The Heights

2 weeks ago | bcheights.com | Matthew Ferrara

Boston College baseball relief pitcher Ethan Soares entered the sixth inning after the game-tying run was walked-in. Notre Dame leadoff batter DM Jefferson and first team All-ACC catcher Carson Tinney were the next batters due up. But Soares struck out both. Soares looked just as dominant after wiping away those runners to end the sixth, as he shut out Notre Dame when his team needed it most. Notre Dame (32–21, 14–16 Atlantic Coast) recorded only one hit against Soares and struck out five times.

2 weeks ago | bcheights.com | Matthew Ferrara

A collegiate start remains a new task for Jacob Burnham. Burnham, a freshman, made two starts prior to Saturday, and none as efficient as the 11-pitch-per-inning pace he owned through four innings. The fifth inning was foreign territory for Burnham in a start, and Max Handron engaged Burnham in an eight-pitch at bat that ended with a booming single. The Bears ripped another single after Handron. A bunt, ultimately, brought in two runs for the Bears. Burnham charged the bunt and overthrew first base.

1 month ago | bcheights.com | Will Martino

Meghan Heckelman came to Boston College by chance. In an overachieving and perhaps overly-anxious spree, she fired out applications to 18 different schools. When most came back with waitlists and rejections, BC emerged as her best option. Soon enough, it was move-in day, and her packed car was rounding the corner onto College Road as the gothic prongs of Gasson Hall peaked over the horizon. “I remember that moment so vividly,” said Heckelman, LSEHD ’25.

1 month ago | bcheights.com | Matthew Ferrara

On the third floor of Margot Connell Recreation Center, students count reps of lat pull-downs just feet away from Boston College volleyball’s home court. A strip of artificial turf, treadmills, and a jogging loop sit right above on the fourth floor, looking down on the court. Only four transparent doors separate Division-I, ACC matchups from the clatter of dumbbell plates and a whole row of strength equipment.

1 month ago | bcheights.com | Lucía Hernández

When I first walked into my Duchesne dorm room, it smelled like someone else’s laundry. Its prison-like walls were marked scratches that promised a story, and so did the dented door. I had inherited just half of it for a year. But I pretended like it had been mine all along. The bulletin boards on my walls were decked out with mementos, pictures, and posters of all my favorite things.