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Volleyball: Huskies win two at home

November 4, 2010

The volleyball team is back in the playoff hunt after beating Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) 3-1 Friday and William & Mary by the same score Saturday. Northeastern sits fifth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and is one game out of the fourth and final playoff spot, after Delaware University beat both George Mason University (GMU) and James Madison University (JMU) last week. The Huskies are 16-9 on the season (7-4 CAA), and have three games left, two of which are against GMU and JMU.

Player of the Week: Nicky Graham

November 4, 2010

By: Mike Brown, News Correspondent The field hockey team is heading to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament for the first time since 2007, thanks in large part to sophomore forward Nicky Graham. Graham scored 4:36 into overtime for the Huskies against...

Column: Ticket sale woes

November 4, 2010

The men’s basketball team’s first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) game of the season, a Dec. 4 match against Drexel, will be unlike any other on the Huskies’ schedule this season: It will take place at the TD Garden. Part of the Boston Tip Off Classic, which also includes a game between Boston College and UMass-Amherst, this will be the first time the team has played at the Garden since 1973.

Men’s Hockey: McNeely, Silva aid in win

October 28, 2010

The wait is finally over. The men’s hockey team had entered the third period with a tie score in its first five games. But on the fifth try, the Huskies came out victorious, earning their first win of the 2010-11 season with a 3-1 score over the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

Field Hockey: Huskies one win away from playoffs

October 28, 2010

The field hockey team ended Drexel University’s nine-game winning streak Sunday with a 3-2 win, placing the Huskies fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) with a 4-2 conference record, and improving to 9-9 on the season. By defeating the first-place Dragons, the Huskies increased their chances of making it into the CAA Championships, and only need one more win to secure a playoff spot.

Women’s Hockey: Marty helps keep win streak alive

October 28, 2010

The women’s hockey team extended its winning streak to four games last weekend, improving to 5-1-1 on the season. In their home opener Friday, the Huskies edged out the Princeton University Tigers with a final of 2-1. The Huskies came out victorious again Sunday afternoon when they defeated the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers 5-1.

Women’s Soccer: Senior Fylak records first career shutout

October 28, 2010

The women’s soccer team is out of the running for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title, but it certainly isn’t done fighting. “We have to end well,” sophomore forward Greta Samuelsdottir said. “This is a great opportunity to finish off as well as we can and keep going from last weekend.”

Men’s Soccer: Victory over Drexel keeps playoff hopes alive

October 28, 2010

With just one win in its last five games, the men’s soccer team needed a boost from an unexpected source. The Huskies received just that from sophomore forward Don Anding, whose first two goals of the season paced the offense in a 3-1 victory over Drexel last night.

Volleyball: Huskies goone up, one down

October 28, 2010

The volleyball team fought for a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament last weekend. The fifth-place Huskies are two games out of the fourth-place playoff spot, after beating Towson University 3-1 Friday and losing to the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 3-1 Sunday. The Huskies improved to 14-9 on the season, and 5-4 in CAA play.

POTW: Julia Marty

October 28, 2010

Athletes dream of being able to compete in the Olympics. Julia Marty has been there. Twice. In 2006 and 2010, Marty played for Switzerland’s women’s hockey team at the Winter Olympics.

Column: Still not sold

October 28, 2010

I'll admit it: I overreacted. When Northeastern's men's hockey team started this year with an 0-2-1 record, it was hard not to panic – the last time the team started a season with a record like that was 2005-06, an infamous, lost year when the team dropped eight times as many games as it won. Commonly referred to as "the three-win season," it's a time in the program's history most would rather forget.

What’s in (and not in) Muscle Milk

October 21, 2010

Once a staple of athletes’ training diet all over the country, Muscle Milk, a protein shake designed to increase strength and lean muscle growth, was simply too good to be true. According to Mary Wilfert, the associate director of health and safety of the NCAA, Muscle Milk wasn’t banned, but an ingredient in it, an insulin growth hormone (IGF-1) that stimulates muscle growth, was on the list of banned substances.