14 Facts About Northeastern Huskies

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Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Northeastern Huskies is a founding member of the Hockey East athletic conference, which the team joined in 1984.

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The Northeastern Huskies had their most success in the 1980s, when the team won the prestigious Beanpot tournament four times and was the runner-up twice .

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The Northeastern Huskies managed to win back-to-back Beanpot tournaments in 2018 and 2019, after ending a 30-year-long title drought.

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Northeastern Huskies has been the ECAC finalist seven times, as well as winning fourteen women's Beanpot tournaments, including eight straight between 1984 and 1991.

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Northeastern Huskies is currently a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, having moved to the CAA in 2005 after many years in the America East Conference.

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Northeastern Huskies won the CAA tournament in 2015 and made the NCAA tournament falling to Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round.

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Club Sports Program at Northeastern Huskies University, administered by the Campus Recreation department, includes over 40 club sports.

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Northeastern Huskies University Sailing Team was established in 1940, making it one of the oldest college sailing teams in the country.

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Northeastern Huskies ski team is a United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association alpine skiing program started in 1971 that competes as a member of the Thompson Division in the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference .

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Northeastern Huskies club climbing team was founded in the spring of 2014.

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12.

Northeastern Huskies won the 2012 East Coast 7s Championship to qualify for the 2012 USA Rugby College 7s National Championship.

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13.

The Northeastern Huskies competed at the 2014 Collegiate Rugby Championship, a tournament broadcast live on NBC from PPL Park in Philadelphia.

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14.

Major rivals for the Northeastern Huskies include Tufts, Boston College, Boston University and MIT.

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