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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Vitoria Poejo, Sports Editor

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The Northeastern Huskies will be on the road until Dec. 4.

Dogfight at Matthews Arena: Northeastern beats UConn 3-2

Vitoria Poejo and Sarah Barber
November 22, 2021

Tensions were high on the ice during Saturday’s Hockey East matchup between No. 1 Northeastern  women’s hockey (11-2-1, 10-2-1 CAA) and No. 2 University of Connecticut (11-2-2, 6-2-2 CAA). It was...

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Northeastern womens hockey against UCONN

NCAA hockey championship changes promote equity through bracket expansion

Sarah Barber and Vitoria Poejo
November 19, 2021

On Nov. 10, the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee approved expanding the Women’s National Hockey Championship from eight to 11 teams. The change comes after an Oct. 25 external report highlighted...

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The Northeastern University womens soccer team

Hate does not stop Katherine Marchesseault, Huskies

Peyton Doyle and Vitoria Poejo
September 23, 2021

Freshman defender Katherine Marchesseault has already established herself as a mainstay in the starting XI of Northeastern’s women’s soccer team. Marchesseault is the only member of her class to start...

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Jim Madigan will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on February 14, 2022.

Q&A: Jim Madigan hopes to maintain academic, athletic excellence as Athletic Director

Peyton Doyle and Vitoria Poejo
September 17, 2021

Jim Madigan has been involved with Northeastern University for 40 years, first as a player for the men’s ice hockey team in the early 1980s, then later serving as an assistant coach, academic administrator...

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Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Mirai Nagasu answer questions in a virtual Q&A

Ashlyn Harris, other olympians offer advice to student-athletes in intimate Q&A

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor
June 30, 2021

With the 2020 Olympics just under a month away, the Northeastern’s Council for University Programs, or CUP, hosted a virtual Q&A June 18 with Olympians Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Mirai Nagasu.  Harris...

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Jim Madigan will become the new director of athletics after coaching mens hockey for ten years at Northeastern.

Northeastern names Jim Madigan as new director of athletics

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor
June 17, 2021

Northeastern men’s hockey coach Jim Madigan was named the new director of athletics in a tweet released Thursday. This news comes after Jeff Konya, who held the directorship since Jan. 10, 2011, departed...

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Bridgette Mitchell will be the seventh head coach in Northeastern Womens Basketball history.

Bridgette Mitchell named NU women’s basketball head coach

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor
April 20, 2021

Former Duke University basketball forward Bridgette Mitchell has been named head coach of the Northeastern women’s basketball program, according to an April 17 Northeastern Athletics brief.  The change...

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Adam Ottavino, former New York Yankees player and Northeastern baseball alum, returns to Boston to join the Red Sox.

From the Big Apple to Beantown: Northeastern Baseball alum Adam Ottavino returns to Boston

Vitoria Poejo, news staff
February 17, 2021

At the 2004 inaugural spring exhibition game between the Boston Red Sox and the Northeastern University Huskies, a 19-year-old Adam Ottavino pitched a scoreless inning against the soon-to-be World Series...

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