Over winter break, the Northeastern University swimming and diving team traveled to Ireland for a week for their annual training trip. The international aspect of this year’s trip infused energy into the team compared to what would normally be an uneventful winter training trip to Florida.
The Huskies have played well to start its CAA schedule, going 2-2 with wins against Towson University and at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The team’s only in-conference losses thus far have come against Elon, the 2017 CAA champions, and James Madison, which has a 4-0 conference record.
The university welcomed its new AD Jeff Konya at a press conference Wednesday, which included addresses by Northeastern’s Senior Vice President Philomena Mantella and President Joseph E. Aoun.
The team could have easily overlooked their meet against the University of New Hampshire. With final exams and a busy training schedule, the team was tired and preoccupied.
Overcoming their fatigue and academic distractions, the Huskies stayed focused and were able to obtain a 160.5-139.5 win against UNH.
After losing 79-69 to Harvard University, Northeastern University women’s basketball head coach Kelly Cole praised her team’s grit, as they responded well to a 20-point deficit in the third quarter.
The Huskies battled Hockey East foe University of New Hampshire for the third and final time of the regular season, coming away with a win to secure a 2-1 record against them over the three games.
First-year goalie Aerin Frankel got the start in net over third-year Brittany Bugalski, who took the loss in a Friday night game against UNH where the Huskies fell in overtime 2-1.
Frankel’s first start came Nov. 10, when she earned her first shut-out and led the team to a 3-0 win over Merrimack. A day later, Frankel helped the team to a 1-1 tie with Merrimack, stopping 51 of 52 shots faced over the weekend series. Her outstanding play earned her recognition, being named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week.
This is the last sports column for The News before the holidays, and in the holiday spirit, we humbly present our sports holiday wishlist. This list is presented without bias toward any team; these are things we feel the sporting world as a whole would be enriched by, regardless of whose colors you wear or what holiday(s) you celebrate.
Barea is busy, but something more important than basketball required his attention Tuesday night. He spent the evening at the NU men’s basketball game against Bucknell at Matthews Arena, where his former team staged a fundraiser — which raised almost $4,000 — benefitting his native Puerto Rico, a place desperately in need of assistance after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September.
Clark has burst onto the scene right away, averaging 13.1 points per game and already collecting a record three CAA Rookie of the Week honors.
Based on her stellar performance thus far, she will be a mainstay in the team’s backcourt rotation for years to come. She seems to fit in perfectly with head coach Kelly Cole’s vision for the program.
“Two points, as I’ve talked about a lot, are hard to come by in this league,” head coach Jim Madigan said of Friday night’s win. “One thing it does is stop the bleeding from a two-league-game losing streak and gets us back on the winning track.”
Northeastern was generally strong in the paint all night, highlighted by the play of their 6-foot-10-inch third-year center, Anthony Green. He finished the game with 11 points, six rebounds and one backboard-quaking two-handed slam.
