Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team took a giant step towards their goal of making the National Championships, this past weekend, when they won the Metro Boston Sectional tournament held in Lancaster, Massachusetts. The team was ranked 1st in their pool and 2nd overall in the tournament.
In their first game the women’s ultimate team, also known as the Valkeries, squared off against Boston University. The team played a good game and was able to control BU’s top three players. The Valkeries finished the game with a 13-3 victory. Next was the Wellesley- B team and Northeastern was able to dominate start to finish, beating Wellesley 13-0. In the third game on Saturday the team was matched up against Boston College. Here the team was able to work in a large number of players and come away with a 13-3 victory. Finally in their fourth and final game of the day the team faced off against the Wellesley-A team, who proved to be the toughest competition of the day. The back and forth game, combined with some errors from the Valkeries led to a close game however Northeastern was able to come away with a 13-9 victory.
Sunday morning brought the final game of pool play and Northeastern faced the Tufts-B team. The game allowed the Valkeries to put an all-rookie line on the field at the same time and the game ended with Northeastern on top 13-2.
The final victory against Tufts game the women’s ultimate team the tournament title at the Metro Boston Sectionals and gives the team a huge confidence boost heading into the Regional tournament to be held May 3-4 also in Lancaster. The top two finishers from the Regional tournament qualify for the National Championship tournament in Boulder, Colorado May 16-18.
Paintball Finishes The Season Ranked 22nd out of 81 Teams After Successful Trip To Nationals. The newly formed Northeastern University Paintball team completed their first trip to the National Collegiate Paintball Championships, held in Lakeland, Florida. The team was entered in the College 5-Man division.
The team had a great showing in the preliminary round, finishing with a 6-2 record, beating the following schools: Air Force Academy, Ohio University, Embry Riddle University, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois State University and Clemson University. The team dropped matches to the University of Florida and Liberty University during the opening round. The finish was good for an 8th place ranking out of the 41 entered teams with the top 16 advancing to the next round of competition. The Huskies then hit an obstacle in the semi-final round being matched up with three strong teams from Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater and Illinois State University. The Northeastern Paintball team put up a good fight but dropped all three matches during the semi-final round. The Paintball club had a successful trip to the National Championship in their first year and ended up ranked 22nd in the nation out of 81 schools.
Stroke Survivor Overcomes Adversity, Rejoins Team and Fights Against Stroke.
Katie Jerdee, a Northeastern University Middler and member of the Women’s Club
Soccer team has overcome the adversity of suffering a stroke while on her way to
practice, after a brave recovery she now works to raise stroke awareness and
prevention.
Close to a year and a half ago, in early November 2006, Katie was joining her
teammates in a run to Parsons Field for practice when she suffered a stroke. The
stroke was in her right cerebellum and caused disability to the right side of her
body. Everything from writing, walking and running to balance, coordination and
motor skills had to be relearned. After a surgical procedure and countless hours of
rehabilitation Katie was able to make a terrific recovery and rejoined her team as a
competitive member during the 2007 season.
Through her challenges in dealing with the stroke, Katie has learned the importance
of awareness and prevention and is now helping to spread the word. She has
partnered with Tedy’s Team, formed by New England Patriot Tedy Bruschi who
suffered through many of the same side effects that Katie dealt with, when he
suffered a stroke in 2005. Tedy’s Team works with the American Stroke Association
to raise money for research that will hopefully lead to the end of stroke.
On April 21, 2008 Katie will run in the Boston Marathon to raise money for Tedy’s
Team. She has also joined Tedy Bruschi in an advertising campaign with the
American Stroke Association for Stroke Awareness Month. The campaign will focus
on stroke warning signs and can be seen in posters at the Government Center T
station and on billboards throughout the Boston area.
Please join Katie in her efforts to raise awareness and fight stroke. If you would like
to help her reach her fundraising goal for the Boston Marathon please follow the
link below.
Northeastern Takes Three Of Four Since Returning From California Trip. The Northeastern University Men’s Lacrosse team has won three of its last four games since returning from California and currently has a record of 3-5. After a tough trip to begin the season, where the team lost hard fought games to Stanford by a score of 10-11, University of California- Santa Barbara by a score of 4-7, Chapman by a score of 9-15 and Cal Poly- SLO 9-13, the Huskies have rebounded by winning three of their last four games.
On March 25th the team traveled to Worcester to face WPI in their first league conference game of the year. NU dominated the game and won by a score of 18-6. Josh Meunier (6 points- 4 goals and 2 assists) and Jason Knerr (5 points- 3 goals and 2 assists) led a balance scoring attack that saw nine different Huskies earn at least one point.
In their next contest the Huskies hosted the University of California at Davis at Charlestown High School. NU jumped out to a 7-1 halftime lead and never looked back outscoring the Aggies 7-5 in the second half. With the final score of 14-6 Northeastern came away with a good win over the visiting team from California. Michael Adamson was the high point man for the Huskies notching 1 goal and 5 assists, Brian Schatz had 4 goals and 1 assist and Jason Knerr scored 4 goals. The Huskies also got points from George Glaeser, Josh Meunier and Sean Markes. In goal both AJ Heeren and Robert Debevoise stopped eight goals apiece.
The Huskies next traveled down to Baltimore, Maryland to share travel costs with the club from Florida State University for a game on March 30th. This provided Northeastern another opportunity to face a nationally ranked opponent (the Seminoles came into the game ranked #11 and the Huskies came in ranked #22.) Although they battled in a hard fought game FSU proved too strong and came away with a 17-8 victory. Northeastern got points from Josh Meunier (3), Brian Schatz (3), Jason Knerr (2) and Michael Adamson (1) and also had 11 saves from goalie Robert Debevoise.
On Sunday April 6, 2008 the Huskies hosted Stonehill College at Parsons Field for their second league game of the year. Northeastern was able to outscore Stonehill by a final score of 13-8 to come away with the victory. Jason Knerr and Josh Meunier lead the way with 6 and 5 points respectively.
Northeastern’s record now stands at 3-5 overall and 2-0 in the PCLL, sitting in a tie for first place with Boston College.
Wrestling Competes At National Championship. The Northeastern University Wrestling club traveled to Lakeland, Florida to compete
in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championship tournament March
13-15, 2008. Josh Avery, wrestling at 235 pounds finished in sixth place overall in
the tournament. Avery beat wrestlers from University of California- San Diego,
University of New Hampshire and Grand Valley State University before falling to
Derryl Cloer from Kennesaw State University. Avery also achieved All-American
status and is the first wrestler in Northeastern University Club Wrestling history to
accomplish that feat.
There were 75 teams from across the country that traveled to Florida for the
national competition. Competition took place over 11 different weight classes from
125 pounds to 285 pounds.
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