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Volleyball

Erica Staunton and the Northeastern Huskies will play Delaware on Oct. 16 at the Cabot Center.

Northeastern women’s volleyball on four-game winning streak

Annah Chaya, news staff October 3, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies volleyball team’s season (6-6, 2-0 CAA) is in full swing and currently on a four-game winning streak, the longest winning streak in the CAA conference so far. The streak includes wins against Bryant College (6-8, 0-0 NEC), Harvard University (3-6, 0-0...

Northeastern womens volleyball against Towson in the spring

The women’s volleyball team fall in three sets to Towson in the CAA tournament final

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 5, 2021

The North conference No. 2 seed Northeastern Huskies were a completely different team on the court today against the North conference No. 1 Towson Tigers in the final championship game of the CAA tournament. However, despite their best efforts, they were not able to claim what...

The Huskies claim a win over the JMU Dukes 3-1 in a closely contested set Friday evening.

Northeastern women’s volleyball clinches win against James Madison, grabbing the ticket to the CAA finals

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 3, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies came into Friday evening’s semifinal game relatively unstable as they met the James Madison Dukes on Towson University’s home court. However, Northeastern (8-2, 5-1 CAA) made their ultimate comeback, winning their ticket to the CAA Championship 3-1....

No.2 North conference seeded Huskies will face No.1 South conference seed JMU Friday evening in the CAA semifinals.

No. 2 seed women’s volleyball to face No. 1 seed James Madison University in CAA semifinals

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor April 2, 2021

After a dominating 3-0 win against Hofstra University last Saturday, the Northeastern Huskies (7-2, 4-1 CAA) will look to face James Madison University (7-2, 6-1 CAA) in the CAA semifinals Friday evening in Towson, Maryland. This will be the first semifinals appearance for the...

The Huskies split the home-and-away series this weekend with Delaware, making a comeback in Sundays game with a three-set win.

Northeastern women’s volleyball splits home-and-away series with Delaware

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor March 14, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies split the weekend’s home-and-away series with the Delaware Blue Hens, making a stellar comeback in Sunday’s game, winning 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-16), after a loss Saturday afternoon, 3-1 (25-17, 25-23, 11-25, 19-25). NU (6-2, 3-1 CAA) stands second...

Northeastern swept Hofstra Sunday afternoon in second game of the home-and-home series, winning 3-1.

Northeastern completes first CAA series against Hofstra with a win

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor March 8, 2021

The Northeastern women’s volleyball team (5-1, 2-0 CAA) completed their home-and-home series against Hofstra University (3-2, 0-2 CAA) tonight, winning 3-1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-15, 25-22) in a highly-contested couple of sets. This fifth straight victory places them second in the...

The Huskies won against Hofstra in their first CAA regular season matchup, marking the first win against the team since 2017.

Women’s volleyball take home win against Hofstra, 3-1

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor March 6, 2021

The Northeastern volleyball team (4-1, 1-0) took home a 3-1 win (25-27, 25-15, 25-18, 25-18) against Hofstra University (3-1, 0-1) in their first matchup of the CAA regular season, extending their win streak by four matches and marking the first win against the Pride since 2017....

The womens volleyball team will head into their regular season, playing first against rival Hofstra.

Women’s volleyball heads into their regular CAA season

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor March 5, 2021

The Northeastern women’s volleyball team (3-1) will face their first conference opponent, Hofstra University (3-0), March 5, officially kicking off their run to the CAA championships scheduled to take place in Towson, MD April 1 and 3.  Due to COVID-19 protocols, this season...

Northeastern womens volleyball dominated the court Thursday, winning three consecutive sets against Merrimack.

Northeastern women’s volleyball dominates Merrimack on court, 3-0

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor February 27, 2021

The Northeastern women’s volleyball team (2-1) dominated non-conference opponent Merrimack College (0-2) Thursday evening, coming off the court 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-13). This game marked the first meeting between the two teams as Merrimack looks to compete in their second...

NU takes home both wins in home-and-home series against URI, and played their first home game of the season Friday.

Women’s volleyball sweeps Rhode Island in home-and-home series this weekend

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor February 20, 2021

The Northeastern women’s volleyball team (2-1) took home a 3-1 win (22-25, 25-22, 25-14, 25-23) against University of Rhode Island (1-3) Friday, in their first home game in Solomon Court, followed by another 3-1 win (23-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-24) Saturday afternoon.  Despite...

The Huskies battled hard, but could not overcome Boston College Saturday night.

Northeastern women’s volleyball unable to complete comeback in fourth set, fall to Boston College in season opener

Mihiro Shimano, sports editor February 14, 2021

After COVID-19 cancellations interrupted the season opener against the University of Connecticut, the women’s volleyball team finally stepped onto the court Saturday to play against non-conference opponent and near-annual rival Boston College. However, they were unable to comeback...

Nailah Jenkins goes up for a block in a match against Towson earlier in the season.

Women’s volleyball finishes off regular season, looks to CAA tourney

Jordan Baron, sports editor November 20, 2019
The Huskies split their homestand matches in the final weekend of the season, emerging victorious as they shutout Delaware, 3-0, before losing their final match to James Madison, 3-1.