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Senior swimmer Cloe Bedard-Khalid is excited to be back in the pool with new COVID-19 restrictions.

NU’s swim and dive team makes new waves in adapting to COVID-19

Eamonn Ryan, news correspondent November 9, 2020

In a normal season,  Northeastern’s swimming and diving team would have had multiple meets and would be gearing up for the bulk of their season.  Instead, they are now trying to get up to speed in the pool and on the boards. Typically, they start practices on the first...

The signing and recruitment process has been forced to adapt due to the pandemic, but scholarships still remain to support athletes.

Athletes share their scholarship experiences

Jvalanti Prasad, news correspondent October 30, 2020

Athletic scholarships are both the result of years of hard work and the start of an athlete’s career. Every athlete’s story is different, and every scholarship seems to mold to their story, especially here at Northeastern.  For Victor El Kholti, a freshman from France...

Sophomore defender Megan Carter fights to clear the crease and defender her goalie during a mid-January tilt against UConn last season.

Preview of an unusual winter season

Gretchen Hofmann, news correspondent October 30, 2020

Northeastern basketball and hockey are coming back, but the winter season is not immune to the uncertainty that comes with the pandemic. Despite the question of when the hockey season will begin, and the fact that basketball will not be starting until January, the athletes are...

Sophomore Madison Neuner saw many successes in her first year as a
Husky. Now, she’s ready for any challenges that come her way.

Madison Neuner overcomes hurdles throughout running career

Leah Cussen, deputy sports editor October 30, 2020

At the 2019 Nassaney Invitational, the first meet of the women’s cross country season, Madison Neuner finished first among attached collegiate runners and fourth overall with a 5K time of 18:14.1 as a freshman. Now a sophomore, Neuner is no stranger to challenges. From dealing...

Sophomore forward Mide Oriyomi led her rookie class in scoring average (5.2 points) and minutes per game (15.9 minutes).

Meet the sophomores of women’s basketball

Niyati Parikh, news staff October 16, 2020
Already recruited twice in her lifetime for basketball, psychology major Mide Oriyomi, a world traveler most recently hailing from Ontario, set her sights on Northeastern to continue her basketball career.
The women's hockey team at the Women's Hockey East Championship, where they beat UConn 9-1.

Hockey and basketball likely to return in late November

Valeria Vazquez, sports editor October 14, 2020

Husky fans can expect the hockey and basketball seasons to come back around Nov. 25, Athletic Director Jeff Konya said. “For the hockey and basketball fans, I think I have a little silver lining here. Our intention, as well as the intention of our respective conferences,...

Infielders dive back to first at practice on Parsons Field.

NU baseball returns to practice with new safety protocols

Mike Puzzanghera, news staff October 14, 2020

The last time the Huskies stepped foot on Parsons Field was a Mar. 11 win over Hartford. More than six months after their 3-1 victory, Northeastern baseball is back on the diamond. The team returned to practice Sept. 19 for the first time since the spring NCAA season was suspended...

Scott Holzwasser bats at practice Sept. 29 at Parsons Field.

Q&A: Holzwasser talks summer ball, shortened spring

Mike Puzzanghera, news staff September 30, 2020

Scott Holzwasser’s first attempt at a senior spring may have been cut short, but he still kept up the heat throughout the summer. Northeastern’s starting second baseman spent his summer on the Rhode Island coast, hitting .460 over the newly formed 17-game Newport Collegiate...

The Northeastern club cheerleading team poses in a pyramid at Cabot Center last year, but currently have to practice over Zoom like many other club sports teams.

Club sports adapt to virtual practices for fall semester

Mihiro Shimano, news staff September 24, 2020

With state and university restrictions on large gatherings, club sport teams at Northeastern are unable to practice in person for the fall semester. Many teams are adjusting to online meetings and working to motivate each other despite the lack of in-person practices. For...

Sophomore defenseman Jayden Struble, speaks up about the BLM movement with the support of his team.

Jayden Struble speaks up about racism, diversity in hockey

Marta Hill, news correspondent August 26, 2020

Appalled at the ignorance and hatred against the Black community, sophomore hockey player Jayden Struble felt he couldn’t hold back when protests and riots were rocking the nation, tweeting: “Being silent doesn’t ignite change.”  “It just really got me mad because...

Senior guard Shannon Todd is the 22nd player in program history to reach 1000 points at Northeastern. Along with many other senior athletes, she had her final playoff season cut short due to COVID-19.

How senior athletes handled the unexpected end to their final season

Valeria Vazquez, sports editor August 24, 2020

As the coaches sat the crew team down in the boathouse mid-March to talk about the sudden end of their season, senior men’s rower Louis Pratt was confused and shocked, even though he suspected it was only a matter of time.  “It wasn't really something that I even saw...

Seniors Codie Cross, Matti Hartman and Paige Capistran hold their third straight Hockey East Championship trophy.

NU expects 2020-21 hockey season to go on

Charlie Wolfson, news staff July 31, 2020

Hockey East announced on Wednesday that it plans to play its 2020-21 season, prioritizing league competition and the completion of a regular season. On Friday, Northeastern athletics spokesperson Scott MacDonald told The News he is “really confident” that NU’s men’s and...