Splitting the set: Field hockey goes 1-1
This weekend’s games served as a mixed bag for the Boston University field hockey team, as a 3-2 loss to No. 5 Syracuse University dropped the team down to No. 17 in the national rankings. Despite a strong 3-0 victory against the University of Massachusetts on Friday, the Terriers could not keep up the momentum [...]
On the road again: Field hockey ready for UMass, Syracuse
In its last game against University of Massachusetts, the No. 14 Boston University field hockey team defeated its opponents 3-2 in overtime. In the first of two away games this weekend, the Terriers hope that history finds a way to repeat that September 2009 victory as the team travels to western Massachusetts Last weekend’s games [...]
Trip to heartland ends in split for field hockey
The Boston University field hockey team split its weekend of traveling with a win against Ball State University Friday and a loss to the University of Michigan Sunday. In their contest against Ball State Friday night, seven Terriers scored to complete an 8-0 shutout. Junior back Jacinda McLeod began the stream of goals with a [...]
Field hockey prepares for Midwest swing this weekend
The last time the Boston University women’s field hockey team played Ball State University was Sept. 29, 2002, a game the Terriers won 3-2. But while every member of that team is long gone, BU coach Sally Starr sees this game as a chance for several things, stopping inconsistencies among them. “It gives us a [...]
Field hockey falls just short against crosstown rival BC
In the moments after her team was dealt a tough home loss, Boston University field hockey coach Sally Starr couldn’t help but sum up the game with a simple, eloquent thought: “It was more of what we weren’t doing than what they were doing,” she said. Starr’s words came after her No. 11 team lost [...]
