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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Katie Lachapelle enters her fourth season with the Terriers in 2011-12. She joined Brian Durocher's staff at BU in 2008 after four years as an assistant coach at Ohio State. Her responsibilities with the Buckeyes included recruiting and evaluating prospective student-athletes, monitoring academics, organizing the team's community service projects, coordinating team travel and meals, breaking down video and assisting with daily practices and games. Ohio State went 67-65-15 during Lachapelle's tenure in Columbus.
Lachapelle has coached at USA Hockey camps the last five summers, helping at various Girls' Select 14, 15 and 16 Player Development Camps.
Before joining the staff at Ohio State, Lachapelle served as an assistant coach at Niagara for three seasons. The Purple Eagles tallied a 49-49-8 record during her years there and made an appearance in the 2002 NCAA Women's Frozen Four. She was involved in all facets of the Niagara program including recruiting, coordinating team travel, monitoring academics and coaching the forwards.
Prior to Niagara, Lachapelle was an assistant coach at Union for two years, where she planned and conducted practices, assisted with recruiting and coached the defense.
Lachapelle was a four-year letter winner at Providence from 1995-99. During her playing days with the Friars, Lachapelle was a team captain, an All-ECAC honorable mention and was named to the 1997 ECAC All-Star team.
A native of Lewiston, Maine, Lachapelle graduated from Providence in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in social science. She resides in Cambridge.