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When you think MIT, you think alpine skiing, competitive pistol, golf, wrestling, ice hockey, and gymnastics. Right? Well, think again; the school has eliminated all these sports in the interest of saving money. The cuts bring the school's sports team tally down to 33, the average number offered in the Ivy League. The sports were axed due to student interest, coaching turnover, availability of appropriate competition, quality and proximity of practice facilities, as well as program costs, according to the college.

            

This past weekend was another big one for Hockey East as the Eagles of BC squared off against the Huskies of Northeastern. Going in to Friday night’s game at Matthews’s arena the Huskies were ranked #4 in the nation and held onto the top spot in the Hockey East conference. The Eagles were ranked nationally at #20, and had the chance to play conference spoiler if they could come up with a win.

           

Welcome to Collegitate Matchup, a new feature on Bostonist. We'll be bringing you the big games from our local universities every week and we certainly decided on a great weekend to start. On Friday night, we caught some men’s ice hockey, as the #1 ranked Terriers of BU took on the #4/5 ranked Huskies of Northeastern at Agganis arena.