BC moves up by downing UNH
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Everyone knew who the No. 1 seed was going to be in the Hockey East quarterfinals next weekend -- the University of New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire's scoring struggles continued yesterday. Thanks to Kevin Regan, its losing streak didn't. The senior from South Boston stopped 33 shots en route to his seventh career shutout as the 10th-ranked Wildcats held on for a 2-0 victory over Maine in Durham, N.H.
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Things seem to be going New Hampshire's way. The Wildcats had a bye week and still moved up two places to No. 7 in the Sports Network Division 1-AA football poll.
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Rebounding from a sluggish start to its season, Boston College completed a weekend sweep of Merrimack with a 4-2 victory yesterday in North Andover.
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On the heels of its 69-58 setback Sunday at Vermont that left the Catamounts alone in first place in America East, Boston University's men's team hits a much shorter road tomorrow night for a meeting of second-place teams at Matthews Arena. The BU and Northeastern women's teams open the doubleheader at 5 p.m., with the men's game scheduled for 8.
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There's no denying the logjam in Hockey East this season. Perennial contender Boston University is down in the standings and Boston College has gone from a slow start to a point out of first. Northeastern, which showed promise last season, is atop the conference. New Hampshire, which is always flirting with the top spot, is tied with the Huskies with ...
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Boston College beat 18th-ranked Clemson, 34-33, in double overtime yesterday, and folks at The Heights might tell you that the new eagle outside the locker room door made the difference.
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It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty -- when has it ever been for these guys this season? It took three nights and nearly 190 minutes of work, but Boston University's hockey team finally rid itself of clinging Vermont last night, winning the finale of their best-of-three Hockey East playoff series to earn a yet another date with archrival Boston ...
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The floundering Orange were supposed to roll over Saturday, allowing Boston College to earn its first spot in a B.C.S. game.
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Prior to last night, the last time Northeastern faced Boston University was when the Huskies were throttled in the opening round of the Beanpot Feb. 5. Since then, NU had struggled with a 2-3-1 record, while BU had gone 4-1-1, including a victory for the Beanpot title.
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In nearly every frenzied race toward a national championship, there are unscripted moments that yank a title-contending team from the cusp of irrelevance. For Boston College, that moment was Thursday night.
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Northeastern has developed an outstanding first line, and the Huskies were able to hold off the University of Massachusetts, 2-1, at Matthews Arena last night on the strength of a power-play goal by top-line center Jason Guerriero and a shorthanded score by linemate Mike Morris. Jared Mudryk, the third member of the line, assisted on Guerriero's goal.
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AMHERST -- In an up-and-down season characterized by nail-biting victories and exasperating losses, the University of Massachusetts found some new territory yesterday afternoon -- winning a laugher, 74-58, over lowly St. Bonaventure. The Minutemen led wire to wire, and pushed the margin to as many as 28 points in the second half.
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With some late heroics, Northern New England knocked off undefeated North Shore, 3-2, in the championship game of the Hockey Night in Boston Summer Showcase at Merrimack College last night.
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Dean Strong scored on a power play with 3:32 left in regulation to lift Vermont to a 2-2 overtime tie with Northeastern last night in the first of two Hockey East meetings in Burlington, Vt.
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Harvard figured out how to limit the effectiveness of Vermont's star players last night. But the Catamounts were resourceful enough to take a 2-1 win on Dean Strong's goal 3:25 into overtime in a nonleague game at Bright Center.
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Once again, the Boston College women's basketball team started strong in the second half to blow open a close game, this time using a 15-4 run after intermission to stretch a 5-point halftime edge into an easy 78-49 win over the University of New Hampshire yesterday at Conte Forum.