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Women’s History Month Spotlight: three-time Olympic medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield

President of the PWHPA, Olympic champion Kendall Coyne Schofield won the 2023 PWHPA Humanitarian Award.

This Women’s History Month, I will be spotlighting women athletes and their achievements in college, after college, and beyond. Athletes are humans first and while I want to highlight their athletic ability and achievements, I also want to point a spotlight on what they are doing off their field of play.

There is no doubt Kendall Coyne Schofield, left wing for the United States Women’s Ice Hockey Team, is athletically talented. She has won two silvers and one gold at the Olympics and is a 6-time IIHF Women’s World Champion among numerous other on-ice accolades. In 2019, she became the first woman to compete in the NHL Skills Competition as a Fastest Skater competitor. She recorded a time of 14.346 and while she didn’t win, she didn’t come in last either.

The winner of the competition, Connor McDavid with a time of 13.378, said of Coyne Schofield, “When she took off I was like, ‘Wow!’ I thought she might have won, the way she was moving. She was a really good skater and it’s an amazing thing for the game when they can see her participate like that in an event like this.”

Her off-ice accomplishments stand-out as well. Coyne Schofield attended Northeastern University where she played ice hockey and graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both summa cum laude.

In 2020, she parlayed her education and love of sport, and joined the ownership group of the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). That is not the only elite women’s sports entity in which she is involved. Her background in hockey led her to be the President and a board member of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) where she helps further the PWHPA’s work to create a sustainable and viable professional women’s hockey league. She also competes in the PWHPA’s Dream Gap Tour on Team Adidas.

Recently, she penned a book, As Fast As Her, about her life and accomplishments which came out in 2022.

This month she announced on Instagram that she and her husband, Chicago Bears offensive guard Michael Schofield, are expecting their first child this summer.

And to cap it all off, she won the PWHPA’s Humanitarian Award for her work on and off the ice. Not only is she elite as an athlete, she continues to use her platform to change the game for other women in sport. We salute you Kendall and thank you for your tireless efforts both in and out of sport.

Hoffman, Ingle lead Clemson to historic win over Northeastern

Clemson, S.C. – Cooper Ingle had three hits and Rick Hoffman went seven leading the Tigers to a 10-4 win over Northeastern Saturday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The 14-0 record is the best start since 1992 and the third best start ever. …

Clemson, S.C. — Cooper Ingle had three hits and Rick Hoffman went seven leading the Tigers to a 10-4 win over Northeastern Saturday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.  The 14-0 record is the best start since 1992 and the third best start ever.

Clemson starter Nick Hoffman continues to improve each week.  Hoffman pitched seven innings and gave up seven hits, four runs and four earned runs.

Northeaster took the lead in the second as they plated a single run.

As has been the case many times this season, the Tigers responded quickly.  With one out Bryar Hawkins singled.  Max Wagner walked moving Hawkins to second.  Chad Fairey singled to the right side scoring Hawkins.  Jonathan French put down a great bunt scoring Wagner and the Tigers led 2-1 after the second.

In the bottom of the third Dylan Brewer reached on a fielding error.  Tyler Corbitt was hit by a pitch moving Brewer to second.  With one out Cooper Ingles singled to score Brewer and the lead was stretched to 3-1.

Northeastern bounced back with one run in the fop of the fourth.

Fairey doubled to leadoff the bottom of the fourth.  French reached on a fielder’s choice and Fairey was out at third.  Benjamin Blackwell singled before Brewer went down on strikes. Corbitt singled to score French and the Tigers led 4-2 after four.

Ingle got a wind aided leadoff home run in the fifth.  A routine fly ball to left carried out with the wind gusts.  It was Ingles second home run of the season.  With one out Wagner doubled to left.  French singled to score Wagner with two away.  Blackwell walked before Brewer doubled on a ball that should have been caught to score French and the Tigers led 7-2 after five.

The Huskies hit a two run home run in the top of the sixth.

Once again the Tigers responded.  With one out Ingle doubled down the left field line.  Hawkins reached on a fielding error advancing Ingle to third.  Wagner walked to load the bases.  French singled with two away to score Ingle and Hawkins.

Grice hit a solo home run to left in the seventh.  His fourth home run on the season got up in the air and was just over the left fielder’s glove.

With the win Clemson moved to 14-0 on the season.  The Tigers and Huskies finish the series Sunday at noon.

