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Week of 25 September 1998 Vol. II, No. 7 Sports Feature Article Terrier Scoreboard   Men's Soccer A bitter rivalry: the 4-0 Terriers will take on the Harvard Crimson on September 29 at 3 p.m. at the Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. For directions, call 353-3838. Field Hockey The Terriers, ranked 14th in the country, will host Harvard on September 30 at 7 p.m. at Nickerson Field. The Dog Pound On September 24 and 25, there will be an information table set up for truly dedicated BU basketball and hockey fans who want to sit (and bark) together during games. For more information, call 353-2874.   Women's soccer hopes to kick- start season at halfway point Game Preview Women's Soccer BU vs. Drexel Friday, Oct. 2, 3 p.m. Nickerson Field by Brian Fitzgerald The scoring drought ended with a flood of goals against Providence: eight of them, to be exact. On September 16 the women's soccer Terriers knew they were much better than their 1-4 record, and they proved it in Rhode Island's capital. Thanks to their offense, Terriers improved their record to 2-4. Still, many BU players remember where they were at this point last year: 6-0. In fact, in its first six games in 1995 BU was 5-1. This season's slow start included the first three-game losing streak in the Terriers' three-year history. BU women's soccer began its new era on October 15, 1994. That was the day the University announced that it would add two women's varsity sports: soccer and lacrosse. A month earlier Boston University started a women's varsity golf program. "This is a great day for our team," said BU women's soccer team captain Melissa Chin (SMG'96). Until then, women's soccer at BU had been a club sport with no scholarship players. To kick start a varsity team, quality student-athletes had to be recruited. The University rose to the challenge by luring such talent as freshman midfielder Christen Dutchka (COM'99), now a cocaptain, and junior back Brooke Moody (SAR'96), a transfer from New Hampshire College. Midfielder Annalisa Rodovsky (CAS'00) (left), who ranks second in career goals behind Christen Dutchka (COM'99), was a First Team All-Conference player in her two seasons at BU. She led the Terriers in goals her freshman year. Photo by BU Photo Services The next fall, the women's soccer team played its first intercollegiate varsity season and enjoyed a 10-3-2 record, including a 3-0 victory in the final game of the season against Hofstra. That win was the Terriers' first against an America East team. "We wanted to prove to the conference and to ourselves that we were a team to be reckoned with," recalls coach Nancy Feldman. A year later, the Terriers had their work cut out for them with a full America East and Division I schedule. But they responded with a 14-4 mark (3-4 in the conference). In 1997 BU was 13-7-1, its 7-2 conference record good enough for a second place finish in the America East regular season standings. At present, however, the Terriers are no longer the new kids on the block, and Feldman knows that a lot more is expected of this year's team. BU hasn't even won a conference game yet this season, although it has played only one: a 5-2 loss to Hartford. Fortunately, for the Terriers, seven of their nine America East games will be played in the second half of the schedule. "When we all arrived here three years ago, we didn't know each other," says Feldman. "We were just trying to get our program off the ground. Today it's different." BU is hoping to hit its stride against conference teams, especially in October, when it plays four America East teams in a row in the month's final two weeks. Drexel would be an opportune stepping-stone: the Dragons also have a short history, having assumed varsity status just last season, when they posted a 3-13-2 record. This year they are 1-4 and will consider a .500 record a benchmark for success. The Terriers, however, have their sights set much higher than a 9-9 showing.     Terrier Scoreboard Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country Sept. 12 2nd in a field of 6 at the Dartmouth Invitational Sept. 12 2nd in a field of 6 at the Dartmouth Invitational Sept. 19 2nd in a field of 4 at UMass Sept. 19 2nd in a field of 3 at UMass Field Hockey Men's Golf Sept. 4 BU 3, UCal Berke-ley 1, in season opener Sept. 9 Boston College 311, BU 317 Sept. 12 Princeton 1, BU 0 Sept. 15 323 first round, 317 second round, to finish 6th in a field of 8 at the America East Championships Sept. 16 Boston College 2, BU 1 (OT) Rugby Sept. 18 New Hampshire 2, BU 1 Sept. 19 BU 24, Northeastern 15 Sept. 20 BU 6, Vermont 1 Coed Sailing Sept. 20 Hatch Brown Trophy, at MIT: BU finished 2nd in a field of 16 Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Sept. 1 BU 3, UMass 0, in season opener Sept. 4 St. Bonaventure 2, BU 1 (2OT) Sept. 6 BU 1, Boston College 0 Sept. 6 BU 2, Colgate 1 Sept. 9 BU 2, New Hampshire 1 Sept. 9 Hartford 5, BU 2 Sept. 13 BU 5, Rhode Island 0 Sept. 11 Princeton 1, BU 0 Sept. 19 Stanford 3, BU 0 Sept. 13 James Madison 2, BU 1 (2OT) Sept. 20 BU 2, UPenn 1 Sept. 16 BU 8, Providence 3 Men's Tennis Women's Tennis Sept. 16 BU 7, New Hampshire 0 Sept. 8 (Singles) BU 6, New Hampshire 0 (Doubles) BU 3, New Hampshire 0, in season opener