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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Women’s Basketball

Junior guard Yirsy Quéliz keeps the ball away from a defender in a matchup against Elon University March 6. Quéliz notched 11 points in Northeastern’s loss to the LIU Sharks.

Foul city: Women’s basketball falls in season opener

Cassandra Joyce, deputy sports editor November 6, 2025

After a tumultuous 3-25 season for Northeastern women’s basketball last year, the Huskies were hoping to start the new season off right: a win over a team that, last year, they only lost to by two. Unfortunately, the Huskies (0-1, 0-0 CAA) fell to the Long Island University...

Jay Yve Modi claps for his team. Yve Modi and Taniyah Thompson joined the women's basketball coaching staff, the team announced Sept. 17. Photo courtesy  Houston Rockets.

Northeastern women’s basketball adds new assistant coach, graduate assistant

Cassandra Joyce, deputy sports editor September 22, 2025

After a tumultuous 3-25 season last year, Northeastern women’s basketball is looking to start fresh by hiring new assistant coach Jay Yve Modi and graduate assistant Taniyah Thompson, the team announced on its website and on Instagram.  Modi most recently worked as the...

Yirsy Quèliz takes on her opponent. Quèliz collected 15 points and three steals against Elon March 6.

Northeastern women’s basketball upsets Elon for Senior Day win

Cassandra Joyce, news staff March 9, 2025

After a rough weekend series, the Northeastern women’s basketball team (3-24, 2-16 CAA) picked up its  third win of the season against the Elon University Phoenix (15-14, 9-9 CAA) on Senior Day March 6, 49-43.  The Senior Day ceremony honored graduate student guard Bailey...

Yirsy Quéliz signals her team at a Feb. 16 game. The Huskies lost against William & Mary College Feb. 28 and Hampton University March 2.

Northeastern women’s basketball takes a double loss in Virginia

Cassandra Joyce, news staff March 4, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (2-23,1-15 CAA) took two losses against the William & Mary Tribe (11-16, 8-8 CAA) Feb 28. and the Hampton University Pirates March 2. (7-20, 3-13 CAA) 71-51 and 68-66, respectively.  Against the Tribe, redshirt sophomore guard...

Camille Clement fights through her shot Feb. 16. Clement had six points and one assist against Towson Feb. 21.

Northeastern women’s basketball suffers loss to Towson during “Think Pink” game

Cassandra Joyce, news staff February 24, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (2-20, 1-13 CAA) suffered a tough loss to the Towson Tigers (9-16, 7-7 CAA) 67-51 at home Feb. 21.  Northeastern was up at halftime by one but by the end of the game, the Huskies just didn’t have much left in the tank with only...

María Sánchez Pitarch moves to score. Northeastern took home its first conference win against Hofstra Feb. 16.

Women’s basketball wins thriller against Hofstra for first home, conference win of season

Cassandra Joyce, news staff February 18, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (2-20, 1-12 CAA) secured a comeback win against the Hofstra University Pride (9-15, 4-9 CAA) Feb. 16 for their first conference and home win of the season, 61-51.  The Huskies were led in scoring by redshirt sophomore guard Abby...

A Husky tries to find the hoop Nov. 14. The Huskies fell short in every area of the Feb. 7 game.

Women’s basketball suffers losses in devastating weekend series

Cassandra Joyce, news staff February 12, 2025

Northeastern women’s basketball (1-19, 0-11 CAA) suffered back-to-back losses against the Campbell University Camels (14-9, 7-4 CAA), 81-41, and the College of Charleston Cougars (16-6, 7-4 CAA), 89-41.  The Feb. 7 game was the first meetup between the Camels and Huskies...

Freshman guard María Sánchez Pitarch takes on her defender Feb. 2. Pitarch scored 26 points so far this season.

Northeastern falls apart in fourth quarter, secures 17th loss of season

Cassandra Joyce, news staff February 4, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-17, 0-9 CAA) suffered another devastating defeat against the University of Delaware Blue Hens (5-14, 2-7 CAA) 62-54 on Alumni and National Girls and Women in Sports Day.  The game opened up with the highest scoring quarter of...

Abby Jegede takes a shot Jan. 19. Jegede had 19 points against Drexel Jan. 31.

Northeastern women’s basketball team continues losing streak with loss to Drexel

Cassandra Joyce, news staff February 1, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-16, 0-8 CAA) was defeated by the Drexel Dragons (10-8, 6-2 CAA) 57-43 Jan. 31 in the teams’ second matchup of the season.  In their previous matchup Jan. 5, Northeastern lost to Drexel 70-55. Redshirt sophomore guard Abby Jegede...

Freshman center Alyssa Staten wins a tipoff Jan. 19. The Huskies appeared undisciplined, leading to eight turn overs compared to Stony Brook’s two.

Women’s basketball suffers back-to-back defeats on the road, still searching for first conference win

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 28, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-15, 0-7 CAA) lost two consecutive away games against the Stony Brook Seawolves (10-9, 5-3 CAA) and the Monmouth Hawks (10-9, 5-3 CAA) on Jan. 24 and Jan. 26, respectively.  The game against Stony Brook kicked off with three minutes...

Yirsy Quéliz shoots a jumper. Quéliz had 11 points against William & Mary Jan. 19.

Northeastern women’s basketball loses heartbreaker against William & Mary

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 20, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-13, 0-5 CAA) took yet another devastating loss at home Jan. 19, this time against the William & Mary Tribe (6-10, 3-2 CAA), 74-66.  With only seven healthy players left for Northeastern due to injuries, the game quickly became...

Freshman guard María Sánchez Pitarch dribbles down the court Nov. 14. Five of Towson’s points came off turnovers from Northeastern and the Huskies failed to score on any of Towson’s mistakes.

Northeastern women’s basketball collapses in second half, suffers defeat against Towson

Cassandra Joyce, news staff January 18, 2025

The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-12, 0-4 CAA) was demolished by the Towson Tigers (4-12, 2-3 CAA) 79-43 on the road Jan. 17.  Northeastern was coming off their closest game against a conference opponent, a Jan. 12 loss to the University of North Carolina Wilmington...