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Women’s Soccer: Leone’s squad sits seventh in CAA after two losses

October 14, 2010

With only five games left of regular season play, the pressure is on for the women’s soccer team, which is seventh out of 12 in the Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA). “We have critical games on the road coming up and the team really needs to come in excited and ready to play,” head coach Tracey Leone said. “I believe in this team, I always have, we just really need to focus on one game at a time.”

Men’s Soccer: Braude paces offense

October 14, 2010

Freshman midfielder Laurence Braude’s first two collegiate goals paced a 4-0 win for the men’s soccer team over Hofstra at Parsons Field Wednesday. The victory sent the Huskies over the .500 mark at 2-1-2 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play heading into Saturday’s showdown with conference preseason favorite UNC–Wilmington.

Column: Crime, but no time

October 7, 2010

How should an organization handle disciplinary actions against a star player? This question came up recently when New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested on a drunken driving charge in the wee hours of the morning Sept. 21. Neither the Jets nor the NFL suspended Edwards after the incident. The Jets benched him for the first quarter of the team’s next game against the Miami Dolphins. Edwards served his punishment, and even though he came in late, proceeded to catch two passes for 87 yards, including a touchdown.

Player of the Week: Katie MacSorely

October 7, 2010

If freshman forward Katie MacSorely felt pressure in her first collegiate hockey game, she certainly didn’t show it. MacSorely scored two goals in the women’s hockey team’s season-opening 4-4 tie with Syracuse Oct. 1. Her performance has earned her Huntington News Player of the Week honors.

Field Hockey: Huskies fall short of win

October 7, 2010

Junior midfielder Annie Clayman scored her first goal of the season 10 minutes into the Huskies’ 2-1 overtime loss to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Wildcats last Sunday at Sweeney Field. The Huskies fell to 5-6 on the season, and 1-2 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.

Volleyball: Two loses snap Huskies’ four game winning streak

October 7, 2010

The volleyball team had its four-game winning streak snapped last weekend as it fell to George Mason University (GMU) Oct. 1 and James Madison University (JMU) Oct. 3. “We killed ourselves in the [GMU] match, unforced errors,” said senior captain, setter and opposite hitter Britney Brown. “So many errors that destroyed that match for us because we had them and we came out so strong.”

Women’s Soccer: Yellow cards fly in 1-1 tie

October 7, 2010

In their first home match in conference play, the women’s soccer team accomplished a goal it had been working towards since the beginning of the season: Playing a full, hard-fought game. the Huskies tied conference foe Drexel 1-1, despite going into two periods of extra time last Sunday.

Men’s Soccer: Kennedy pacesoffense, scores two

October 7, 2010

With help from freshman forward Dale McDonald’s three goals, the men’s soccer team spearheaded a four-point week: The Huskies notched a 3-1 win over Delaware last night and a 2-2 double overtime draw against No. 26 James Madison University (JMU) at Parsons Field Oct. 2.

Women’s Hockey: Huskies drop Dutchwomen 3-2 in overtime thriller

October 7, 2010

The women’s hockey team is off to a good start this season, after tying its first game against Syracuse University 4-4 Friday and taking down Union College 4-3 in an overtime thriller Saturday. Northeastern took a 2-1 lead over Union 6:15 into the second period when sophomore forward Siena Falino scored, assisted by freshman forward Claire Santostefano.

Men’s Hockey: Cronin eager for 2010-11

October 7, 2010

The last thing head coach Greg Cronin wanted was another injury during a meaningless exhibition game. “Honest to God, before the game started, I was just keeping my fingers crossed, hoping we’d get through it healthy,” Cronin said. “I was more disappointed that we weren’t able to inject some energy into the DogHouse because there was a good group of them for kind of a meaningless game.”

Column: Hockey Hopes

September 30, 2010

March 6, 2010, 9:28 p.m. – the last game of the 2009-10 Northeastern men's hockey season played on the Matthews Arena ice. That night, with a playoff spot on the line, the odds looked favorable: A win or any number of other outcomes in Hockey East would secure a playoff berth. Yet in a season when the Hockey East standings shuffled wildly from week to week, everything that could go wrong did. As the out-of-town scores trickled in, the nauseating realization that the season could end that night slowly became a reality. Northeastern finished outside of the final playoff spot, and Boston University gained yet another home ice berth.

Player of the Week: Crystal Poland

September 30, 2010

After being named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Field Hockey Rookie of the Year in 2009, expectations were high for Crystal Poland coming into this season and she has not disappointed. Poland, a sophomore forward/midfielder from Crofton, British Columbia, leads the field hockey team with six goals in the team’s first ten games. Her three goals this past week have earned her Huntington News Player of the Week honors. The past five games have shown an interesting pattern for the Huskies; they shut their opponents out one game with an abundance of offense and defense, and then the next they are the ones being shutout. This pattern began with the Huskies’ 1-0 win against Boston University Sept. 12, followed by their 2-0 defeat against Providence College Sept. 15.