The Northeastern field hockey team has continued its dominant stretch, extending its winning streak to eight games with wins over Harvard University, Boston University (BU) and University of California, Davis (UC Davis). It’s the team’s longest winning streak since 2011.
After a disappointing first weekend of the season, the Northeastern field hockey team has stretched its winning streak to three games. This marks the team’s longest streak since the 2012 season, with wins over Providence College, Dartmouth College and University of New Hampshire (UNH) in the past eight days.
After returning to campus three weeks early to begin practice, the Northeastern University field hockey team started its 2014 season at the Conference Cup in Lancaster, Pa. The four competing teams played at The Spooky Nook, the official training site of USA Field Hockey.
Star players may have given way to youth and the overall record may have fallen short of expectation, but at the end of the day, the Northeastern field hockey team ended up right where they were supposed to be.
Any player will tell you, there’s a little extra motivation when it comes to rivalry games. When campuses are separated by less than five miles, the battle for regional supremacy can only heighten the emotions on the field.
Following the conclusion of its six-game slide with a win over La Salle University, the Northeastern field hockey team earned its first marquee win of the season Friday afternoon.
The Northeastern field hockey team got back to its winning ways Sunday afternoon at Solomon Field in Dedham, snapping a six-game skid by upending the La Salle University Explorers full name by a score of 5-3.
On Sept. 13, Northeastern field hockey coach Cheryl Murtagh notched her 350th win with the Huskies in a 5-0 shutout of Dartmouth. Collecting 350 wins with a single program is an achievement only a handful of coaches at the Division I level can claim.
The last time the Northeastern field hockey team spent its weekend in Louisville, Ky., the team had immense success. With an invite to the Sherrill Brakmeier Classic last fall, Northeastern emerged victorious over a pair of Top-25 opponents in Louisville and Northwestern.
