2008 Woodie Awards
It's only one win, but the football team is at the top of the Colonial Athletic Association's (CAA) North Division. While the Huskies got off to a sluggish start against Towson Saturday, the NU offense would eventually get on track and score 28 unanswered points to defeat the Tigers in their CAA opener, 35-17, at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md. (0) comments
The women's volleyball team opened the second half of its season with a pair of Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) road wins. The wins over James Madison and George Mason brought Northeastern's record to 9-7 (3-0 CAA). Northeastern opened the weekend at James Madison (7-12, 1-2 CAA). (0) comments
Last season, it took the Northeastern women's hockey team almost seven weeks to compile two wins. This season, it took just one weekend. On Friday, the Huskies won 3-2 at Rensselaer before defeating Union 6-0 Saturday. Friday's win was the first for Northeastern's new head coach, Dave Flint. (0) comments
For the women's soccer team, it was a weekend of pairs. A pair of sisters - freshman defender Kelly Matthews and senior defender Brenna Matthews - scored a goal a piece to lead the Huskies in their 4-1 win over Towson Friday night at Parsons Field. And yesterday, Northeastern made it a pair of home wins for the weekend with a 1-0 blanking of George Mason in overtime. (0) comments
The year 2002. That was the last time Northeastern football beat UMass. Don Brown was the head coach. He took the Huskies to the top of the Atlantic-10, back before it was the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), winning a share of the conference with a 7-2 mark. (0) comments
For field hockey head coach Cheryl Murtagh, one equals 300. After a 3-2 home win against Stanford Saturday night, that's how many wins she needs to reach the 300 mark. Northeastern had a chance at New Hampshire (5-6) Sunday evening, but dropped the game 4-1 to the Wildcats. (0) comments
The men's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to five games Saturday at Georgia State after playing the Panthers to a 2-2 tie in two overtimes. A goal off the back of junior midfielder Lars Okland in the 65th minute gave the Huskies their second goal of the afternoon and evened the score at two. (0) comments