Northeastern Huskies | |
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University | Northeastern University |
Conference | Coastal Athletic Association Hockey East EARC (men's rowing) |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Jim Madigan |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Varsity teams | 16 |
Basketball arena | Matthews Arena |
Ice hockey arena | Matthews Arena |
Baseball stadium | Friedman Diamond |
Soccer stadium | Parsons Field |
Aquatics center | Barletta Natatorium |
Other venues | Cabot Center |
Mascot | Paws |
Nickname | Huskies |
Fight song | All Hail Northeastern |
Colors | Red and black[1] |
Website | nuhuskies |
The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey (in Hockey East); men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey and volleyball, swimming, and men's and women's soccer (in the Colonial Athletic Association), and men's and women's rowing, track and cross-country.
The NU mascot is Paws. The school colors are red and black with white trim. The fight song, "All Hail, Northeastern," was composed by Charles A. Pethybridge, Class of 1932.
While Northeastern has won numerous conference championships, they have not won a team national championship. As of 2021, Northeastern has only had a team make it to a national championship game on one occurrence; the women's hockey team made it to the national championship game in 2021, but lost 2–1 in overtime to the Wisconsin Badgers.
Northeastern's sole individual NCAA Champion was Boris Djerassi, who won the 1975 NCAA Championship in the hammer throw.
Principal athletic facilities include Matthews Arena, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey arena (capacity: 4,666 for hockey, 5,250 for basketball), Parsons Field (3,000 for baseball), Cabot Center (1,800 for basketball and volleyball), Barletta Natatorium (500), the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (3,500) and the Henderson Boathouse.