For much of Wednesday night’s Hockey East season-opener, the men’s hockey team gave the 1,350 fans at Matthews Arena a glimpse of the future, and began to rectify previous seasons’ woes by winning their first season-opener since 2007 with a 4-2 win over Merrimack College.
With two victories over the weekend against James Madison and George Mason Universities, the Northeastern volleyball team moved to a perfect 5-0 this season in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
Freshman forward Deirdre Duke tallied two second-half goals and sophomore midfielder Caroline Judge netted two goals in her home state as the Huskies put up a 5-0 shutout over the University of Delaware Blue Hens on Friday.
Two proved to be the magic number for the women’s hockey team this weekend. In two games, the Huskies picked up two wins on the road and had two players recognized by the Women’s Hockey East Association (WHEA).
Northeastern women’s swimming and diving held its preseason Red vs. Black meet Saturday in preparation for its first match on Oct. 27 at home against the University of New Hampshire.
With fall varsity sports now in full swing, the cross country team made the trek to Westfield on Sunday to compete in the New England Championships. The men’s team placed ninth in a field of 37 teams and the women’s team placed 29th.
Defenseman Shayna Blackwood’s first career goal solidified a win for the women’s soccer team against University of Delaware on Sunday. Blackwood’s goal was also the first of any Husky rookie so far this season.
After coming out on either end of a shutout this past weekend, against Drexel University and the University of Delaware, the women’s soccer team finds itself in fifth place in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) as the conference season nears its end.
I took it upon myself to learn the ways of these sweater-sporting fans (those in jerseys) with the hopes of eventually gaining acceptance and becoming one in my own right.
The Huskies opened the season in fine fashion as they unleashed three goals in the game’s first nine minutes, leading to a 4-2 win over the Merrimack University Warriors tonight at Matthews Arena.
In its first competitive game of the 2012-13 season, the men’s hockey team came out on the losing end of a 4-3 exhibition decision Sunday to St. Francis Xavier University of Canada. But despite the loss, the Huskies gave fans a lot to be excited about.
