Notebook: Second-half struggles hold back women’s lacrosse

In the past three games, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team has gotten off to fast starts but has struggled to finish strong. With a record of 1-2 over this stretch, second half production has taken a noticeable dip. During this time, the Terriers (6-9, 2-4 America East) have scored just 12 goals in the [...]

Notebook: Pitching carries Terriers through final stretch

After a tough weekend against the University at Albany where the Boston University softball team was swept, the Terriers (20–23–1, 8-6 America East) rebounded against the University of Maine in an effort to finish out the season in a strong manner. Prior to the losses against the Great Danes (30–11, 13-1 America East), BU was [...]

King: Recruiting Violations

Iowa State University is now the most recent school to get tangled up in a mess of recruiting violations. In the past two years alone, 33 different coaches and nearly every athletic team there totaled 79 separate NCAA violations in regards to recruiting. Now, Iowa State is on probation for two years, is subject to [...]

Men’s hockey’s Oksanen scoots into place on, off ice

Despite being one of the Boston University men’s hockey team’s biggest defensemen in the 2012-13 season, Ahti Oksanen was also one of its mildest-mannered, with just 12 penalty minutes over 36 games. However, the 6-foot-3 freshman said when he was growing up in Kirkkonummi, Finland, he looked up to an NHL defenseman known and feared [...]

Early goal propels Terriers to national championship game

MINNEAPOLIS — When junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin heads to the faceoff circle, chances are she will win possession for her team. In fact, out of all the players on the No. 2 Boston University women’s hockey team’s roster with consistent faceoff experience, Poulin leads the team with a success rate of 64.1 percent. What isn’t [...]