By: Connor Blake, Staff Writer Yahya Nure, athlete on the Men’s Cross Country team and sophomore majoring in biology from Portland, Maine is blazing the trail with his running ability. This year, Nure has been named Little East Conference (LEC) Runner of the week once, and finished first in the alumni meet. Through his passion…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Suffering an injury is a nightmare for all athletes. For student-athletes, it’s something that can affect them in their classes as well as in their sport. Audrey Pohl, a sophomore media studies major and women’s basketball athlete, suffered a bad ACL sprain last October. The injury saw her out of…
By: Connor Blake, Staff Writer Tracy Edwards, player on the Women’s tennis team and senior majoring in Health Sciences from Cranston, Rhode Island has played an integral role both on and off the tennis court this season. On the court she has been a steady contributor for both doubles and singles tennis. So far this…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor The beautiful game may be on its way to Portland, according to the Portland Press Herald. Professional soccer has not made an appearance in Portland before, though GPS Portland Phoenix currently plays in the United Soccer League 2, a pre-professional development league. The club talks of coming to Portland, would…
By: Connor Blake, Staff Writer Emily Baker, captain of the Women’s soccer team and senior exercise science major from Brunswick, Maine has played a crucial role on and off the field this season. On the field she has earned Little East Conference (LEC) Defensive Player of the Week for the week of September 9th. Her…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor The University of Maine field hockey team had finished the first half of overtime against Temple University, a game that was being played at Kent State University in Ohio. Both teams were informed by Kent State officials that the game could no longer continue, as the field was needed for…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor It was a successful home opener for the women’s soccer team, as they held the UMaine Farmington Beavers to a shutout in a 3-0 victory at Hannaford Field. The Huskies came into the match with two away wins to kick off the season, a 4-0 win over Thomas College and…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor The fall season is nearly here for Huskies athletics. Several teams are kicking off their season this Friday. The 2019 Preseason Coaches’ Polls have been released for the sports that compete in the Little Eastern Conference (LEC), ranking each team going into the season. Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer finished in…
The first six weeks of each academic year is critical to the success of every student regardless of their chosen field or involvement in extracurricular pursuits. Surround yourself with good people that will support your hopes and dreams, genuinely care about you and keep you balanced and on track. Make good choices, good decisions and…
Sheddy Agbonsalo Men’s Soccer 2016-18 Leadership Studies Haley Bantz Women’s Track & Field, Cross Country 2016, 2018-19 English Kiley Boerger Women’s Track & Field, Cross Country 2015-19 Nursing Avaughn Brown Men’s Basketball 2018-19 English Education Taylor Canastra Women’s Soccer 2015-18 Biology/Education/Chemistry Emily Close Women’s Track & Field 2016-19 Exercise Science Samantha Conley Women’s Track &…
By: Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor With an extremely depleted farm system, looking in from the outside it would be highly unlikely for the Boston Red Sox to produce an American League Rookie of the Year for a very long time. But 23-year-old infielder Michael Chavis could be the Red Sox best shot at the award….
By: Connor Blake, Staff Writer On what felt like a perfect Tuesday night to honor the seniors on the USM Men’s Lacrosse team, the Huskies took on the UMass Boston Beacons. They fought hard but ultimately came up short to the Beacons, losing 13-7. Prior to the start of the action on Tuesday, the Huskies…
By Connor Blake, Staff Writer Junior general management major Ben Lambert led the way with seven strikeouts in seven innings pitched in the Huskies win over the Beacons. Allowing two hits as the 3rd/4th place USM Huskies took down the visiting University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons 8-3 in Little East Conference play on a chilly…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Winning has become a culture for the city of Boston. Since the year 2000, Boston has watched four of their major sports teams lift a total of 12 championships. The most coming from the New England Patriots dynasty, who have won a total of six Super Bowls since their first…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Major League Soccer is enjoying their highest rate of growth in viewership and fanbases, but the team that competes in the Eastern Conference of the MLS from New England is not. The New England Revolution have been in the MLS since the beginning, when the league was formed in 1993…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Following the proposal by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to eliminate the funding for the Special Olympics in the 2020 federal education budget, there was an outcry across the nation for the funding to be upheld. The Special Olympics is an important event not only to those who compete, but those…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor With the snow finally clearing, and spring on its way, Major League Baseball is finally back. For the city of Boston and all of New England, it means that the Boston Red Sox have a chance to do something no baseball team has done since 1999/2000, win the World Series…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor While many students took the week of Spring Break off to relax and get ready for the rest of the semester, spring sports teams headed south to Florida for preseason. The USM Baseball team competed in seven games during their spring trip, winning six out of the seven games in…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Just two years after failing to win a single regular season game, the Cleveland Browns have added one of the biggest names in the National Football League to their roster, Odell Beckham Jr. from the New York Giants. It’s happening. 
@obj pic.twitter.com/YUx5xgIHqz — NFL (@NFL) March 13, 2019 Beckham Jr.,…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor The Boston Celtics were labeled as the favorite in the Eastern Conference this year, and as the challenger to the unstoppable Golden State Warriors. But then the season started, and things didn’t particularly go the way experts predicted. The Boston Celtics started off the year with a 10-10 start, which…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor USM’s Women’s Basketball team finished the season with an outstanding 16-11 record, the team’s best showing since 2013. The Huskies ended their season with a disappointing 93-58 loss to Eastern Connecticut State in the Little Eastern Conference Semifinals on Feb. 22. The team had a very strong start to the…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor Baseball USM Men’s Baseball team comes into this year off an outstanding 30-15 record from last season, where the team ended the season with a 9-3 loss to Swarthmore College from Pennsylvania in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament Championship. The Huskies, under head coach Ed Flaherty who was recently…
By Cullen McIntyre, Sports Editor USM’s Men’s Indoor Track & Field team won their fifth Little Eastern Conference Championship for the fifth year in a row. Since 2009, Men’s Indoor Track & Field has won eight of the 10 conference championships, not winning in 2012 and 2014. The team travelled to Plymouth State University for…