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Sebastian Keane throwing a pitch

10 Northeastern athletes make the 2022 professional league draft

Amelia Ballingall, news correspondent September 12, 2022

Each year, North America’s major sports leagues take their pick of the best young athletes in the world. With these drafts, the teams gain the rights to potential future players, and the players get their shot at being a professional athlete. In July, both the NHL and MLB,...

Jacob Marin-Thomson protects the ball from Hofstra.

A glimpse into the 2022 fall sports season

Annah Chaya, managing editor September 6, 2022

With the first day of classes around the corner and students back on campus, fall sports are back and ready for the season at Northeastern University. The NU men’s soccer team finished its 2021 fall season with an overall record of 11-6-2. The Huskies prepared for...

Alina Mueller faces off against Boston College.

Alina Mueller: Leading from Boston to Beijing and back with grace

Alex Sumas, sports editor September 6, 2022

Growing up, the only thing that mattered to Alina Mueller was ice hockey.  “I was devastated when we lost a game, I was the happiest person when we won games. That all kind of decided how my life was going,” Mueller said. The Swiss-born Northeastern women’s hockey...

Chelsey Goldberg on ice against Team Israel at the 21st Maccabiah Games.

Northeastern alum Goldberg brings women’s hockey to Maccabiah Games

Julia Yohe, deputy sports editor September 6, 2022

Chelsey Goldberg had a dream: to play at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 2013, her twin brother was invited to play on Team USA at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. As there was no women’s team, Chelsey, then a sophomore ice hockey forward at Northeastern University, asked...

Women's hockey sees fewer spectators and opportunities than men's

Women’s hockey sees fewer spectators and opportunities than men’s

Julia Yohe, deputy sports editor May 15, 2022

Tensions rose on the ice as the Northeastern University women’s ice hockey team (31-5-2, 21-3-2 HE) skated out of the locker rooms for its 14th-straight Hockey East tournament appearance Feb. 26.  The team was set to face Merrimack College (8-25-1, 6-20-1 HE), a group that...

Northeastern University’s club women’s lacrosse team in Boulder, Colorado. for a series of games.

The recognition of club sports at Northeastern University

Annah Chaya, managing editor May 10, 2022

Northeastern University is known for its NCAA Division One, or D1, teams, such as men’s and women’s ice hockey, basketball and baseball. Many individuals on the teams are scouted and receive large amounts of recognition for their student-athlete positions.  However, Northeastern...

Devon Levi in goal for Northeastern.

Devon Levi: From underdog to Olympian

Julia Yohe, deputy sports editor April 28, 2022

When Devon Levi first tried on a pair of ice skates, he hated them. “[My dad] threw me on skates when I was like four or five,” Levi said. “I remember crying the first few times. I was scared. I did not want to skate.” Fifteen years later, he would represent Team...

Third-year Robbie Neumann runs the 126th Boston Marathon.

Northeastern students join in on Marathon Monday

Julia Henning, news correspondent April 28, 2022

With a sunny Patriots’ Day off from classes, some Northeastern students found different ways to celebrate and participate in the 126th Boston Marathon.  Monday, April 18, was the first Patriots’ Day with festivities in Boston since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic....

The 126th Boston Marathon returned to its usual date, Patriot’s Day, for the first time since 2019.

The Boston Marathon returns to Patriot’s Day for the first time since 2019

Annah Chaya, managing editor April 24, 2022

On Monday, spectators gathered on Boylston Street to cheer for the 24,918 athletes who would cross the finish line. Boylston Street was filled with families and onlookers with even more people milling around the surrounding streets trying to get a peak at the finish line.  Juliet...

Eric Yost, sophomore right hand pitcher, pitches in a game at Friedman Diamond. Northeastern University baseball’s record continues to split the rail with an even 17-15-1.

Baseball’s homestand against William & Mary ends in triumph

Lauren Thomas, news staff April 16, 2022

After the 32nd game of the season, Northeastern University baseball’s record continues to split the rail with an even 17-15-1.  In the three-game series against William & Mary College (16-12) April 1 through 3, Northeastern went 1-2, squeaking out a win in the final...

The Northeastern University Dance Team takes the national stage in Daytona for the first time in five years.

Dance Team takes the national stage in Daytona for the first time in five years

Julia Henning, news correspondent April 7, 2022

In the foyer atop the stairs of the Godfrey Lowell Cabot center, 20 students and their coach sat chatting and donning hundreds of silver rhinestones on long black jumpsuits last week.  “I can’t wait to see Navarro,” says one. While it may just seem like any other club...

TJ Semptimphelter covered the net in both games of the Beanpot tournament and made an impressive show.

Rookie goalie Semptimphelter dominates at Beanpot

Lauren Thomas, news staff April 6, 2022

After Northeastern men's ice hockey (25-13-1) starting goalie sophomore Devon Levi left in January to play in the 2022 Olympics, freshman goaltender TJ Semptimphelter took advantage of his opportunity to defend the net. At his Northeastern hockey debut Jan. 22, Semptimphelter...