Despite junior goaltender Florence Schelling’s14 saves in the third period, the No. 10 Northeastern Huskies were blanked 3-0 by the No. 4 Boston University Terriers at Walter Brown Arena Tuesday night.
And so the story continues.
For a team that’s gone 1-5 in one-goal games this season, blowing a two-goal lead and losing 5-4 in the final minutes against No. 7 Boston University last night seemed like a fitting way to end the first half of the season.
Since Greg Cronin took the helm of the Northeastern men's hockey program in 2005, his squads have mustered just two wins over Boston University in 22 tries. The reasons are all explicable. The trophy cases and championship banners speak to BU’s potential recruits. So it's no wonder that we've developed an inferiority complex over the years.
The women’s hockey team defeated the University of New Hampshire Wildcats 4-0 on the road last night, extending its winning streak to three games. After scoreless first and second periods on both ends, Northeastern turned it on and scored all four of their points in the last period of the game.
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.
