After 25 years without a Beanpot win, Northeastern will have to wait one more as the Huskies fell to the Boston College Eagles, 6-3, in the Beanpot final Monday night.
The crack of dawn during the dead of Boston’s winter might not sound like the ideal time to lift weights and go over plays, but 5:30 a.m. is when the Northeastern men’s club lacrosse team practices three times a week.
The fourth time was the charm for the Northeastern versus Boston University game this season as the Huskies finally defeated their Hockey East rival 4-1 in the women’s Beanpot semifinal Tuesday night.
The Huskies are heading to their third Beanpot final in five years, as they bemoan the quarter century mark of the last Northeastern win in the historic Boston college hockey tournament.
The Northeastern Huskies women’s basketball team responded to last week’s back-to-back losses in dramatic fashion, edging out the Towson University Tigers with a 59-56 victory on Sunday at Solomon Court.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The first place Northeastern Huskies traveled to Long Island shorthanded Wednesday night as the Huskies’ two big men off the bench, junior Dinko Marhavelski and freshman Zach Stahl, stayed back in Boston with lower body injuries.
When Jim Madigan talks about his players’ emotions surrounding the Beanpot Tournament, he doesn’t have to try very hard to put himself in their skates; he’s been there. The Northeastern men’s hockey head coach knows exactly what it feels like to skate onto the Garden ice for the first time, to hear the roaring student sections and understand the magnitude of the first two Mondays of February in Boston.
College basketball and professional basketball might be the same sport, but they offer completely different experiences for fans. While all the basics and the rules remain the same, the teams play completely different types of basketball.
Not too long ago, I mentioned what could make this season a measured success for the men’s hockey team. There were two clear scenarios covered: Making it to the TD Garden for the Hockey East semifinals, and/or winning the Beanpot. Both were daunting tasks given the schedules at hand, but since the Huskies would likely have to go through both Boston University and Boston College to win the Beanpot, their odds dipped heavily with bias below the clean 25 percent chance each of the four Beanpot teams receives going into the tournament.
Freshmen Sophie Browne and Amanda Liew both nabbed their first collegiate win to boost the Northeastern swimming and diving team over the University of Rhode Island in a 162.5-110.5 victory Saturday, Feb. 2 in Kingston, R.I.
The Northeastern track teams traveled to Yale University in New Haven, Conn. this weekend to compete in the Giegengack Invitational at Coxe Cage. Athletes on both the men’s and women’s teams recorded new personal bests and qualified for the New England and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) competitions.
