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Week of 20 March 1998 Vol. I, No. 24 Sports Feature Photo Athletes of the Week Terrier Scoreboard   Women's Lacrosse Upcoming home games at Nickerson Field: vs. Monmouth on Saturday, March 21, at noon; vs. Boston College on Tuesday, March 24, at 3:30 p.m.; vs. New Hampshire on Thursday, March 26, at 4 p.m.; and vs. Hofstra on Sunday, March 29, at noon. Women's Softball At Malvern Field this month BU will host the following doubleheaders: vs. Fairfield on Wednesday, March 25 and vs. Rhode Island on Tuesday, March 31. Both matchups begin at 2:30 p.m.     Second Team All-Conference player Nili Schnairsohn (CAS'00), who hit .336 last season, moved from right field to center field this year. The softball Terriers will play a doubleheader against Boston College at BC's Shea Field (next to Alumni Stadium) on Saturday, March 21, at 1 p.m. Photo by Richard Delibertis.     Athletes of the Week Matt Smith, Kevin Murphy, and Albie O'Connell Men's track runners Matt Smith (COM'98) and Kevin Murphy (SED'98) earned All-American honors in the NCAA Championships March 14 and 15 in Indianapolis. Smith, from Birmingham, England, improved on last year's 12th-place finish by placing 6th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 7:59, capturing All-American status for the first time. Murphy, from Norwell, Mass., didn't clear any hurdles -- other than earning All-American accolades for the third time despite coming down with the flu the night before his 800-meter trials. Still, he ran 1:49.11 in the trials and 1:51 in the finals, capturing eighth place. Hockey forward Albie O'Connell (CAS'99) scored the first hat trick of his college career March 14, enabling the Terriers to beat Merrimack in dramatic fashion, 6-5. The victory tied the Hockey East Quarterfinals at one game apiece, forcing a third game the following night. BU lost the decisive game in the best-of-three series, but the Terriers will earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament because they captured the conference's regular-season crown. O'Connell, from Watertown, Mass., also had an assist in BU's 4-1 loss to Merrimack on March 13. He has 12 goals and 16 assists this season.     Terrier Scoreboard Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Feb. 28 America East Quarterfinal: BU 87, Northeastern 77 Feb. 26 Northeastern 72, BU 70 March 1 America East Semifinal: BU 53, Drexel 51 March 4 America East Play-in: Hofstra 76, BU 62 March 7 America East Championship: Delaware 66, BU 58 Men's Hockey Women's Lacrosse Feb. 27 BU 3, UMass-Amherst 1 March 10 Temple 9, BU 3 Feb. 28 BU 5, UMass-Amherst 1 Women's Softball March 5 BU 5, Northeastern 2 March 1 UMass-Amherst 4, BU 0 March 8 BU 9, Merrimack 1 March 1 Texas A & M 7, BU 1 March 13 Hockey East Quarterfinal: Merrimack 4, BU 1 March 10 BU 7, Temple 1 March 14 Hockey East Quarterfinal: BU 6, Merrimack 5 March 10 Central Michigan 7, BU 0 March 15 Hockey East Quarterfinal: Merrimack 5, BU 4 March 11 BU 5, Southern Florida 3 Men's Tennis March 11 Hofstra 9, BU 4 March 9 Loyola Marymount 6, BU 1 March 12 Robert Morris 2, BU 0 March 10 Westmont College 4, BU 3 March 12 North Carolina-Charlotte 6, BU 2 March 12 Point Loma Nazarene 4, BU 3 March 14 BU 1, Marist 0 March 13 BU 7, San Diego City College 0 Women's Tennis March 6 BU 5, Alabama-Birmingham 4 March 9 Virginia 8, BU 1 March 11 Central Florida 7, BU 2 March 12 BU 6, Temple 0 Men's Track Women's Track Feb. 28 New England Championships: BU finished 12th of 25 colleges Feb. 28 New England Championships: BU finished 8th of 22 colleges March 15 NCAA Championships: Matt Smith (COM'98) finished 6th in the 3,000-meter race; Kevin Murphy (SED'98) finished 8th in the 800-meter race. Wrestling March 8 ECWA Tournament: BU finished 6th of 9 colleges