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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

Men’s hockey falls to UVM in non-league game, 4-1

January 19, 2014

By Chris Judd, News Staff The Huskies beat UVM in a league game on Friday, 3-2. Northeastern had a 3-0 lead, but a late penalty opened the door to two late Catamount goals. Saturday's game was a non-league game against UVM. The Catamounts scored four goals in the third...

Women’s hockey falls to BC 3-2

January 17, 2014

Junior goaltender Chloe Desjardins made 43 saves for the Northeastern women’s hockey team on Sunday, but the Huskies’ skaters failed to come through offensively and Northeastern suffered a 3-2 loss at the hands of crosstown rival Boston College. The Eagles came out strong...

Northeastern’s Kendall Coyne named to US Women’s National Hockey Team

January 17, 2014

By Emily McCarthy, News Staff As a member of the Northeastern women’s hockey team, Kendall Coyne is used to hearing her name announced to fans in the Doghouse. But during the second intermission of the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day, Coyne stood before...

Men’s basketball goes 1-2 in a loaded week of CAA play

January 17, 2014

By Emily McCarthy, News Staff After falling to Drexel University, 93-88, in a double-overtime thriller Saturday and losing to Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) newcomer College of Charleston Monday at Matthews Arena, the Northeastern men’s basketball team bounced back with...

Womens’ basketball opens conference schedule 1-1

January 17, 2014

By Aren LeBrun, News Staff The women’s baskettball team (7-8, 1-1 Colonial Athletic Association) opened its conference schedule last week with a 64-50 victory on the road against UNCW. “It feels great,” said head coach Daynia La-Force after the win. “Conference play,...

Men’s hockey tops UMass-Lowell 4-1 at Frozen Fenway

January 17, 2014

By Chris Judd, News Staff The men’s hockey team played one of its most memorable games this season on Saturday in Fenway Park. "I thought it was a great game," head coach Jim Madigan said. "It was a great venue for our kids to be part of. I've said before we're in the same...

Column: Baseball writers keep Hall clean once again

January 16, 2014

On Jan. 8, baseball writers punched their tickets for Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas to be eternally enshrined at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. There are no arguments against any of the inductees. As members of the Atlanta Braves, Maddux...

Columbus Lot slabbed where Boston’s historic South End Grounds once stood

January 9, 2014

By Jimmy Brooks, News Correspondent [Editor’s note: this is a historical account that is set in the Columbus Lot, now the future site of Northeastern’s new state-of-the-art science and engineering complex expected to be completed by the Fall 2016 semester. Quotes in this...

Men’s basketball outlasts UNCW in overtime 79-68

January 9, 2014

By Jake Fischer, News Staff Demetrius Pollard bent his knees and launched a 22-foot bomb from three-point land. In the grand scheme of the game, this wasn’t a momentous occasion. The contest wasn’t on the line, in fact, there was 16:35 remaining in the second half. But this...

Men’s hockey defeats Providence 2-1 on the road

January 9, 2014

By Chris Judd, News Staff  The Huskies scored their first goal of Tuesday's game against Providence College 59:27 into the game. They scored again 12 seconds into overtime to pull out a 2-1 win. “We were talking about in [the second] intermission that they stole a point...

Column: New Year, New Staff

January 9, 2014

By Dan McLoone, News Staff This is hardly what people expected. Sure, the men’s basketball team may not have been projected to top the Colonial Athletic Association this season, but they were most definitely supposed to compete near the top. With Quincy Ford’s season ending...

Women’s basketball falls to Albany in non-conference finale

January 8, 2014

By Aren LeBrun, News Staff  The Northeastern women’s basketball team failed to close out its non-conference slate on a positive note, falling 75-66 to the visiting Albany Great Danes on Sunday afternoon. “We kind of got into a little bit of a shooting slump,” said head...