PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As each shot ripped through the net, the Huskies’ bench repeatedly exploded with joy. The men’s basketball team was off to a hot start shooting, as the Huskies took an 11-point lead over Providence College (PC) early in the first half of action last night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. The Huskies, who shot 89 percent from the floor in the first four minutes of the game, seemed poised to upset the Friars and end their two-game losing skid.
The women’s basketball team exhibited poor shooting percentages in last night’s 60-54 loss to Dartmouth College, shooting a mere 24 percent from beyond the 3-point line and 33 percent from the field.
Sophomore goaltender Chris Rawlings made 37 saves, including 17 in the third period alone, to fend off the pressing Vermont offense Friday night in Burlington as the men’s hockey team rallied from two goals behind to earn a crucial Hockey East point in a 2-2 draw.
In just her first semester with the swimming & diving team, freshman Dana Schleif has written herself into the school’s record books.
At the Terrier Invitational Nov. 19-21, Schleif set records in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke and helped the Huskies to a second-place finish in the tournament. Her efforts have earned her Huntington News Player of the Week honors.
Saturday afternoon, the men’s basketball team will be centerstage when it competes in the Boston Tip-Off Classic at the TD Garden.
This is the first time NU is playing basketball at the Garden since the 1972-73 season, when the Huskies faced Harvard in the now-defunct Basketball Beanpot Tournament.
The men’s hockey team will also play at the Garden later this year, when they’ll of course be in the annual Beanpot tournament on the first two Mondays in February.
Dani Rylan is not your average Division I women’s hockey player.
Not only is she a graduate student, but she is also advancing her career as a sports journalist.
At 23, Rylan is the oldest player on the team. She is also the only graduate student on the team and a first-year player for the Huskies.
"I am writing to inform you that the University’s senior administration, president, and Board of Trustees have accepted my recommendation to discontinue Northeastern’s intercollegiate football program. Last night I shared the news with our players and staff. The decision was a difficult one, made all the more difficult because of the respect and admiration I have for our coaches and players. Despite my personal feelings toward them, I am convinced that this decision is in the best interest of the university."
You could say the men’s hockey team was just due.
The Huskies had gone four weeks without picking up a victory. They hadn’t won at Matthews Arena in 274 days, since they beat Boston College, 3-2, for their final victory of last season March 6. And they were scheduled to face Providence this past Homecoming Weekend, a team that hadn’t lost in six straight games.
With four freshmen and five sophomores, the men’s basketball team’s lacks playing experience and that contributed to the Huskies’ 84-68 home loss to Siena Saturday, head coach Bill Coen said.
“In the first two games we didn’t show any ill effects from being inexperienced and today I thought we showed a bunch,” Coen said. “Sometimes on days like this it’s a tough pill to swallow, but you have to take your medicine and just get better.
Freshman forward Katie MacSorely continued her successful rookie campaign Sunday as she recorded her first career hat trick in the women’s hockey team’s 5-1 victory over Providence College.
“It felt amazing,” MacSorely said after the game Sunday. “I’ve gotten two goals before but you don’t think the third one is ever going to come. I don’t know, it just felt great.”
The women’s basketball team beat Northern Colorado University 61-53 Sunday to take third-place in the Hawkweye Challenge, which was held in Iowa City, Iowa and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Head coach Daynia La-Force Mann said the win came from executing a good game plan.
After almost two weeks off, the swimming & diving team returned to the pool and earned a second place finish in the Terrier Invitational, at Boston University. Along with the second place finish, three Huskies set five school records.
Head coach Roy Coates said he was satisfied with the effort his team put forward in the three-day meet, last weekend.
