The 1998 Boston University women's soccer team repeated the strong season that they had in 1997, once again finishing second overall in America East.

Although unable to match league champion Hartford's 9-0 season, Coach Nancy Feldman led her team to a respectable 7-1-1 America East record and a 10-8-2 overall mark.

The Terriers started the season by dropping an opening round match against St. Bonaventure 2-1, in the Colgate University Tournament on September 4. Sophomore forward Mary-Beth Magner scored the Terriers' lone goal, and the goalkeeping tandem of juniors Meghan Lynch and Beth Weisman recorded two saves each.

In the consolation game, held two days later, B.U. reversed their previous decision by handing the host school a 2-1 defeat. Sophomore Deidre Enos tallied the first goal for the Terriers, and junior Annalisa Rodovsky notched the game-winner. Lynch played the whole 90 minutes in net, making five saves for the victory.

Weisman earned the start in the team's next game, a 5-2 loss to Hartford on September 9, but was relieved after making only two saves. Lynch played the remainder, stopping five shots. Junior Suzanne Finn and senior Christen Dutcka each scored for the Terriers.

B.U. dropped the next two matches as well, a 1-0 shutout at the hands of Princeton, and a 2-1 double-overtime nail-biter against James Madison. Feldman's Terriers then rebounded with a six-game unbeaten streak.

The Terriers faced off against Providence, and shellacked the host school in an 8-3. Magner and Finn tallied two goals each and Dutchka, Radovsky and sophomore Teresa Petruccelli notched one. Another sure sign that the Terriers' luck had surely changed occurred when a Providence player pumped in an own-goal, a testament to the virility of B.U.'s attack.

For the rest of the season the Terriers allowed only nine goals in 14 games. B.U. started their streak by blanking Central Connecticut State and New Hampshire in consecutive games. In the 4-0 victory over CCSU on September 23, Lynch was forced to make only two saves. Petruccelli, Enos, Magner and freshman Nicole Soules all scored for the Terriers, and senior Kara Olivo recorded two assists.

The women outdid their performance against CCSU by thrashing New Hampshire 5-0. Enos scored twice for the Terriers and Soules added two assists in the winning effort. Lynch needed only to stop three shots for her second shutout in three days.

The Terriers closed out September with a 1-1 draw at Harvard, a game which lasted two overtimes. Lynch held the team in the game, stopping nine shots, while Enos scored the B.U. goal.

The team carried their streak into October, recording consecutive America East wins in which Lynch was not forced to make a single save. On October 2, the Terriers blanked Drexel, 2-0, as Magner and Dutchka each tallied goals. Two days later B.U. blanked Hofstra, 5-0, with Enos scoring a pair.

On October 7, the Terriers' unbeaten streak finally came to an end with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Yale. A 3-2 loss to Big East foe Syracuse two days later put the Terriers in the awkward situation of looking at a losing streak in the middle of their season. Again the Terriers regrouped and pulled off another winning tear, collecting four straight victories, all against America East rivals.

Lynch recorded a clean sheet against Maine, making four saves in a 3-0 victory. Petruccelli, Magner and Rodovsky each netted goals for the Terriers. Magner and Rodovsky would again score goals in a 3-0 victory over cross-town rival Northeastern, as would Dutchka.

In a 2-1 overtime victory at Delaware, Lynch made three saves and Deidre Enos figured in on both goals, scoring one and setting up Nicole Soules for the game-winner.

October 25 saw yet another 3-0 Terrier triumph. This time it was Towson who fell to the Terriers. Dutchka, Enos and Rodovsky netted the goals for B.U., and Lynch was needed for five saves to earn the victory. This would be the Terriers' final win of the season, as the team was blanked by Dartmouth, 1-0, on October 28. B.U. then battled to a 1-1, double-overtime draw against Vermont two days later in the regular-season finale.

In the Terriers' only America East Tournament game, second-seed B.U. was shutout by third seeded New Hampshire, 1-0.

Boston University had six players named to the 1998 America East Women's Soccer All-Conference Team. Leading the group was Annalisa Rodovsky, who became just the sixth player in league history to earn three first-team selections. Teresa Petruccelli and Kara Olivo also earned All-Conference honors. Deidre Enos earned her first first-team selection after being named to the Second Team in 1997.

Making the second-team were Christen Dutchka and junior back Stephanie Stabers.