After a wild off-season that centered attention on the men's hockey program, news broke late last week for a sport that has largely been out of the headlines for years: women's basketball.
In a season that has spanned just seven games, the women’s soccer team has already had to ward off a three game losing streak. Despite the semi-sour note to a relatively young season, coaches and players remain optimistic that 2011 will turn out for the best.
Hello new Huskies, and welcome to Northeastern University.
As you embark on the greatest four (or five) years of your life, you’ll enjoy what will become some of your most memorable experiences.
Last year Northeastern experienced multiple athletic accomplishments both for individuals and entire teams. Here is a look at some of the student-athletes who helped make that happen and are worth keeping an eye on this year.
By: James Brooks, News Staff
If one thing has remained consistent over the entirety of Northeastern sports history, it is that students show up for the biggest games without fail. No matter if the team at question is 5-15 or 15-5, when a nationally recognized visiting team...
A new school year has begun and while it may be my last semester at Northeastern, it seems like some things will never change.
In just the past week I’ve seen examples on campus that show neglect for athletics. On Monday, DogHouse members attempted to bring some new students to Sweeney Field to see our field hockey team take on nationally-ranked Michigan State. However, an NUPD officer spoiled their plans when he turned away the new students and told them to attend a welcome week barbecue which was not mandatory. The officer had allegedly received orders from another member of administration, but hearing about the incident still disheartened me.
Former Brown University assistant coach Jerry Keefe and former Harvard University assistant coach Patrick Foley will serve as assistants to the men’s hockey team, new head coach Jim Madigan announced Wednesday.
Keefe and Foley will round out an entirely new coaching staff that hopes to improve on last year’s 14-16-8 record under head coach Greg Cronin and assistants Sebastien Laplante and Albie O’Connell.
The start of the 2011 men’s basketball season is more than two months away, but two players have already started to get game-time action.
Sophomore forward Chris Avenant and junior forward Dinko Marshavelski have spent their summer training with their national teams for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Championships, which serves as a qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics.
After a third-place Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) finish in the 2010 season, the field hockey team is getting ready for a fresh start with a new assistant coach and seven recruits.
“There is a lot of depth to this year’s team,” head coach Cheryl Murtagh, who is entering her 24th coaching season with NU, said. “We have a good substitution system so we will be able to keep our players fresh.”
Varsity swimmer Kelley Becherer made a big splash in Edmonton, Canada last weekend, winning four medals and setting an American record at the 2011 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming championships.
Becherer, a junior who has been swimming since she was seven-years-old, was born visually impaired and has competed at the Paralympic level since she was 13.
If your favorite team only played one home game in the first two months of the season, would you be disappointed? What if I told you that this team had a say in the scheduling process and still only scheduled one game in front of their home fans?
This scenario is playing out behind the scenes of Northeastern men’s basketball. Pooling from a combination of rumors, confirmed dates and insider sources, The News has learned that the Huskies will have only one or two home games during the fall semester, the fewest since joining the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2005. The second date is dependent on whether the CAA’s December game will be at Matthews Arena or not.
When women’s soccer head coach Tracey Leone first saw senior Veronica Napoli play it was from the opposing team’s side when she was coaching for Harvard in 2009, and she viewed the speedy forward as the ultimate dangerous player.
“We hated playing against her because she’s such a threat,” Leone said. “She can break a game open at any second.”
