Brittani Gardella smiles and takes a sip from her Starbucks iced coffee in the lobby of Matthews Arena. The five-foot, three-inch starting center back for the Northeastern women’s soccer team slouches in her chair comfortably as she reflects on her soccer career and the path least traveled to where she is today.
The Northeastern University (NU) women’s soccer team played its last set of non-conference games last weekend, netting a win and a loss against two other New England teams.
Expectations were high for the Northeastern (NU) women’s soccer team coming into the 2015 season. After a school-record of 15 wins, the Huskies dominated their way to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title in 2014. NU nabbed another historic milestone when it toppled Boston University (BU) in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first tournament win in program history.
Northeastern women’s soccer is back in action, looking to ride a five-game winning streak to its third consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament appearance.
On Jan. 16, senior captain Bianca Calderone became the first NU player drafted into the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Calderone was selected in the fourth and final round, 33rd overall, by the hometown Boston Breakers.
The Northeastern women’s soccer team’s record-breaking 2014 season came to an end on Nov. 21 with a 3-0 loss at the hands of top-seeded Florida State University (FSU). Over the course of the season, the Huskies broke program records for wins and shutouts, and reached the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament for the second time in school history.
With a 2-0 drubbing of the Hofstra University Pride in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament championship, the Northeastern soccer team earned its second consecutive CAA title and second straight trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament.
With a 1-0 victory over Drexel University on Sunday, the Northeastern women’s soccer team captured its first regular season conference title since 2009.
It was exciting while it lasted, but the Northeastern women’s soccer team’s winning streak finally came to an end against the Hofstra University Pride.
The wins keep piling up for the Northeastern women’s soccer team. The Huskies (9-5-2) currently hold a five game winning streak after dominating wins over Towson University and James Madison University (JMU) last weekend. The victories also brought the team’s conference record to a perfect 4-0-0, leaving the Huskies atop the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings.
