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The Huskies gain their seventh straight win this season against James Madison University.

Jahmyl Telfort, men’s basketball sink James Madison with seventh straight win

Eamonn Ryan, deputy sports editor January 23, 2021

Freshman forward Jahmyl Telfort finished with a career-high 23 points as the Northeastern Huskies (8-5, 7-0 CAA) pulled away from the James Madison University Dukes (6-5, 1-1 CAA) to win 72-63 Saturday afternoon at the Cabot Center in Boston. The Huskies were up by just six...

The Huskies were on a roll this weekend, scoring 5-0 against Providence, their third win against them this season.

No. 4 women’s hockey wipes No. 7 Providence again, earns a 5-0 shutout road victory

George Barker, news staff January 23, 2021

The Huskies struggled with slow starts in the opening weeks of their season, when they were facing teams that had much more ice-time together to work out their kinks. Now, Northeastern looks to have more than put their pieces together. They dominated from the first puck drop...

This season, the men's basketball team have traded their usual jersey phrase to a phrase of their choice expressing their beliefs.

Custom phrases display messages calling for social justice, allow athletes’ voices to be heard

Sarah Olender, news staff January 23, 2021

Before games, the men’s basketball team normally wears long sleeve warm-up jerseys that say “Northeastern Basketball” or a motivational quote. The phrase changes each year, but this year the jerseys say something different. Now, every player warms up in a black, long-sleeve...

The Huskies defeat Providence for a second time this season Friday evening, 4-1.

No. 4 women’s hockey defeats first-place No. 7 Providence by score of 4-1

George Barker, news staff January 22, 2021

For the second time this season, the No. 4 women’s hockey team defeated the visiting first-place No. 7 Providence Friars, hanging up four goals on them again to pick up a 4-1 win after shutting them out 10 days ago. By virtue of the Friars and No. 9 Boston College having played...

NU sweeps Manhattan College 62-50 in non-conference match up Tuesday afternoon.

Women’s basketball nabs second straight road win with the unstoppable offense of Oriyomi and Clark

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 19, 2021

After 10 days off from CAA play due to COVID-19 scheduling changes, all eyes were back on sophomore forward Mide Oriyomi Tuesday afternoon. And boy did she step up to the challenge against non-conference opponent, Manhattan College. Not only did she score the first layup of...

The Men's Hockey team will not be playing this weekend against University of New Hampshire as scheduled.

No. 13 men’s hockey vs. New Hampshire cancelled due to COVID-19 case

Erin Walsh, news staff January 19, 2021

Hockey East announced Tuesday that this weekend's home-and-home series between the No. 13 Northeastern men's hockey team and the University of New Hampshire will not be played as scheduled.  According to a tweet from Mark Divver of the New England Hockey Journal, Huskies...

No. 4 women’s hockey topples visiting Maine Black Bears 3-2 in overtime

No. 4 women’s hockey topples visiting Maine Black Bears 3-2 in overtime

George Barker, news staff January 17, 2021

No. 4 Northeastern associate head coach Nick Carpenito opened his phase of the postgame press conference with a remark on Maine’s senior goaltender Loryn Porter, mentioning how he expected to have nightmares about her for a third straight week. It’s hard to blame him, as...

The Huskies have now won their last six with their win over Charleston.

Doherty tips men’s basketball over the edge with game-winning bucket in Charleston

Eamonn Ryan, deputy sports editor January 17, 2021

With fifteen seconds on the clock, sophomore guard Tyson Walker drove to the hoop in hopes of scoring a game-winning basket. He missed. Redshirt sophomore Chris Doherty, however, was on the other side of the hoop waiting for the ball to come to him. He tipped it in to win...

It was a big day for Shaq Walters as he finished with a double-double in the Huskies' win over Charleston.

Men’s basketball holds off Charleston, pulls out 67-62 win

Eamonn Ryan, deputy sports editor January 16, 2021

Sophomore guard Tyson Walker scored 20 points and redshirt sophomore guard Shaquille Walters had a 13-point, 11-rebound double-double as the Northeastern Huskies (6-5, 5-0 CAA) increased their winning streak to five straight games with a 67-62 win Saturday afternoon in Charleston,...

The Huskies' Friday and Saturday game against Boston College cancelled due to a positive COVID-19 case.

No. 13 men’s hockey vs. No. 3 Boston College postponed due to positive COVID-19 case

Erin Walsh, news correspondent January 15, 2021

Hockey East announced Friday afternoon that this weekend's home-and-home series between the No. 13 Northeastern men's hockey team and No. 3 Boston College would not be played as scheduled after a positive COVID-19 test result within NU's non-player or coach Tier 1 personnel.  The...

The Huskies beat UNH 7-0 Wednesday despite absence from head coach Jim Madigan and freshman goaltender Devon Levi.

No. 13 men’s hockey dominates in 7-0 win over UNH

Erin Walsh, news correspondent January 13, 2021

The No. 13 Northeastern men's hockey team was victorious on Wednesday, defeating the University of New Hampshire 7-0, improving to 6-3-2 (6-3-2 HEA) on the season.  "That's a well-coached team," associate head coach Jerry Keefe said about UNH. "We studied them on video and...

Senior netminder Aerin Frankel notched 32 saves and shut out the visiting Friars in the Huskies' 4-0 victory.

No. 4 women’s hockey picks up momentum swinging 4-0 win against No. 7 Providence

George Barker, news staff January 13, 2021

You may have heard this one already: The No. 4 women’s hockey team found themselves in another defensive battle early Tuesday evening, but took control in the second period, this time against the visiting No. 7 Providence Friars. The Huskies (5-1-1) came out on top in the...