Sports Articles

Caught by the tail

Team makes statement with gritty win over Tigers in DeathValley

By Reeves Wiedeman / Heights Senior Staff
CLEMSON, S.C.-Questions about the football team floated around campus leading up to this weekend's match-up with Clemson.

Walden earns her wings with play

By Dan Schwartz / Heights Senior Staff
For a freshman to make an immediate impact on Boston College's women's soccer team is not a rarity. Three years ago, it was Katie McGregor and Kate Taylor. Jenny Maurer and Heather Ferron, now juniors, had immediate impacts in 2003. Kia McNeill led the team in scoring during her freshman campaign last year.

Cavalier approach beats BC

By Jeffrey Weinstein / Heights Senior Staff
When the final horn sounded, signaling the end of the match, freshman starting midfielder Reuben Ayarna stood by the Boston College bench, his warm-ups on, his eyes gazing directly down into the ground. Twenty minutes earlier he had given the Eagles a 3-2 lead over the visiting No.

Home is sweet for rugby team

First match in 11 years at seminary field

By Kevin Reilly
Playing its first home game on the St. John's seminary field in 11 years, the rugby team defeated UConn 29-24 in a gritty battle to move to 2-0 on the season while dropping UConn to 0-2.

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Sure sign that hell really has frozen over ...

This week's ups and downs

Notable quotable

Column: Tradition-rich school breeds Southern hospitality

By Reeves Wiedeman / Heights Senior Staff
CLEMSON,S.C.-"It's about pride." If you ask just about any Clemson student, administrator, alumnus, fan - or even the dogs they dress up in orange every Saturday afternoon - that's likely what they'll say Clemson is all about. Sure there are variations.

Column: O'Brien celebrates with a hop

By Kevin Armstrong / Heights Senior Staff
Signs and poster boards across the city have been announcing the ACC's arrival in Boston. The sayings on the boards are the product of the marketing mavens. They are meant to build respect in the area and introduce the region to the new conference. The motto on one reads: "There's a new conference in town.

WANTED: More traditions by BC for BC

By Dave Benoit / Heights Senior Staff
This new season of the ACC has really brought something to my attention, something that seems almost every other school in the conference has surpluses of, while we at Chestnut Hill look like the one kid who didn't get to see the movie everyone is quoting.