Pittsburgh 24, Boston College 13
By Chris Carty / Heights Senior StaffCHESTNUT HILL - The Jekyll-and-Hyde season continued for Boston College on Saturday. After arguably the highest of highs - a come-from-behind, last-minute victory over Notre Dame - the Eagles failed to make themselves eligible for a fifth straight bowl in a 24-13 loss to Pitt.
By Kevin Armstrong / Heights Senior StaffTwo national championships. One Spencer Penrose trophy. One Walter Brown trophy. Those are the awards on the résumé. The titles and championships could speak for themselves. You could hold them as the glistening symbols of a lifelong journey to the hockey hierarchy, but that would not be fair.
Boston College 2, Rutgers 1
By Katie Cisto
NEWTON - Boston College needs to thank Harvard. Thanks to the hard work and impeccable timing of Harvard transfer Beth Totman, the women's soccer team advanced to the Big East semifinals. The Eagles', who advanced with a 2-1 win over the Rutgers' Scarlet Knights, will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
BC 6, Radford 0; Virgina 3, BC 2; BC 5, UNH 3
By Chris Brablic
The 17th-ranked Boston College women's field hockey team ended the season going 2-1 on a three-game road trip that took the Eagles from the grass fields of New Hampshire to Virginia's turf field. The road trip ended a regular season in which the Eagles never dropped out of the top 25 and won a share of the Big East title.
By Pete Mazzone / Heights Senior StaffSomething was missing this week on the Heights. No, it wasn't football. Boston College looked for the upset against Pitt on Saturday, but fizzled out in a disappointing 11-point loss. It wasn't the non-revenue sports missing either. Both soccer and field hockey wrapped up their seasons this week, and volleyball continued its 2003 campaign.
By Chris Fernando / Heights Senior StaffOther than its Music City Bowl victory over the Georgia Bulldogs two years ago, you would be hard-pressed to think of a time when the Boston College football team won a big game against a team that wasn't named Notre Dame or didn't involve a guy named Flutie.
By Jay Kinsella / Heights Senior StaffIt's tough for any team to win a game in Division I-A football. It's even tougher for a team to win against a ranked opponent. It's nearly impossible to come out on top when your quarterback is throwing the ball everywhere but within five yards of his receivers, when your offense is running option plays on second and 15, and when the referees' only holding call of the game comes on what would have been a 41-yard touchdown run by your starting running back.
Seton Hall 3, Boston College 1
By Chris Patrick
Heading into South Orange, NJ, the Boston College men's soccer team knew that it would advance to the Big East tournament with a win, thanks to a Villanova loss to Notre Dame on the previous evening. The Eagles were unable to capitalize on the opportunity, falling to the postseason bound Pirates of Seton Hall (8-4-4; 5-2-3) 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Owen T.
Georgetown 3, BC 1; Villanova 3, BC 0
By Jay Kinsella / Heights Senior StaffAt times the Boston College women's volleyball team appeared unstoppable on Sunday afternoon in Power Gym, but the Eagles allowed momentum to control their contest against Georgetown and it cost them.
While the Hoyas were able to endure the momentum swings, often coming back strongly with impressive defensive play and hard-hit spikes, BC could not break back against Georgetown once the Hoyas gathered steam.
By Will DowneyThe transition was not supposed to be easy. Lindsey Nash was the only incoming freshman on a veteran women's tennis team, and she never played on an actual team because her high school was too small.
Enter Nash into the fall of her freshman year at Boston College.
By Pete Mazzone / Heights Senior StaffMen's basketball
Craig Smith was named to the 2003-04 preseason All-Big East second team. Smith had an excellent freshman campaign, earning a spot on the All-Rookie first team. He started in 28 games, averaging 19.9 points and 7.9 rebounds. He led the Big East in field-goal percentage, shooting 60.
By Peter Robbins
CHESTNUT HILL - Larry Fitzgerald leads the nation in receiving yards. He leads the country in receiving touchdowns and is third in total scoring. He has the rare combination of size, speed, and hands that has NFL scouts tripping over themselves to get a glimpse of the best receiver in college football.
BC 4, Union 1; Vermont 3, BC 1
By Jonathan Phelps
After finishing five games below .500 in 2002, the women's hockey team is undergoing a transition with new coach Tom Mutch. Serving as team assistant to the 1998 gold medal-winning national team in Nagano, Japan, Mutch has a new goal for the 2003 women: to be competitive in every game.
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