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Column: Road court advantage?

November 10, 2011

There may be over 350 Northeastern students in attendance at tomorrow’s men’s basketball season opener. If the game was scheduled to be at Matthews Arena, it would hardly be an impressive number. But it’s being held on the road, across town at Boston University’s (BU) Case Gymnasium, and that group figures to be as loud and rowdy as ever. If last year’s opening round of the season was any indication, tomorrow should be a fun night of basketball. When the two teams met on a similar Friday night at Matthews Arena one year ago, the Huskies came away with a tight 66-64 victory. But last year’s event was just the first year of what has quickly become a welcome tradition for fans from both sides -- facing off against a bitter local rival to begin the season.

Volleyball: Huskies go one up, one down

November 10, 2011

The women’s volleyball team snapped its nine-game winning streak this past weekend, falling to the University of Delaware Blue Hens 3-0 on foreign turf. The Huskies now stand at 9-3 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. The last time the Huskies were defeated was Sept. 30 against the Blue Hens and according to sophomore outsider hitter Janelle Tucker, the Huskies had not beat the team since 2007. Unfortunately for the Huskies, that fact still stands.

Women’s Hockey: Win streak reaches four games

November 10, 2011

With two shutout wins over the University of Connecticut (UConn) this past weekend, the women’s hockey team is a perfect 3-0-0 in Hockey East play. Senior goaltender Florence Schelling posted her second and third shutout of the season, and has allowed two goals in her last 103 shots faced. Schelling, who was recently named Hockey East Goalie of the Month, turned aside 24 shots en route to a 3-0 blanking of UConn Saturday afternoon.

Men’s Hockey: Huskies skid to 1-5-2 start

November 10, 2011

The men’s hockey team gained only one point in Hockey East standings (1-5-2) after a weekend home-and-home series against No. 6 Merrimack College. The point was earned from a 1-1 tie Friday at Merrimack, before Saturday’s 3-2 loss at home. Northeastern moved into a sixth place tie with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the standings.

Swimming & Diving: Huskies win two in Pod meet

November 10, 2011

This weekend, the Northeastern swimming and diving team competed in their first major intrasquad meet of a relatively young season, defeating two out of the four schools at the meet. The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Pod Meet, held in Fairfax, Va., slated George Mason University (GMU), James Madison University (JMU), Old Dominion University (ODU), and the College of William & Mary against the Huskies.

Men’s hockey team taken down by UNH

November 3, 2011

The men’s hockey team is still looking for their first road win after a 5-2 loss at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Saturday, Oct. 29. The loss dropped them to 1-4-1 on the season (1-4-1 Hockey East).

Coyne is star as Huskies cash in on freshman

November 3, 2011

The women’s hockey team got its 6th win of the season last weekend when they beat the University of Maine Black Bears 3-2 Friday night in Orono. Freshman forward Kendall Coyne continued her scoring streak and netted the opening goal on a penalty shot, helping the Huskies improve to 6-1-0 in 2011.

Despite loss, field hockey CAA championships bound

November 3, 2011

The field hockey team will advance to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championships after ending the regular season second in the conference after Towson University snapped the team’s eight game winning streak last Sunday in a 1-0 defeat. This followed the Huskies 2-1 win against Drexel Unviersity Friday.

Huskies beat ODU 2-0 on senior day

November 3, 2011

The men’s soccer team was not going to let anyone or anything ruin its perfect home record in 2011.

A Winter Classic

November 3, 2011

Northeastern hockey fans are finally going to get what they’ve been clamoring for. Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, Andrew Merritt of hockeyjournal.com reported that the men’s hockey game originally scheduled for Jan. 14 at Boston College, will be moved to Fenway Park, home of the beloved Boston Red Sox.

V-ball owns October, goes 8-0

November 3, 2011

On Senior Night Saturday, the volleyball team nearly shut out the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams in three sets.

Despite loss, women’s soccer in playoffs

November 3, 2011

Northeastern’s playoff fate was put in jeopardy Saturday when they lost a 3-0 senior day contest to Hofstra University, but after the remaining conference matches unfolded over the weekend, the Huskies found themselves heading to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament anyways. A tournament victory would result in an automatic bid into the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship.