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Column: Subtraction by addition

April 8, 2010

Dayton defeated North Carolina to capture the 73rd men’s National Invitational Tournament (NIT) championship April 1. Sixteen days prior, Northeastern was eliminated from the same tournament by Connecticut. It seems unlikely that any of these teams will be NIT participants again next year.

Player of the Week: Celeste Holder

April 8, 2010

Senior jumper and sprinter Celeste Holder of the women’s track & field team landed herself in the Northeastern record books Saturday at the Wildcat Invitational in Durham, N.H. Her jump of 19 feet, 3.5 inches was good enough for a first place finish in the long jump, as well as fifth place all-time at Northeastern. Holder finished off the day with two third place finishes, one in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.95 seconds, and the 300 meter dash with a time of 26.08 seconds. Her efforts have earned her Huntington News Player of the Week honors.

Baseball: Huskies can’t keep leads in sweep at VCU

April 1, 2010

“The baseball gods were against us,” baseball head coach Neil McPhee said, looking back on a weekend when the Huskies were swept by Virginia Commonwealth in the opening weekend of conference play. McPhee and his club lost both games of Saturday’s double-header in Richmond, Va., after the rain washed out Friday night’s contest. The Huskies dropped the first game 6-5 after a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth sealed off a four-run comeback for the Rams.

Men’s hockey: Rawlings earns rookie honor

April 1, 2010

During the 2008-09 men’s hockey season, goaltender Brad Thiessen played every minute of every game for the Huskies. He was eventually named an All-American, Hobey Baker Finalist, and the Hockey East Player of the Year. So when Thiessen signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins days after Northeastern’s season ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it immediately meant change for the Huskies.

Senior spotlight: Carr, Walton leave lasting hoops impact

April 1, 2010

The 2009-10 season was improving for the women’s basketball team as it finished eighth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and got to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. The driving force behind this team was the play of senior captains and forwards Kendra Walton and Kim Carr. They led the Huskies, who finished the season 13-18 overall with a 7-11 record in conference play.

Club sports spotlight: Women’s club hockey win’s national title

April 1, 2010

The Northeastern women’s club ice hockey team won the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division 2 National Championship March 14, 2010 at Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., with an 8-1 victory over Rainy River Community College. The title capped off a perfect season for the squad, which went 28-0-0.

Player of the Week: Andrew Leenhouts

April 1, 2010

Perhaps more painful for the baseball team than two walk-off losses in one day: The blow to the head sophomore pitcher Andrew Leenhouts suffered in the ninth inning of Game Two in Richmond, Va. Despite the injury Leenhouts stayed in the game and surrendered only two runs in 8.1 innings total in the 5-4 loss to conference foe Virginia Commonwealth. Leenhouts struck out nine, bringing his season total to a team-high 26. His efforts earned him Huntington News Player of the Week honors.

Column: A price worth paying

April 1, 2010

To take some artistic liberties with The Clash: Will he stay or will he go? Bill Coen, the men’s basketball coach, has become something of a hot item as college basketball goes through its annual coaching changes carousel.

Baseball: NU goes two up, two down over weekend

March 25, 2010

It was an up-and-down weekend for the baseball team, which suffered back-to-back losses to Bryant and Connecticut, after taking two from Bryant first. The first victory of the weekend came Friday afternoon at Friedman Diamond, as junior righthander Les Williams led the way in a 10-0 victory. The Toronto native nearly tossed a no-hitter, contributing eight innings of shutout baseball and surrendering one hit on the day. “It’s as good a game as he’s pitched here,” head coach Neil McPhee said. “He [Williams] was ahead on 18 out of 21 batters and that was the key. He put the hitters in a defensive mode and it’s so easy to get hitters out when you’re ahead in the count.”

Senior spotlight: Rebello led women’s soccer to new heights

March 25, 2010

The women’s soccer team opened up its season at Parsons Field Aug. 28 against Longwood sporting a roster with just one senior to its credit. Despite that, the Huskies went 12-4-3 and managed a 7-1-3 record in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) en route to a regular season title in the conference. Carrying that load all year, and ushering in a set of underclassmen that went 20 players deep as the lone elder statesman was captain and forward Liza Rebello. Rebello played four full seasons for the Huskies from 2006-09, amassing 25 career goals and eight assists for a team that, during her tenure, became a force in the CAA. The effort in her four years also made her the team’s second all-time leading scorer with 56 points.

Club sports spotlight: Triathlon team quickly gaining popularity

March 25, 2010

Michael Abbene, president of the club triathlon team, can recall his introduction to the sport of triathlons. “As of two years ago I had never completed a triathlon, or even had the desire to complete one in the near future,” Abbene said. “Then one day one of my best friends, Jess Bloom, came to me and asked me if I wanted to try and train to do one with her. Since I never ran more than a couple miles in my life and did not know how to swim properly I was very hesitant, but after much deliberation, I agreed.”

Player of the Week: Tony DiCesare

March 25, 2010

Senior right fielder Tony DiCesare led the baseball team to back-to-back victories over Bryant this weekend, logging six hits and five runs batted in (RBI) in 12 at-bats in the three-game series, in which the Huskies took two of three. DiCesare also drove in the lone run for the Huskies in Monday’s 12-1 loss to Connecticut, his sixth RBI in four games. His efforts earned him Huntington News Player of the Week honors. Friday afternoon, DiCesare was just one hit shy of the cycle. Finishing with a pair of singles, a double and a triple, he also drove in three runs en route to a 10-0 victory for the Huskies. He added a single and two RBI in Saturday’s game, a 7-4 victory for the squad. Sunday afternoon, he went 1-3 with a walk, as the Huskies fell to the Bulldogs, 16-4.