Archive for ‘February, 2006’

Women need ‘W’ at home

With the finish line inching closer and closer, it’s important that the Boston University women’s basketball team not trip over the remaining hurdles as they sprint toward the home stretch. There are only five games remaining for the Terriers (14-8, 7-4 America East) in the regular season, but two of them are against the leaders of the conference.

BU takes ice in final home series

They may not be fighting for that fourth playoff spot themselves, but the Boston University women’s ice hockey team has a chance to play the spoiler this weekend when they battle the University of Maine in a two-game set at Walter Brown Arena. The Black Bears visit Boston this weekend, playing in Saturday and Sunday matinees for the last two home games of the Terriers’ inaugural season.

Icedogs look for No. 12 against No. 17

As if the Boston University men’s ice hockey team needed good luck on top of everything else, they got it in the form of a future NHL Hall of Famer Thursday afternoon. Donning his own scarlet jersey, Detroit Red Wings left-winger Brendan Shanahan joined a few Terriers on the ice before practice, working primarily with David Van der Gulik in a few shooting drills.

Battle to beat the bottom

Seemingly reeling after losing four of its last five games and coming off a loss that coach Dennis Wolff called “one of the softest performances by a BU team in six years,” the Boston University men’s basketball team is falling fast, hoping for anything to catch them and stand them upright again.

Defining a season

Any debate about who has been the Boston University men’s hockey team’s most valuable player this season would probably include four names. John Curry would be popular, considering the Agganis Arena crowd’s adoration with the junior netminder. Pete MacArthur was the big man on campus this week after his Beanpot heroics, and he leads the team in points.