THERE IS NOTIDNG BETTER IN SPORTS THA~A RIVALRY- EXAMPLE HARVARD yALE­ RED SOX YANKEES- IT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER IF IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIVALRY­ EXAMPLE DUKE NORTH CAROLINA- CLARKSON STLAWRENCE- AND NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY BOSTON UNIVERSITY- GUESS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE DELIBERATELY INSULTS THE OTHER- AS IN BU ADMITTEDLY LEADING A CABAL TO KEEP NORTHEASTERN OUT OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYING YANKEE CONFERENCE- NOW YOU HAVE A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD BROUHAHA--- YOU HAVE TRIBAL HATE- THE YANKEE CONFERENCE RULING HAD COME DOWN THREE DAYS BEFORE THE 1985 BEANPOT- THE COLUMNISTS THE TALK SHOWS AND EVEN THE MAYOR WERE LAMBASTING BU AND ITS PRESIDENT JOHN SILBER- NORTHEASTERN ALUMNI AND STUDENTS WERE IRATE- THE HOCKEY PEOPLE TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE POT- BU COACH JACK PARKER SAID WE PLAY HOCKEY AND DO NOT WORRY ABOUT FOOTBALL- THEN- PUT IDS PLAYERS OUT OF BOUNDS TO THE MEDIA- NU CAPTAIN JIM AVERILL TRIED TO KEEP A LID ON THE SIMMERING POT- HOCKEY'S HOCKEY- FOOTBALL'S FOOTBALL SAID THE CAPTAIN- AND CAPTAIN AVERILL WAS QUITE AN EXPERT ON BEANPOTS- AND ON NORTHEASTERN HOCKEY- YOU COULD SAY THAT ~ THE CAPTAIN CAME FROM THE FIRST FAMILY OF NORTHEASTERN HOCKEY- HIS DAD BO PLAYED FOR THE HUSKIES IN THE 50'S- AND JIM'S OLDER BROTHER BOB HAD JUST FINISHED FOUR YEARS AS AN NU STAR- IN THE FUTURE BROTHER WILL WOULD SKATE FOR THE HUSKIES AND SISTERS RUTH AND JENNIFER WOULD ALSO GRADUATE NORTHEASTERN- BEANPOT WISE JIM HAD ALREADY ENJOYED HOLDING THE PRIZE T_ROPHY f+LOFT AS A JUNIOR IN '84- THERE WERE NOW ASPIRATIONS OF A SECOND POT- THAT WOULD MEAN IDS TEAM WOULD BE THE FIRST NU TEAM IN HISTORY TO WIN BACK TO BACK BEANPOTS- IN THE OPENING ROUND BU DISPATCHED HARVARD AND THE HUSKIES FELLED THE EAGLES TO SET UP THE PERFECT MATCH- AS THE USUAL 14,500 ASSEMBLED FOR THE 33RD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME- THE ATMOSPHERE']lN THE OLD GARDEN WAS RIFE WITH TENSION- IT WAS NOW THE HATFIELDS VERSUS THE MCCOYS- THE HUSKIES TOOK A 1-0 LEAD INTO THE SECOND PERIOD- BUT THE TERRIERS RESPONDED WITH TWO QUICK SCORES-MU EVENED IT AT 2 ALL FOR THE FINAL PERIOD- IT WAS OBVIOUS NOW IN THE GARDEN THAT HARVARD AND BC FANS HAD HOPPED ON THE HUSKY BANDWAGON- IN THE THIRD CAPTAIN AVERILL SPEARHEADED A ROCK SOLID DEFENSE THAT HELD THE TERRIERS SCORELESS WHILE HIS MATES TALLIED TWO- THE CELEBRATION WAS ONE OF THE WILDEST IN BEANPOT HISTORY AS CAPTAIN AVERILL SKATED THE PRECIOUS POT AROUND THE GARDEN- A LOT OF HUSKY ALUMS BLESSED HIM THAT NIGHT- AND BLESSED HIM MANY OTHER NIGHTS- FOR HE GRADUATED AS ONE OF NV'S MOST HONORED HEROES- AS A FRESHMAN DEFENSEMAN HE WOULD BLOSSOM IMMEDIATELY-PLAYING THE POINT ON THE POWER PLAY- HELPING THE HUSKIES TO THEIR GREATEST SINGLE SEASON- TO THE~CAC CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE FROZEN FOUR- HE WOULD TALLY 23 POINTS THAT YEAR- 26 THE NEXT- AS AN ALL NEW ENGLAND JUNIOR 3 ~AND AS A SENIOR 3~ - HIS 118 POINTS WERE SECOND EVER FOR A DEFENSEMAN AND 11TH OVERALL IN NORTHEASTERN'S RECORD BOOK- THAT SENIOR SEASON HE SCORED .._,_THE HAT TRICK- HE WAS VOTED ALL NEW ENGLAND - ALL HOCKEY EAST/AND LAST BUT MOST LUSTROUS ALL AMERICA- PRESIDENT yj \V~-(" '~<{'frn:::...