Weekend recap

Congrats to the women's hockey team, who downed Vermont 4-3 Sunday to earn their first playoff berth since the 2003-04 season.

The men's hockey team split a home and home series with UMass, although not in the traditional way. NU rallied from 2-0 ad 3-2 deficits to win 5-3 Friday at Mullins Center. The win was the 20th of the year for the Huskies, the first time since the 1997-98 season they 've reached that mark. UMass came into Matthews Saturday night and emerged with a 4-1 victory. The Huskies are now 1-2 against the Minutemen this season, who seem to pose a matchup problem for Northeastern. This could be something to watch come playoff time.

After losing a stinker to Drexel, men's hoops lost 64-53 at George Mason Saturday. It's not that suprising, as GMU is a tough team, never mind at home, but it would have been nice for the Huskies to get the win.

Women's hoops dropped a 62-58 loss to Towson in overtime Sunday. This comes after a thrilling 68-66 OT win Thursday night at Solomon Court against Georgia State.

There's been a bit of a panic by Husky fans over the recent funk of men's basketball and hockey. Granted, these teams have hit a bit of a skid, but hockey is still one point ahead of BU for first place and men's basketball can clinch the No. 1 seed in the CAA tourney if they win out.
The Huskies have three conference games remaining (vs. Georgia State, at Drexel and vs. ODU).

Hockey has a big home and home series with BU this weekend, followed by series with UMass-Lowell and BC to close out the season. UMass-Lowell is ahead of BC in the Hockey East standings.... who would have though that?


It's the middle of February and baseball season is quickly approaching. The Huskies open regular season play next Monday against Eckerd in Sarasota, Fla. The annual NU-Red Sox scrimmage will take place on Saturday Feb. 28. I'm looking forward to being there in person.