The men’s and women’s track and field teams out-ran, out-jumped and out-threw the competition at the last home meet of the 2012 season on Saturday at Soloman Track in Dedham as they combined for 34 medals.
Despite wearing “lucky” black home jerseys, Northeastern (14-18, 4-10 Colonial Athletic Association) suffered a 13-5 loss against non-conference Bryant University (21-15) Tuesday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
Winning the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Rookie of the Year award doesn’t guarantee continued success in their sophomore season, but last year’s winner Aaron Barbosa has picked up right where he left off.
The playoff beard is my undisputed favorite sports superstition-turned tradition. Beards are for grizzly, Brawny-paper-towel-man-esque men. Hockey players are these grizzly-esque men. Frankly, hockey players look strange without facial hair. Nothing looks worse than a face with a black eye and broken smile devoid of a furry face.
Senior pitcher Andrew Leenhouts grabbed his fourth win of the season in the Huskies’ 6-3 defeat of the George Mason Patriots Friday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
The Northeastern University athletics programs have not yet reached their competitive potential, and until they do, the athletics department will not be satisfied, Athletics Director Peter Roby said in an interview with the News.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams brought top finishes back to Huntington Avenue from meets in two different states last weekend, despite being down head coach Sherman Hart after his March 29 suspension.
Home runs powered Northeastern (13-15 overall) over Harvard University (6-24 overall) 9-4, to snap its eight game losing yesterday afternoon at the Friedman Diamond.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The boys of summer are on a slide. The Northeastern Huskies baseball team has hit a bit of a rough patch just over 27 games into their season. Heading into the Beanpot opener against UMass Amherst Tuesday evening, the Huskies had lost seven straight by a combined score of 64-23, and have been held to three runs or less in five of those contests. Losing Tuesday nights Beanpot pushed the streak to eight games, which was halted by 9-4 win at Friedman Diamond last night.
Freshman pitcher Nick Berger picked up a loss in his first career start as the Huskies fell 16-7 Sunday, allowing James Madison University to pick up the series sweep.
The Northeastern University athletics programs have not yet reached their competitive potential, and until they do, the athletics department will not be satisfied, Athletics Director Peter Roby said in an interview with the News. 