Clemson downs Northeastern 9-6 to keep streak alive

Clemson, S.C. – The Tigers remained unbeaten as they scored nine runs on nine hits to down Northeastern 9-6 Friday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Clemson took the lead in the third inning. Jonathan French was hit by a pitch. Benjamin Blackwell …

Clemson, S.C. — The Tigers remained unbeaten as they scored nine runs on nine hits to down Northeastern 9-6 Friday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Clemson took the lead in the third inning.  Jonathan French was hit by a pitch.  Benjamin Blackwell grounded out advancing French to second.  Dylan Brewer singled to left center to score French.  He then stole second before Corbitt singled to left center to score him.  The Tigers led 2-0 after the third.

Northeastern tied the game with two runs in the top of the fifth.

The Tigers took the lead right back in the bottom of the fifth.  Blackwell had a leadoff walk.  Brewer singled to advance Blackwell to second.  Corbitt reached on a fielder’s choice and Blackwell advanced to third.  He then stole second.  Grice walked to load the bases.  Cooper Ingle singled to left to score Blackwell.  Bryar Hawkins grounded to second to score Grice.  Max Wagner hit a two run home run to left to score Wagner and Clemson led 7-2.

The Huskies plated two in the sixth to cut into the lead.

French hit a leadoff home run to the Chapman Grandstands to start the bottom of the sixth.  With two outs Brewer doubled to right before Corbitt walked.  Grice walked to load the bases.  Ingle hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Brewer.

Anglin got the start for the Tigers and went five innings only giving up three hits, two runs and two earned runs.

With the win Clemson moved to 13-0 on the season.  The Tigers and Northeastern play again Saturday afternoon at 3 PM.

Notre Dame makes Jon Rothstein’s early top 45 for 2021-22 season

A prominent college basketball expert is thinking highly of Notre Dame for next season.

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Ever since college basketball experts began make their early predictions for the 2021-22 season, Notre Dame often has been included. Joe Lunardi of ESPN still has the Irish in his Bracketology. Now, Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today is ranking the Irish 44th in the upcoming season’s first edition of the Rothstein 45.

Notre Dame is the ACC team ranked lowest in this installment. Florida State and Duke have the conference’s best rankings at 13th and 14th, respectively. Virginia Tech and North Carolina are next to each other with respective rankings of 20th and 21st. They’re followed by Virginia (24th), Syracuse (26th), Georgia Tech (28th) and Louisville (43rd).

Yale transfer Paul Atkinson is expected to crack the Irish’s starting lineup, and the only losses are Juwan Durham and Nikola Djogo, the latter of whom transferred to Northeastern for his final year of eligibility. With the Irish’s core remaining almost intact, it’s hard to imagine another season together won’t work wonders.

Former Notre Dame guard Nikoa Djogo transfers to Northeastern

A former Irish player has announced where he’s transferring to.

It’s been two-and-a-half weeks since former Notre Dame guard Nikola Djogo announced he would enter the transfer portal. With a year of eligibility remaining, Djogo decided he would use it, albeit elsewhere. Djogo announced his selection Friday, opting to play his final college season at Northeastern. There are no hard feelings from his former program, which wished him all the luck in the world:

Djogo, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, will join a program that been adding a lot of Canadian players lately. This past season, the Huskies had three freshmen from Djogo’s homeland — two from Ontario, and one from Quebec. Djogo undoubtedly will serve as a mentor for these players because of that connection, if nothing else. Of course, Djogo will be learning a system they’re already familiar with, so it will go both ways.

In four seasons with the Irish, Djogo averaged 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds over 13.1 minutes a game. He saved his best season in South Bend for last, averaging 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds on 53.9 percent shooting from the field. It will be worth watching to see if he improves upon that even more in Boston.

Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament: No. 1 Seed – 2014-15 Irish

Now, we get to the heavy hitters in the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament, beginning with the top seed.

Now, we get to the heavy hitters in the Notre Dame 15 Years Tournament, beginning with the top seed. The 2014-15 Irish represented the program’s second season in the ACC, but they made it clear to everyone that they intended to compete in perhaps the best conference in college basketball, not simply lay down for the likes of Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse. No one could deny it when this season was over.