~ tfl WALSH MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE NV-- HALL OF FAME JAMES E. AVERILL THE HUSKIES HAD BEEN COMPETING IN OUTDOOR TRACK SINCE AROUND 1915- THEY HAD BEEN DOING IT AT HARVARD- BU- BC- MIT- IN FACT ANYWHERE THEIR WAS A OVAL WITH CINDERS OR TARTEN OR WHATEVER ON IT- BUT THEY HAD NEVERJIAJ2A HOME- UNTIL 1986- NOW THEY HAD THE BEST- THE SPANKING NEW SOLOMON TRACK- THE TRACK IN THE TREES AS ~JME TRACK BUFFS CALLED IT- THEY COULD EVEN HOST CHAMPIONSHIPS- AND BOAST ABIT- YOU MIGHT JUST DO THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VAGABOND- A: GYPSY FOR: roY"SEVEN FULL DECADES- MAY 16 WAS THE DAY TO BOAST- THE HUSKIES HOSTED THE 99TH RUNNING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS­ ~ IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE- SOMEONE ELSE HAD A DREAM THAT DAY- AND HIS NAME WAS GEOFF CALDERONE- HEWAS THE SENIOR STAR OF THE HUSKIES AND HIS DREAM WAS TO BREAK 14 SECONDS IN THE 110 METER HIGH HURDLES- HE HAD BEEN AN NU FAN FOR YEARS- HIS DAD RICHARD HAD TAKEN HIM TO CABOT AS A 12 YEAR OLD TO SEE THE GREAT HUSKY LEAPER RON CHAMBERS- AND HE HAD MET COACH COHEN- HE THOUGHT COHEN TO BE BUSY- STAND OFFISH- HE NEXT MET COHEN AT THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP- COHEN WAS A TIMER- CALDERONE WOULD BREAK THE STATE HURDLE RECORD- COHEN WAS NO LONGER STAND OFFISH- BUT BU WAS BECKONING- AND THEIR G --- COACH WAS DAVE HEMERY- AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL HURDLER- AN ICON TO CALDERONE- BUT COHEN CHIRPED COOP- AND DAD RICHARD CHIRPED ENGINEERING- AND CALDERONE DID THE SENSIBLE THING- HE BECAME A HUSKY- AND WHAT A HUSKY- AFTER A SERIES OF SECOND PLACE FINISHES IN THE GREATER BOSTON COLLEGIATE AND THE NEW ENGLAND'S HE FINALLY STRUCK GOLD AS- A SOPHOMORE IN THE OUTDOOR GBC 110 HIGHS-THAT TASTE OF GOLD WAS JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM MIGHTY GREEDY- AS A JUNIOR AND AS A SENIOR HE WOULD WIN EVERY GREATER BOSTON AND EVERY NEW ENGLAND HURDLE TITLE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR- THAT IS A TOTAL OF 8 GOLD MEDAL FINISHES- MORE IMPORTANT IS THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM- IN THOSE TWO SEASONS OF ~ 84 AND ~ 86- A HIP INJURY CAUSED HIM TO REDSHIRT THE .@85 SEASON- NORTHEASTERN WON EVERY GBC AND NEW ENGLAND TITLE- AND HAD A DUAL MEET RECORD OF 21 AND 1- IN HIS SENIOR YEAR HE BEGAN HIS ASSAULT ON THE RECORD BOOKS- HE WON THE GBC INDOOR HURDLE WITH A RECORD BREAKING 7:39- THEN FOLLOWED IT WITH AN INCREDIBLE 7:28 AT THE ·---NEW ENGLAND- 'S- THAT MARK STANDS TODAY- BUT NOW WE WERE DEEP INTO HIS FINAL SPRING-......__..WHEN MAY 16 DAWNED AT SOLOMON- THE CHIEF ADVERSARIES FOR CALDERONE WERE ERIC STEVES OF RHODE ISLAND, THOMSON OF BROWN, YATES OF YALE AND HIS ~\UNNING MATE- GARY MONTIERRO- ALL CALDERONE COULD THINK OF AS HE LOOKED DOWN THE LINE OF TEN HURDLES WAS BREAKING 14 SECONDS- THE GUN SOUNDED- AFTER THE FIRST HURDLE HE WAS IN THE LEAD- BY THE 4 TH HE WAS WAY OUT- BY THE SEVENTH BREAKING FOURTEEN WAS POSSIBLE- THEN HE SNAPPED OVER THE FINISH LINE IN 13:98- A NEW ENGLAND RECORD- AND A EIIIltlQ,.CONCLUSION TO THE FINEST HURDLE CAREER EVER IN NEW ENGLAND \))~\ h TRACK HISTORY- PRESIDENT FREEL \~ MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION lNTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME GEOFF CALDERONE. IT IS SURPRISING HOW YOUNG THE SPORT OF WOMENS ICE HOCKEY TRULY IS - SLIGHTLy OVER TWO DECADES - SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE EARLY 80'S AND YOU WERE HIRING A COACH- YOU REALLY HAD ONLY ONE OPTION- YOU HIRED A MALE- THE HUSKIES WERE LUCKY -THEY HIRED A FIESTY SCOTSMAN NAMED DON MACLEOD - HEWAS DRIVEN- HE WANTED NU TO BE THE BEST- HEWANTED THE MAXIMUM EFFORT - AND MAXIMUM EFFORT MEANT