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Separation Saturday seemed to have precisely that effect for Boston College's football team, which gained some distance between itself and several of its Atlantic Division opponents in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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STANFORD, Calif. -- The Boston College women's basketball team traveled across the country to learn a valuable lesson last night.
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When it rains, it pours. In the case of Boston College last night, it was a deluge as the Eagles battered Northeastern, 7-1, in front of 2,471 at Conte Forum, advancing to the Hockey East semifinals with a sweep of this best-of-three series.
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The Boston College women's basketball team has been outscoring opponents by an average of 20 points per game.
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It was a perfect day all around for Boston College. No. 14 BC went 18 for 18 from the free throw line and beat West Virginia for the 14th time without a loss, rolling past the Mountaineers, 69-56, yesterday in Morgantown, W.Va.
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Be careful, Boston College. The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that's been more of a burden than a reward recently. The second-ranked team in The Associated Press poll has lost three consecutive weeks. BC faces its toughest test of the season Thursday night at No. 8 Virginia Tech.
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BC HIGH Coach: Jim Cotter (41st year, 232-139-17). Last year's record: 4-7. Returning starters (8): Chris Marinelli, TE/DT, 6-7, 275, Sr.; Jack Shields, QB, 6-6, 225, Jr.; Dan Capeless, FB, 5-11, 190, Jr.; Joe Hobin, OG, 6-0, 210, Sr.; Mike Cannon, OG, 6-1, 210, Sr.; Ryan Cooney, WB/FS, 6-2, 195, Sr.; Mariano Beecher, CB, 5-9, 165, Sr.; Matt Fopiano, NG, ...
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They have played seven games this season, and won seven games. They began the season unranked and have climbed to No. 2 in the nation.
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Picked to finish fifth in the Big East coaches' preseason poll, the Boston College men's basketball team yesterday earned a ranking as the fifth-best team in the nation.
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Carolyn Swords had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Boston College to a 68-63 win over host Clemson last night.
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Last year Catholic Memorial beat BC High in boys' soccer for the first time in a quarter century. This season, CM's next dragon to slay was No. 8 St. John's Prep. After being blanked by the Eagles in the EMass final, 2-0, a year ago and another 2-0 blanking last month, the Knights turned it around against their Catholic Conference ...
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Winning breeds respect. That's the message the Boston College women's basketball team received yesterday, when the Eagles, coming off their first Big East Conference championship, were selected to finish third this season in a preseason poll of the league's coaches.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The defiant tone was set the moment Boston College's motorcade arrived at the foot of West Virginia's campus yesterday and began chugging its way up the hill on Patteson Drive, escorted by four State Police cruisers, sirens blaring. The caravan of four buses streaked past a queue of cars waiting to make a left turn onto University ...
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Despite LSU's last second win over Auburn, the big winner this weekend was a team that didn't play: Boston College. The idle Eagles moved to No. 2 in the new BCS standings.
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It's getting late. The Boston College men's basketball team has two Atlantic Coast Conference games remaining in its regular season and the Eagles' margin for error is rapidly shrinking. And beatdowns such as last night's 79-62 setback at Virginia Tech did little to improve BC's postseason posture for a first-round bye in the ACC tourney and a ...
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Burnett Adams figured it was time to get on with his life. The former Boston College basketball player had always regretted not completing his degree when he left BC in 1983. He decided to go back to school 10 months ago.
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The best way to describe BC High's Greg O'Neil is unstoppable. The senior striker scored two goals last night, upping his total to seven in the last three games, to lift the Eagles to the Division 1 Eastern Mass. soccer title with a 2-1 victory over Acton-Boxboro at Boston University's Nickerson Field.