En route to a 32-6 record, the program’s best since going 33-7 in 1908-09, the Irish jumped out to a 15-1 start and ended up winning 20 of their first 22 games, including eight of their first nine ACC games. That run ended with a four-point win over the No. 4 Blue Devils, at which point the Irish were ranked eighth, as high as they would get during the season. In spite of their 14-4 conference record, it only netted them a No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament. That didn’t matter, however, because the Irish squeezed out wins over Miami, Duke and North Carolina by an average of 8.3 points to win Mike Brey his first championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

The close but meaningful games continued in March Madness. Seeded third in their region, the Irish needed everything to get by 14th-seeded Northeastern in a four-point first-round win, and the second-round win over in-state rival Butler required overtime. They breathed a little easier in an 11-point win over Wichita State in the Sweet Sixteen, setting up an Elite Eight matchup with Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Devin Booker and top-ranked Kentucky. The game was a classic, and the Irish would have made their first Final Four in 37 years had Jerian Grant not air-balled a corner 3 at the buzzer, giving the Wildcats a two-point victory.

Jerian Grant was named to the Consensus All-American First Team alongside Stein, Jahlil Okafor, D’Angelo Russell and Frank Kaminsky. He led the Irish with 16.5 points and 6.7 assists a game. Zach Auguste, Pat Connaughton and Demetrius Jackson all had scoring averages in the neighborhood of 12, and Steve Vasturia averaged 10.1 points a game. All of this made the Irish the second-best shooting team in the nation (50.9 percent), the third-best scoring team (2,963 points) and the ninth-best passing team (576).

Referee who worked CAA tournament tested positive for the coronavirus

A referee who worked the Colonial Athletic Association conference tournament has tested positive for the coronavirus.

According to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), a referee who worked the conference’s tournament has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The CAA announced the news on its website Thursday, saying that the referee hadn’t shown symptoms until 72 hours after working a game. The CAA has said, “but out of an abundance of caution the conference has made the involved institutions and tournament personnel aware of the situation so they can take proper precautionary measures.”

The news came shortly after the NCAA announced the men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournament was canceled.

Before the NCAA canceled its yearly tournament Thursday, several Division I college basketball conferences announced their conference tournaments were canceled.

Health officials have recommended that public gatherings with more than 250 people be canceled or postponed to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

The CAA finished its tournament Tuesday, with Hofstra defeating Northeastern, 70-61.

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Colonial Final: Northeastern vs. Hofstra odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Tuesday’s Colonial Final between the Northeastern Huskies and Hofstra Pride, with college basketball betting picks, tips and bets

The Northeastern Huskies (17-15) take on the Hofstra Pride (25-8) at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington DC at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday (on CBSSN). We analyze the Northeastern-Hofstra odds and betting lines, while providing college basketball betting tips and advice for this Colonial Final matchup.

Northeastern vs. Hofstra: Three things you need to know

  1. The 6-seed Huskies of Northeastern hope the third time is the charm. They fell to 1-seed Hofstra Jan. 9 by a 74-72 score in Boston, while losing 75-71 on Long Island Feb. 8. The Huskies covered the spread in both outings.
  2. Northeastern enters with 71.5 points per game to rank 166th in the country while allowing 66.6 PPG, ranking 104th in the country in scoring defense.
  3. Hofstra ranks 35th in the nation with 77.1 PPG, ranking 35th, while checking in 11th in the country with a 77.9 free-throw percentage. Defensively, the Pride rank 185th in scoring defense at 69.7 PPG.

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Northeastern vs. Hofstra: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 2:35 p.m. ET.

Prediction

Hofstra 63, Northeastern 59

Moneyline (ML)

HOFSTRA (-121) is the play in this CAA Final. Take the Pride to win outright at a reasonable price, but there’s better value on the spread.

Against the Spread (ATS)

Northeastern (+1.5, -110) has played HOFSTRA (-1.5, -110) just about as well as anyone this season. While the Huskies haven’t been able to get over the hump, they have covered each game while losing two games to the Pride by a total of six points. Back the Pride with such a small spread as the better value play. They’ll need to win by just 2 or more points.

Over/Under (O/U)

The UNDER 133.5 (-110) went 1-0-1 in two meetings during the season. The Under is also 2-0 in the two CAA tourney games for Hofstra, while going 8-2 in the past 10 outings and 12-3 over the previous 15. The Under has hit in six of the past nine outings for Northeastern.

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