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Week of 14 November 1997 |
Vol. I, No. 12 |
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BU one win away from fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearanceGame Preview by Brian Fitzgerald In soccer, a shot off the goalpost is always disappointing to an offense -- unless the structure turns into a 12th player on the field and "passes" the ball to another forward. In the America East Semifinals November 7 that's exactly what happened to Sigurd Dalen (SMG'99), whose blast ricocheted to cocaptain Nick Bone (SMG'98). Bone scored on the rebound. Dalen, who was credited with an assist on the goalpost shot, later put the Terriers up 2-0 with a goal of his own. A Boston University victory put the Terriers in the America East Championship game, where they faced a Hofstra team that was 9-0 in the conference and the nemesis that had handed BU its only league loss.
Against Hofstra, Bone and Dalen showed why they were first-team All-Conference selections. Bone scored both Terrier goals, the second one coming after a Dalen shot that Hofstra goaltender Jay Palmer couldn't contain. Bone fired the loose ball past Palmer for a 2-0 BU lead. With under two minutes to play, a goalpost once again helped the Terriers by stopping a Hofstra shot and dashing the Dutchmen's dreams of over-time. The victory marked BU's fifth straight America East championship. On November 14 BU will host Long Island University, which won the Northeast Conference title November 9. At press time, the field and time had yet to be determined. The winner will earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. |
Athletes of the Week
Nick Bone, Michel Larocque, and Roger Harriott
In the America East men's soccer semifinals against Vermont November 7, Terrier cocaptain Nick Bone (SMG'98) broke a scoreless tie with 39:56 left in the second half when forward Sigurd Dalen (SMG'99) caromed a shot off the goalpost. Bone, positioned to the right of Catamount goaltender Chris Rose, found the net and gave BU a 1-0 lead.
Dalen later scored an insurance goal, setting up the conference championship matchup November 9 between BU and top-seeded Hofstra University at Al-Marzook Field in West Hartford, Conn.
Hofstra then suffered its first loss to an America East team this season when it allowed Bone to score two goals. Bone, from Newcastle, England, was named Most Outstanding Player of the championship game.
Few hockey fans expected the University of Maine to be slaughtered by BU on November 7. Although Boston University was runner-up in the national championship game last year, the Terriers were playing in Maine's Alfond Arena. In addition, both teams were closely ranked in the U.S. College Hockey Poll: BU (3-0-0) was named the number three team in the nation, Maine (4-1-1) was number six. But BU won, 6-0, and goaltender Michel Larocque (MET'99) made 29 saves for his first career shutout. The native of Dieppe, Nebr., now has a 1.00 goals-against average.
Football running back Roger Harriott (CGS'00) rushed for 100 or more yards in the first six games of the season, tying the University record. Against Northeastern October 25 he had 96 yards, stopping the streak. The following week he rushed for just 30 yards. But in the Terriers' first victory of the season, a 33-8 win over UMass-Amherst on November 8, he enjoyed his best game of 1997, rushing for 177 yards.
Harriott, from Pembroke Pines, Fla., is just the sixth running back in BU history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
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