Nov. 18, 2008

For the first time ever, both the men's and women's ice hockey teams at Boston University are ranked in the top five in the nation this week. The men's team is ranked second and the women are fifth in this week's USCHO.com polls.

After a loss at Massachusetts and a win over Northeastern last week, the men's team comes in at second in both the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll. The Terriers received four first-place votes in the USCHO poll to finish second to Minnesota, while the Golden Gophers were a unanimous number one selection in the USA Today poll. This week, BU hosts Vermont, ranked 15th in the USCHO poll, for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday at Agganis Arena.

Riding a program-record nine-game unbeaten streak, the women's team moved up from seventh to fifth in the USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll after wins at Princeton and Quinnipiac and climbed from seventh to sixth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll. This week's rankings are the highest ever for the four-year-old program that had never been ranked prior to this season. Wisconsin is a unanimous number one in both polls and will face third-ranked New Hampshire this weekend, while the Terriers visit eighth-ranked Boston College on Saturday afternoon.