The women’s team finished sixth overall, averaging a time of 10:54 in the 3K. Monmouth (190 points), Central Connecticut State (191 points) and Northeastern (196 points) averaged a time of 10:54, but because Monmouth and Central Connecticut State scored fewer points, they beat out the Huskies. Northeastern edged out Boston College by two points to snag sixth place.
Fourth-year forward Denisa Krizova fired a slapshot past Maddi Welch in net on the power play to add to the lead and to her career totals. Krizova now has 92 assists in her collegiate career, moving her closer to passing 1998 graduate Hilary Witt for fourth place on the all-time NU list with 95 assists.
Heckling etiquette cannot be infallibly enforced, and no player can be expected to absorb every foul thing said to them during an 82-game season without retaliation. Both will continue and, done the right way, both can enhance the sport and can be encouraged.
The Northeastern swimming and diving team lost 137-162 to James Madison University, JMU, who finished second in the conference championships last season.
Sikura is now the 50th player in team history to record 100 career points, and the seventh player in the last six NCAA seasons to record 10 points in the team’s first four games. The Ontario native also leads the nation in goals scored with six.
Despite poor performances in the last three games, beating a cross-town rival can prove to be a pivotal point in the season. Boston University came to Northeastern’s turf Tuesday night at Parsons Field, where the Huskies looked to leave their poor play in North Carolina and secure a result in Brookline.
The Northeastern women built a 13-5 lead and didn’t look back, solidifying the set 25-18 to win the match. Looking toward the remainder of conference play, the road is traditionally tougher as the Huskies meet their previous opponents the second time around.
the team fell mightily short in this weekend’s two-game series at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. The Huskies were shut out 3-0 in Saturday’s game and lost again Sunday by a score of 5-2.
Following a hard-fought draw against the Elon University Phoenix Oct. 8, the Northeastern University women’s soccer team returned home Thursday to kick off the final homestand of the season against first-year striker Kristen Desmond and the top-tier Hofstra University soccer team.
The League Championship round is in full swing, and the four teams remaining are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston: the four largest media markets in the United States.
Last Friday, the Huskies held their own against the nationally-ranked Eagles, who hold the last spot in the country’s top 10 rankings, answering their opponent’s first-half goal early in the second before giving up BC’s go-ahead point with five minutes remaining in the game.
Halfway through playing time, fourth-year defenseman Garrett Cockerill found the back of the net off a pass from third-year forward Adam Gaudette. After RIT was called for having too many men on the ice, fourth-year forward Dylan Sikura buried the game equalizer on a NU power play.
