Goaltender Brad Thiessen of the men's hockey team has been named the Hockey East's ITECH Goaltender of the Month for November, the conference announced Tuesday. Thiessen played every minute in net in November, posting a 5-2-1 record, .926 save percentage and 2.35 goals against average. Thiessen and the Huskies host Maine at Matthews Arena on Friday at 7 p.m.
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Men's hoops vs. URI Wednesday
The men's basketball team comes home on Wednesday to take on the Rhode Island Rams at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m. Northeastern went 0-2 last week, losing to Boston University and South Florida, while Rhode Island was 2-1, defeating Hartford and Penn State and losing to Villanova. Matt Janning looks for a repeat performance against Rhody. The junior captain scored a career-high 34 points against the Rams on Nov. 28, 2007. Wednesday's game will broadcast live on WRBB Radio and GoNU.TV.
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Husky Ncentives leaderboard announced
Northeastern Athletics has announced the Husky Ncentives leaderboard at the conclusion of November's Athletics events. Junior Political Science major Christopher Kelly leads the way with 17 points. All students in the top three for November receive a gift card to the Northeastern bookstore. Husky Ncentives was introduced this season to give NU students prizes for attending Athletics events.
November leaderboard (12/2/08)
Husky Ncentives program
Women's hoops at URI Wednesday
The womens basketball team will take on Rhode Island Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I. It is the first time since 2004-05 season that the two teams have met. The Huskies are coming off a close game against Boston University in which NU fell 71-68. Northeastern looks to rebound off the loss and earn its first victory of the young 2008-09 season.
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Women's soccer earns NSCAA Award
The women's soccer team qualified for the the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fifth straight season accumulating a team GPA of 3.39. To earn national recognition a team must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. The Huskies are coming off a huge year after winning the CAA Championship and making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Freshman Veronica Napoli was named CAA Rookie of the Year and was also named to both the All-CAA third team and All-CAA Rookie team along with Gabbi Jatkola.
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Women's hockey falls to BC
The women's hockey team dropped their second game of the season to No. 8 Boston College Sunday at the Eagles' Conte Forum. Florence Schelling made 27 saves and kept the Huskies within one goal until the third period, but Northeastern could not find enough offense. The team's next game is Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. at Vermont.
Full story & box score (11/30/08)
Men's hockey defeats RPI, 5-1
Behind goals from five different skaters, the fourth-ranked men's hockey team defeated RPI 5-1 in the consolation game of the RPI Holiday Tournament in Troy, N.Y. Ryan Ginand scored for the fourth-straight game. Steve Quailer, Chris Donovan, Rob Rassey and Tyler McNeely also scored for the Huskies, and goalie Brad Thiessen made 25 saves. The Huskies improve to 10-3-2 overall and will host Maine next Friday night at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m.
Full story & box score (11/29/08)
Men's hoops downed at USF
The men's basketball team suffered a 55-37 loss to the South Florida Bulls Saturday night at the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. Manny Adako led NU with 10 points as the Huskies were limited to 24 percent shooting. The Huskies return home to face Rhode Island on Wednesday at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m.
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Solomon Track/Cage renovations complete
Northeastern University's Solomon Indoor Track and Cabot Cage were recently renovated with a new indoor track surface surrounding an artificial turf infield. It gives Northeastern a top-quality indoor training facility that will benefit all sports. Work was done by Turner Construction and the renovated facility was opened to Husky student-athletes for training on Monday, Nov. 17.
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Men's hockey falls to No. 7 Princeton
The men's hockey team fell into a two-goal deficit and never led as it took a 5-3 loss to No. 7 Princeton on Friday in the RPI Holiday Tournament. Ryan Ginand, Chris Donovan and Alex Tuckerman scored for the fourth-ranked Huskies. NU will play RPI at 7 p.m. in the consolation game on Saturday. The game will be broadcast on 890 ESPN Boston.
Full story & box score (11/28/08)
Huskies participate in CAA SAAC meeting
Senior Kris Dabrowiecki of the baseball team, freshman Michelle Sopko of the women's soccer team, Athletics Director Peter Roby and Assistant Director of Compliance & Student Athlete Welfare Kelly Scafariello recently represented Northeastern at the 2008 CAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) meeting in Wilmington, N.C. The committee established a new CAA student-athlete mission statement and a sportsmanship statement and discussed current issues.
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Women's hockey loses to New Hampshire
The women's hockey team suffered a 2-0 loss to the No. 6 New Hampshire Wildcats Wednesday at UNH's Whittemore Center. The Wildcats outshot Northeastern 36 to 12, but Florence Schelling made 34 saves to keep the Huskies in the game until the final minutes of the third period. Northeastern is back in action Sunday at 2 p.m. when the Huskies take on Boston College at Conte Forum.
Full story & box score (11/26/08)
