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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
The Huskies opened Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play on the road with a pair of victories last Friday and Saturday against teams ranked in the top four in the preseason poll. The Huskies improved their record to 11-5 on the season, and 2-0 in conference play.
“It feels great [to be home] especially considering what happened with our one home game,” said head coach Ken Nichols, referring to when the N-Zone came to the game. “The crowd was incredible and the team was able to feed off the energy; it made a very significant, tangible difference. We are excited to see what happens with the next one.”
The women’s soccer team took its first win in Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA) play last Friday with a 1-0 shutout at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Va.
But the Huskies also suffered their first loss in conference play last Sunday when they lost to James Madison University (JMU) 3-1 in Harrisonburg, Va.
Senior forward Nick Lueders and junior midfielder Mike Kennedy contributed one goal apiece in the team’s 2-2 double overtime draw against Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opener Saturday night.
“This is the second game we came out flat, which can’t happen if we want to reach our goal and win the CAA,” senior defender Matt Sanford said. “We were able to fight our way out of two holes this weekend which was an improvement from past games. We didn’t play real well for our first CAA contest, but we were able to fight back and get a point on the road which is always tough.”
The field hockey team returned to Sweeney Field Sunday to defeat William & Mary 6-0, after losing its first conference game to Old Dominion last Friday 2-0. With the victory, the Huskies improved to 5-5 on the season, and 1-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
