-The men's soccer team finds out its fate tonight when the NCAA D-1 tournament field is announced at 6 PM on ESPNews. BC is on the bubble to be one of the four teams seeded in its bracket; if they do get a 4 seed, they have a good chance of hosting the first two rounds in Newton this weekend.
-Marcellus Bowman was named ACC defensive back of the week after his pick-6 on Saturday night at FSU. Get on the Brock Bradford for Hobey bandwagon - his 5 goals and assists this weekend earned him men's Hockey East player of the week honors. Kelli Stack joined in the fun, earning women's Hockey East player of the week with 3 goals this weekend.
-The new NCAA hockey rankings are out. In men's hockey, BC moves up a place to #4 thanks to Denver's big drop (4th to 10th). Minnesota unsurprisingly moves into the #1 spot. Air Force remains overlooked at #12 although one voter gave them a first place vote; UMass-Lowell remains inexplicably outside of the top 20 .
-In the women's hockey poll, BC drops to #8 after a rough loss to Maine. Wisconsin and Minnesota remain #1 and #2. BU earns its highest ranking ever at #5.
2 comments:
Joe - AFA is the hockey equivalent of Ball State. #12 sounds about right ... I mean, really, who have they beat?
Bemidji State and Holy Cross ain't bad, but it's not so much about who they've beaten as who their players are. Don't forget they were pretty solid last year including wins over Denver, RIT, and the US U-18 team. They also came within a few very poor refereeing decisions and some great saves by Zatkoff of beating Miami and facing BC in Worcester this past March.
Jacques Lamoreaux is a dynamic player from a great hockey family who would be lighting it up no matter where he played, their vets are solid, and Volkening is IMO one of the three or four best goalies in the country.
They need to perform well against CC and Denver next week in order to earn respect, but I have faith that they will... they are absolutely decimating opponents right now, which is much harder to do consistently in hockey than in football.
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