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Long road to recovery worth it for soccer’s Calderone

November 7, 2013

A few days after a win against University of Rhode Island in mid-September 2011, the women’s soccer team was preparing for the conference season to begin. It was supposed to be a day of rest for the Huskies, but the team held a movement session at Cabot Center. Freshman center-back Bianca Calderone, who had recently started her first four collegiate games, marked a teammate. The painful series of events that followed were transformative for the Wellesley-born lifelong soccer player.

Recap: Swimming & diving pulls one win from quad meet

November 7, 2013

In this past weekend’s quad meet in Fairfax, Va., Northeastern’s swimming and diving team saw one victory over College of Charleston and two losses at the hands of George Mason University and Towson University. This marked Northeastern’s first quad meet in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) season.

Men’s soccer drops two en route to fifth seed in CAA tourney

November 7, 2013

Two conference losses this past week left Northeastern men’s soccer as the fifth-seed heading into this weekend’s Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. The Huskies dropped Saturday’s match to the College of Charleston, 1-0, before rounding out the regular season slate with a 4-2 loss to the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW).

Women’s basketball back on the court after groundbreaking 2012-13 season

November 7, 2013

Following its most successful campaign since joining the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2005, the Northeastern women’s basketball team is looking to continue the positive momentum from a season in which they posted their first winning record in 13 years.

Women’s hockey pulls win and tie from weekend play

November 7, 2013

In a busy weekend for the Northeastern women’s hockey team, the Huskies played two tough Hockey East opponents and came out with one win and one tie.

Huskies bested by Eagles in first shot at Hockey East play

November 7, 2013

The Northeastern men’s hockey team couldn’t hang on to a 3-1 lead Saturday at Matthews Arena as the Huskies dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to Boston College. The loss came after a 4-2 Eagles victory at BC on Friday.

Column: Stranger than fiction

November 7, 2013

A few years ago, I sat on my couch with my then-girlfriend, flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch. I arrived at “Remember the Titans,” a film that is on my shortlist of movies I feel obligated to watch every time it is on. After a few minutes, my ex-girlfriend said callously, “let me guess, through the football team’s success, the high school and surrounding area band together and overcome the racial tension dividing the area,” (I’m paraphrasing here).

Women’s soccer headed to CAA semifinals

November 7, 2013

For the second year in a row, the women’s soccer team hosted a quarterfinal game in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship. However, unlike last year, their playoff journey will not be cut short – the Huskies ousted the University of Delaware Sunday in an overtime thriller which ended in penalty kicks.

Bennett scores three; leads field hockey to CAA playoff berth

November 7, 2013

It took a veteran’s touch and a little luck, but Northeastern field hockey has made it to the postseason.

Men’s basketball prepped to face Boston University in season-opening Coaches vs. Cancer Mass. Tripleheader

November 7, 2013

Northeastern is once again on the cusp of its basketball season, only this time the Huskies will race through Boston, Puerto Rico, New Orleans and potentially the new home of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament: Baltimore, Mary.

Men’s soccer drops two in a row

October 24, 2013

After putting together a four-game winning streak, the Northeastern men’s soccer team dropped two straight contests this week, losing its first conference game of the season on Saturday before dropping their final non-conference bout on Tuesday. The Huskies fell to the College of William & Mary, 1-0, in Virginia before dropping a 2-0 decision to the University of Hartford back home at Parsons Field.

Field hockey falls to BU, 2-0

October 24, 2013

Any player will tell you, there’s a little extra motivation when it comes to rivalry games. When campuses are separated by less than five miles, the battle for regional supremacy can only heighten the emotions on the field.