PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Another year, another heartbreaking loss.

It was déjà vu for the Boston University women’s soccer team Friday night against old enemy Boston College, as the Terriers lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 3-0, at Rutgers University.

For the second straight year, the Terriers found themselves on the losing end in a tournament game to their biggest rival.However, unlike the team’s disheartening defeat last year, BU coach Nancy Feldman attributed this year’s tough loss to a passive style of play and overconfidence.

After last year’s squad assumed the role of the underdog, this year’s version of the team had the tournament experience from last season combined with the confidence that goes along with being ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation this year.

“I think we were too cocky today,” Feldman said. “The start of the game was actually all right. After 10 minutes they started running through us and we did not respond by going to the ball any harder, and that set the tone.”

Against a faster opponent and trailing, 1-0, at the half, the Terriers looked sluggish in comparison to the Boston College offense. Their lack of speed and reaction to the ball was evidenced by their play at the beginning of the second half.

Senior goalkeeper Stephanie Dreyer surrendered two early goals to an aggressive Eagles offense, the first of which featured a one-on-one situation between Dreyer and BC forward Kia McNeill.

As a result of not playing well as a team, the Terriers had a difficult time attempting to maintain any sense of offensive momentum. Throughout the course of the contest, the Terrier offense managed only three shots on goal.

Because of this lack of offensive cohesion and passive early play, the Boston 11 found themselves in a situation where they had to play catch-up. And that’s never easy, especially not against a team as good as BC.

And though the Terriers played well for the final 15 minutes, a more competent and prepared Eagles team had already done the damage.

While this effort may have been the result of having a young team, Feldman said she didn’t think it gave BU an excuse for its early second-half play.

“Young or not young, we need to be better,” Feldman said.