Sports Archives - Page 154 of 223

Baseball faces elimination from CAA tourney

May 22, 2013

The Northeastern baseball team found itself in a do-or-die situation last weekend in its final Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) series of the regular season.

Four members of track & field team to compete at NCAA East preliminaries

May 22, 2013

The men's and women's track and field teams are in the tail ends of their seasons, with four team members competing in the NCAA East Preliminary Round beginning today in Greensboro, N.C.

Men’s rowing medals at Eastern Sprints for first time since 2005

May 22, 2013

The Northeastern men's rowing team finished in third place in the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester on Sunday, the team’s first medal at the Eastern Sprints since 2005.

Baseball fights for place in postseason

May 8, 2013

Entering the weekend of April 26, the Northeastern Huskies baseball team prepared for a crucial series against the Georgia State University Panthers. With the 2013 season transitioning into its final stretch, the Huskies found themselves fighting Hofstra University and James Madison University (JMU) for the sixth and final spot in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament in Harrisonburg, Va.

Men’s rowing suffers its first loss of the season

May 8, 2013

The Northeastern men's rowing team faced two top 10 teams last weekend, beating the University of Wisconsin but losing to Harvard University, their first loss of the season.

Personal bests highlight track and field teams’ CAA Championship performances

May 8, 2013

Several individual performances highlighted both the men's and women's track teams’ trip to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championships May 3 and 4 in Towson, Md., and while neither team was able to claim the top overall team finish, athletes on both the men's and women's teams grabbed first-place finishes.

Huskies take home Beanpot at Fenway Park

May 8, 2013

On April 29, the Northeastern Huskies baseball team descended on Fenway Park in search of the school’s sixth baseball Beanpot championship. Standing in their way were the University of Massachusetts Minutemen, who wanted the exact same thing. But it was the Huskies who came out on top in the end, and overcame a two-run deficit to take home the 2013 title, 6-3.

SLIDESHOW: The Red Sox Return to Fenway Park

April 23, 2013

Photo from the first Red Sox game after the Marathon Bombing.

Costumed charity runners reflect on experience of Monday’s turmoil

April 18, 2013

Monday morning started off as a celebration of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, but before the race was over the day took a complete 180 degree turn. Northeastern students running the marathon as part of restaurant B. Good’s charity initiative, the “Burger Brigade,” turned from cheerful participants to witnesses of the horrific events that unfolded.

Best of NU: Best Sports Moment

April 18, 2013

Last year’s 7-1 loss to Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot left a bad taste in Northeastern students’ mouths – expectations weren’t exactly high for the first round of the 2013 Beanpot against Boston University.

Roby: “We’re going to have to earn it”

April 18, 2013

In his semesterly sit-down with The News, Athletic Director Peter Roby looked back at Northeastern’s winter sports and offered thoughts on baseball, rowing and track & field. Last week, he broke down the success of the Husky basketball seasons, in addition to his hopes for next year’s men’s hockey season. In the second part of his review, Roby took a look at the women’s hockey team’s standout season and where spring sports are headed at the halfway points in their seasons.

Out of Bounds: Sports fandoms transcend state lines in tragedy

April 18, 2013

For as long as I can remember, with few exceptions, sports have always been a distraction – a respite from the realities of whatever else was going on in the world.