The Terriers enter their 73rd season with four-year head coach Tom Bohrer at the helm. Senior Andrew Reswow and sophomore Moritz Franz will serve as co-captains of a squad that last season captured a school-record five cups in the varsity eight races and reached the IRA Grand Final in the freshman eight event.
Entering the month of April ranked 23rd in the mid-major softball poll, Boston University is seeking its third NCAA berth in the last four years. Eighth-year head coach Shawn Rychcik returned eight starters and 13 letter winners from last year’s 38-14 squad, including AE Pitcher of the Year Holli Floetker and Rookie of the Year Chelsea Kehr.
The nine-time America East champion Terriers will close out the season in the month of April with four home games, culminating with Senior Day on Sunday, April 22 against Canisius at Nickerson Field. BU features 16 letter winners from last year’s team, including 2011 America East Co-Player of the Year Danielle Etrasco.
The Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its 49th induction banquet on Saturday, May 12, and will welcome six new members in the Trustees’ Ballroom at the BU School of Management. In total, the Class of 2012 combined for 13 All-America honors and 13 conference titles while featuring one national Freshman of the Year award recipient. Read about the new inductees by clicking here.
Located within Boston University's impressive $225-million John Hancock Student Village, Agganis Arena is a state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports and entertainment center. A 290,000-square foot premier venue, it serves as home for the hockey and basketball teams and also for many other events, including past concerts by Carrie Underwood and Kings of Leon.
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Tillo joins the Terriers as a four time Northeast Florida Gateway Conference golf champion
Bruce Chalas, hired on Jan. 1, 2009, enters his fourth season as the head coach of the women's golf team at Boston University in 2011-12, bringing over 12 years of coaching experience at Boston area colleges to the program.
In 2009-10, Chalas guided the Terriers as they treaded into new waters with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) as an associate member. The move will allow BU to compete for an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament at the MAAC Championships each April, beginning in 2012. In 2008-09, BU finished second at the America East Golf Championships, highlighted by its season-best 664 two-day total.
Chalas, a graduate of Babson College, received his degree in business administration, marketing and management in 1972. While at Babson he was a member of the varsity golf team all four years, serving as team captain during his junior and senior seasons. In 1993, he was inducted in the schools athletics Hall of Fame.
As a golfer, Chalas qualified for 14 USGA championships, the 1980 United States Open, two NCAA championships, the 1985 Bank of Boston PGA Tour event as well as numerous amateur championships. He has won two Southeast Amateur championships as well as the Hornblower and the 1985 New England Amateur tournament.
He also is a member of the National Golf Coaches Association and a former member of the U.S.G.A. Mid-Amateur Committee.