MAXIMUM EXHORTATION - LETS SAY OUR GOOD COACH MACLEOD WAS LOUD - HE ? BROUGHT OUR PROGRAM CREDIBILITY - IN HIS FIRST THREE YEARS HEWAS 45 - 24 AND 1 - AND HEWAS A GOOD RECRUITER - GOOD ENOUGH TO COAX THE BEST ATHLETE OUT OF ASSABET VALLEY HIGH AND THE COLONIAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE TO COME TO NU- TINA CARDINALE CHOSE TO PLAY HOCKEY ON HUNTINGTON A VENUE- NOW I MUST POINT OUT- THOUGH NU WAS GOOD - NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS BETTER - IN FACT MACLEOD VERSUS UNH WAS 0-8 -EVERY YEAR THE GOAL WAS TO CLIMB OVER UNH TO THE PEAK OF ECAC SUPREMACY- AND THAT WAS MCLEODS AND HIS NEW BLUE CHIP RECRUITS GOAL FOR THAT SEASON OF 1984-85- THE FIRST FOUR GAMES WERE WON- THEN A 2-1 LOSS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE- FIVE MORE WINS- THEN A 4 TO 0 BAD LOSS TO THE WILDCATS AT OUR OWN MATTHEWS ARENA- THE COACH LOST IT - WENT INTO A TIRADE- ORDERED THE TEAM BACK ONTO THE ICE FOR A POSTGAME PRACTICE - SINGLED OUT CARDINALE - SHE STARTED TO CRY- THINGS WERE A SHAMBLES - THAT NIGHT BACK AT THE CARDINALE HOME IN HUDSON A CALL CAME FROM THE COACH - PLAYER AND COACH TALKED FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS - TINA EXPLAINED THAT YOU COULD NOT TREAT WOMEN LIKE THAT- DON LISTENED - LIKE A GOOD COACH DON LEARNED - THE NEXT DAY DAWNED WITH A MELOWER MACLEOD AND < - EVENTUALLY A MORE SUCCESSFUL NU - THE SEASON RECORD WAS 16 AND 7 BUT ENDED WITH A 2-1 SEMIFINAL LOSS IN THE ECAC TOURNAMENT- CARDINALE CENTERED THE FIRST LINE AND HAD 32 POINTS- SOPHOMORE YEAR- THE TEAM IMPROVED TO 19-4-1 AND THIS TIME MADE IT TO THE TITLE GAME- ONLY TO LOSE TO UNH- TINA CHIPPED IN ANOTHER 35 POINTS - JUNIOR YEAR SHE TOOK A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS A CO CAPTAIN - THE HUSKIES JUMPED TO 22-5-1- AND IN THE LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON THEY BROKE THE WILDCAT HEX-,_BUT NU LOST IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND AGAIN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE -HER POINT TOTAL SOARED TO 48 AND SHEWAS SELECTED ALL ECAC AND TEAM MVP- SENIOR SEASON COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER - UNDEFEATED AT 26-0 AND 1 - THEY TORE ..,::s OFF THE BRIDESMADE GOWN AND WON THE ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP- THEY FINALLY WERE THE BEST- TINA HAD A 59 POINT SEASON- HER CAREER TOTAL~ OF 174 POINTS WAS AN NU RECORD- SHE OF COURSE WAS AN ALL-STAR AGAIN- BUT}v AS IT ALL OVER -FORTUNATELY NO- INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WAS BEING ORGANIZED IN 1990- A NATIONAL TEAM WAS TO BE FORMED AND DON MACLEOD WAS CHOSEN TO COACH IT- GUESS WHO HE SELECTED TO CAPTAIN THE FIRST EVER US WOMENS NATIONAL TEAM- GUESS WHO FACED OFF IN THE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION- GUESS WHO SCORED THE FIRST ~ EVER GOAL- AND RECORDED THE FIRST EVER HAT TRICK - PRESIDENT WALSH MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME ONE OF THE GREAT PIONEERS IN WOMENS ATHLETICS TINA CARDINALE BEAUCHEMIN --------- THE TERRIERS HAD BEEN PLAYING SOCCER FOR 50 YEARS- THE HUSKIES FOR ONLY A DOZEN- THE TERRIERS WERE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THE SPORT- IT .::rb_q V) ,) WAS HEAVILY FINANCED- AND TRADITIONALLY PLAYED IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP- THE HUSKIES WERE SO TO SPEAK CARRYING IT ON THE BOOKS- THE TERRIERS HAD TWO FULL TIME COACHES AND ALL SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS- THE HUSKIES HAD A PART TIME COACH- AND LIMITED SCHOLARSHIP AID- FOR NU IT WAS THE