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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...

Senior Swedish swimmer Matilda Weiler is one of the approximately 100 international student-athletes in the Northeastern athletics program.

International student-athletes navigate the American athletic dream

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 16, 2021

For Swedish senior swimmer Matilda Weiler, it was an easy choice to decide to pursue swimming in college in the United States. From the get-go, she was enrolled in an athletic high school in her hometown of Helsingborg, Sweden, where she trained and competed on the national level....

Senior guard Stella Clark reached her second 1000th point mark in her basketball career as she ended her final season with the Huskies.

Stella Clark ends her career as a Husky with the ultimate achievement

Niyati Parikh, news staff April 14, 2021

Scoring 1,000 points once is an astonishing accolade but to do it twice during one’s basketball career is monumental, and senior guard Stella Clark ended her Northeastern career with an extra cherry on top. Having accomplished this milestone once in high school, she also became...

The Northeastern Huskies against the Drexel Dragons in spring, 2021

Huskies storm back to douse the Dragons

Peyton Doyle, news staff April 11, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies women’s soccer team (5-4-1, 3-1-0 CAA) saw their playoff hopes dimmed after giving up an early goal to the Drexel Dragons (3-3-1, 1-1-1 CAA) Sunday afternoon at Parsons Field. The Huskies, however, could not be buried so easily. Despite not having a...

Former Northeastern track and field coach Steve Waithe was arrested in Chicago, Illinois Wednesday morning.

Former Northeastern track and field coach arrested on offenses of wire fraud and cyberstalking

Mihiro Shimano and Eamonn Ryan April 7, 2021

Steve Waithe, a former track and field coach at Northeastern from October 2018 to February 2019, was arrested Wednesday morning on offenses of wire fraud and cyberstalking NU female track and field student-athletes. According to the statement by the Department of Justice, Waithe...

Northeastern women's volleyball against Towson in the spring

The women’s volleyball team fall in three sets to Towson in the CAA tournament final

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 5, 2021

The North conference No. 2 seed Northeastern Huskies were a completely different team on the court today against the North conference No. 1 Towson Tigers in the final championship game of the CAA tournament. However, despite their best efforts, they were not able to claim what...

The Huskies claim a win over the JMU Dukes 3-1 in a closely contested set Friday evening.

Northeastern women’s volleyball clinches win against James Madison, grabbing the ticket to the CAA finals

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 3, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies came into Friday evening’s semifinal game relatively unstable as they met the James Madison Dukes on Towson University’s home court. However, Northeastern (8-2, 5-1 CAA) made their ultimate comeback, winning their ticket to the CAA Championship 3-1....