A Plea to Reasoning: Why You Should Give This Team A Chance

They may not be the Men's Hockey team, but after this year's rollercoaster performance that has involved as many lows as highs that may not be a bad thing. Boston University's lacrosse team is just as successful though year in and year out and here are four reasons to go out and support them:

1. This team wins and wins often. Over the past seven years the lacrosse team has compiled a 100-24 record. But as good as that is, it pales in comparison to their record at the friendly confines of Nickerson Field: 58-4. That's right they average about a loss at home every two years, chances are pretty good you're going to at least see the Terriers win.

2. It's not every team on campus that has it least one national player of the year award candidate. This year the Terriers Tewaarton Award Nominee (Player of the Year) is senior McKinley Curro ('10). Last year Curro was named an All-American after finishing with 40 goals and 31 assists. And it's not like this is a new thing, as Sarah Dalton ('09) was a nominee for the award the past two years following in a long line of elite players donning the scarlet and white.

3. If there's one thing you should know about women's lacrosse there's a lot of scoring. BU is averaging nine goals a year this year in five games, their opponents are scoring over eight goals a game. 17 goals a game, with back and forth action? For those fans who are just interested in highlight plays and lots of scoring you can't hate that.

4. When I asked Jenny Taft ('10), a member of the team why students should go, this was her pitch:

"Lacrosse games are high energy, intensity, and fun! We have a great team this year and so far it has been an exciting year. We love having fans at our games because it always helps get everyone's energy up... and we will play rain or shine - so having those fans even when it isn't great weather always helps too!"

So there you have it four reasons for you to trek down to West Campus and bask in the sun while watching a winning product and a fun sport. Just give it a try.

Women’s Lacrosse Preview: BU vs. Brown University

Terriers Look To Win Second Consecutive Home Opener

By Seth Orensky

The #10/11 Boston University Women’s Lacrosse team hosts the Brown University Bears in the Terriers home opener Wednesday at 4pm at Nickerson Field. Boston U opened their 2010 campaign with a 10-8 victory last Wednesday against the University of Massachusetts. Wednesday’s game will be the Terriers first game at home since they won the America East Championship last May against the University of New Hampshire.

Brown and Boston U have played four times since 2002 with the Terriers holding a three to one edge. The Bears will look to get some revenge after the Terriers blew them out 16-4 the last time the two teams met in March of 2008. In that game, BU jumped out to a 10-3 lead at half time and never looked back cruising to a big road victory.

In the Terriers season opener against UMASS, Senior attacker Traci Landy (’10) scored four goals and freshman attacker Danielle Etrasco (’13) added 3 more as BU held on for a 10-8 victory. Etrasco was named America East Rookie of the Week for her performance as she added an assist to go along with her trio of goals. Senior goalie Rachel Klein (’10) earned America East Defensive Player of the Week as she made eight saves on 16 shots in stopping the Minutemen from making a late rally.

Although the Terriers came out strong offensively in their first game, the team is still searching for an offensive identity. Without last year’s leading scorer Sarah Dalton ('09), the all-time leading scorer in BU history, the team does not have a clear number one scorer. Coach Elizabeth Robertshaw says she is confident that the team will find a way to score because of their bevy of experienced players at the attacker position. The possible solutions include last year’s second leading scorer senior McKinley Curro ('10) (71 points, 40 goals), Landy (63 points, 56 goals) the team’s second leading goal scorer last year and Etrasco who was a Lacrosse All-American last year at Massapequa High School in New York.

On the other side, Brown returns two of its top three scorers from a team that finished 7-8 last season. The Bears started off the season with a bang fighting through snowy conditions to take down Sacred Heart University 14-6. Brown outshot Sacred Heart 32-13 in the contest as the Bears scored the first two goals of the game and never looked back.

Sophomore attackers Katelyn Caro (’12) and Kaela McGilloway (’12) will be relied upon to improve upon their stellar freshmen campaigns when they tied for the team lead in points with 29. Another second year player, goalie Isabel Harvey (’12) will be an integral part of the team this season as she won the starting goalie competition. Harvey in the team’s first game made four stops to help the Bears win easily.

To listen to the game go to http://wtbusports.com/ and click on the alternate stream. If you can’t listen along or even if you can and want to get more information, check out my liveblog as I’ll be breaking down all the action.