Northeastern led by as many as 28, and in the end left Williamsburg with a 90-70 victory for the second year in a row. Roland added 15 points on 5-8 shooting, while Pusica contributed a quiet but efficient 13 on 4-8 shooting.
Starting off strong with a three-goal first period, the third-ranked Northeastern women’s hockey team rode that momentum all the way on Friday against No. 10 Boston College, taking down their fellow Bostonians 4-1.
But the Huskies could not keep their winning run going on...
But that was as close as the Huskies got, as near-perfect free-throw shooting was enough to close the game out and seal the deal for Towson, who move to 3-0 along with James Madison as the only remaining undefeated CAA teams. Northeastern, meanwhile, drops to 2-1.
From the start of the extra period, Northeastern tapped once again into their early-game dominance. The Huskies scored the first eight points of overtime and didn’t look back, outscoring Elon 18-7 and taking away an impressive 81-70 victory.
Junior guard Jordan Roland led the way for the Huskies the next night out at home against Eastern Michigan, totalling 24 points and propelling Northeastern to a 81-67 victory.
The window for a Huskies’ come back dwindled as the Crusaders quickly answered the goal by Aurard, with Moore putting another one by Bugalski, her second goal of the evening, to push their lead to 5-3.
Sofie Kato, deputy sports editor
• December 4, 2018
This November the Northeastern hockey community showed support for their alumnus by raising awareness for his GoFundMe page through “Mustaches for MacLeod.”
The teams headed to overtime tied 4-4 as sixty minutes of regulation failed to decide the tilt. Midway through the extra session the Huskies capped off the thrilling game with a dramatic goal by first-year forward Mia Brown.
The Huskies nonetheless demonstrated in Charleston that they could hang with one of the stronger mid-major teams in Davidson and give Power-5 conference teams trouble evidenced by their commanding victory over Alabama.
Then, with 5:29 left in regulation, first-year forward Tyler Madden and defender Jordan Harris worked together to put the Huskies ahead on the scoreboard where they stayed until the final buzzer rang.
