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Erica Staunton and the Northeastern Huskies will play Delaware on Oct. 16 at the Cabot Center.

Northeastern women’s volleyball on four-game winning streak

Annah Chaya, news staff October 3, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies volleyball team’s season (6-6, 2-0 CAA) is in full swing and currently on a four-game winning streak, the longest winning streak in the CAA conference so far. The streak includes wins against Bryant College (6-8, 0-0 NEC), Harvard University (3-6, 0-0...

The Northeastern University women's soccer team

Hate does not stop Katherine Marchesseault, Huskies

Peyton Doyle and Vitoria Poejo September 23, 2021

Freshman defender Katherine Marchesseault has already established herself as a mainstay in the starting XI of Northeastern’s women’s soccer team. Marchesseault is the only member of her class to start all eight games for the Huskies so far this season, helping them secure...

The Huskies will face off against the College of the Holy Cross on September 21.

Northeastern men’s soccer off to hot start

Thomas de Carbonnieres, news staff September 20, 2021

The Northeastern men’s soccer team (5-1-1) has gotten off to a hot start this season.  Following a season opening tie against University of Massachusetts Amherst, NU rattled off back-to-back wins against Bryant University and Merrimack College, both of which were comeback...

Jim Madigan will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on February 14, 2022.

Q&A: Jim Madigan hopes to maintain academic, athletic excellence as Athletic Director

Peyton Doyle and Vitoria Poejo September 17, 2021

Jim Madigan has been involved with Northeastern University for 40 years, first as a player for the men’s ice hockey team in the early 1980s, then later serving as an assistant coach, academic administrator and head coach of the men’s hockey team.    After 352...

Castor Semenya London 2012 by Tab59 from Düsseldorf, Allemagne is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Transgender athletes call for equal representation, lack of exclusion in athletics

Grace Gilson, news correspondent September 2, 2021

Content warning: This article mentions suicidal ideation.  Efforts by legislators to bar transgender, or trans, individuals from public spaces are ramping up across the country, and with the recent Olympic Games, there is a new onslaught of debate over trans inclusion in...

Former Men's Hockey head coach, Jim Madigan will be Northeastern's new athletic director.

Northeastern athletics adapt to NCAA’s NIL rule changes

Peyton Doyle, deputy sports editor August 28, 2021

In June, Northeastern University athletic director Jeff Konya parted ways with the school, marking the end of a 10-year relationship where Northeastern claimed over a dozen CAA championships across its 16 varsity sports, including its first-ever CAA baseball title in 2021.    Konya,...

Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Mirai Nagasu answer questions in a virtual Q&A

Ashlyn Harris, other olympians offer advice to student-athletes in intimate Q&A

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor June 30, 2021

With the 2020 Olympics just under a month away, the Northeastern’s Council for University Programs, or CUP, hosted a virtual Q&A June 18 with Olympians Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Mirai Nagasu.  Harris and Krieger are best known for their talent on the United States...

Jim Madigan will become the new director of athletics after coaching men's hockey for ten years at Northeastern.

Northeastern names Jim Madigan as new director of athletics

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor June 17, 2021

Northeastern men’s hockey coach Jim Madigan was named the new director of athletics in a tweet released Thursday. This news comes after Jeff Konya, who held the directorship since Jan. 10, 2011, departed his position to become the director of athletics at San Jose State University.  In...

Northeastern Men's Basketball team

Northeastern receives low Athlete Equality Index score, aims for change

Sarah Barber, news staff May 12, 2021

On April 1, Athlete Ally released its set of Athlete Equality Index, or AEI, scores, a system that rates Division 1 colleges around the country on its resources for and inclusion of LGBTQ+ student athletes. Northeastern University received a score of 40 out of 100, the fourth...

Bridgette Mitchell will be the seventh head coach in Northeastern Women's Basketball history.

Bridgette Mitchell named NU women’s basketball head coach

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor April 20, 2021

Former Duke University basketball forward Bridgette Mitchell has been named head coach of the Northeastern women’s basketball program, according to an April 17 Northeastern Athletics brief.  The change in leadership comes after the university chose to not renew former head...

Rose Kaefer rejoices with her teammates at a game against UMass Lowell

NU women’s soccer boasts freshman class like no other

Peyton Doyle, news staff April 18, 2021

Entering college is not easy and being a student-athlete is even harder. Throw a pandemic on top of that, and it is nearly impossible.  Five freshmen, Allie Vazquez, Bianca Resca, Eleanor Fisher, Gaby Scarlett and Rose Kaefer, on Northeastern’s women’s soccer team saw...

Senior forward Chelsea Domond dribbles past the Drexel Dragons in a game earlier this season.

Huskies’ resilient season ended in semifinal

Peyton Doyle, news staff April 18, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies women’s soccer team (5-5-1, 3-1-0 CAA) were 45 minutes away from their first CAA Championship game since 2017, Thursday night. The UNCW Seahawks (7-2-0, 4-0-0 CAA), however, had other plans for the Huskies in the second half of their CAA semifinal game.  Despite...