockey team closed out the regular season with a pair of wins over the University of New Hampshire. The Huskies earned a 5-4 victory Saturday...

Men’s hockey has strong weekend versus Maine

February 28, 2014

By Chris Judd, News Staff The Northeastern men’s hockey team clinched a first round bye in the Hockey East playoffs after this weekend's games against Maine. The Huskies tied 4-4 on Friday and won 4-3 on Saturday. Sophomore forward Kevin Roy was the star of the weekend for...

Sports Column: Clearing a new (base)path

February 28, 2014

By Dylan Lewis, News Staff In addition to the tinkering with batting stance, stride lengths and pitch grips, players that reported to spring training earlier this month will have another adjustment to make in preparation for the 2014 baseball season. Earlier this week, Major...

Women’s basketball bounces back from road loss at Hofstra with win vs. Drexel

February 28, 2014

By Aren LeBrun, News Correspondent  The women’s basketball team (11-15, 5-8 Colonial Athletic Association) rebounded from last Thursday’s road loss emphatically, overcoming a 15-point deficit to defeat Drexel University (12-14, 7-6 CAA) in a 78-73 double-overtime thriller...

Men’s hockey ties Maine on Friday night

February 22, 2014

​By Chris Judd, News Staff Sophomore forward Kevin Roy and junior forward Adam Reid had a two on one opportunity with a minute left in over time. ​Roy took the puck from the middle of the ice and skated to the left, taking the defender with him. He passed to Reid...

Women’s basketball trumps William & Mary

February 20, 2014

By Aren LeBrun, News Correspondent Building off its positive momentum from last week’s victory on the road, the Northeastern women’s basketball team (10-14, 4-7 Colonial Athletic Association) made it two in a row Thursday with a resounding double-digit blowout against...

Men’s basketball ends two-game losing streak with win at Charleston

February 20, 2014

By Emily McCarthy, News Staff The Northeastern men’s basketball team earned a much-needed victory over the College of Charleston Saturday after falling Thursday to the University of North Carolina Wilmington— a team with just one conference victory under its belt. The...

Mens’ basketball: Eatherton primed for battle for Jerrelle Benimon

February 20, 2014

By Jake Fischer, News Staff Redshirt-junior forward Scott Eatherton leads the nation in double-doubles this season with 17, but he’ll have his hands full with Towson’s star big man, redshirt-senior Jerrelle Benimon Thursday, when the Huskies and Tigers square off at Matthews...

Women’s hockey sweeps weekend home series versus UConn

February 20, 2014

By Sara Shaker, News Correspondent  Senior forward Claire Santostefano helped the women’s hockey team sweep University of Connecticut in this weekend’s games, scoring three goals and bringing the team a 3-0 victory on Saturday and a 5-0 victory on Sunday. Northeastern...

Women’s basketball defeats William & Mary

February 20, 2014

By Aren LeBrun, News Correspondent  Building off its positive momentum from last week’s victory on the road, the Northeastern women’s basketball team (10-14, 4-7 Colonial Athletic Association) made it two in a row Thursday with a resounding double-digit blowout against...

Column: Weathering the Storm

February 19, 2014

By Dan McLoone, News Staff That was a rough week. Yes, the weather has been brutal, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the two major Northeastern sports teams, who have spent their winter weathering a storm of tough losses and heartbreaking endings....

Men’s hockey suffers last-minute loss to BC in Beanpot final

February 13, 2014

By Chris Judd, News Staff In search of its first Beanpot title in 26 years, the Northeastern men’s hockey team valiantly took the No. 1 team in the country, Boston College (BC), down to the wire of the third period.  With the game tied 1-1 for the majority of the final 20...