WORCESTER, Mass. – Highlighted by freshman Ali DuBois' eight strikeouts and senior Jilee Schanda's three runs scored, the Boston University softball team opened the Turnpike Trophy series at Holy Cross with a 5-0 win on Friday afternoon.

DuBois (16-6) limited the Crusaders (8-22, 2-5 PL) to just four hits, while both juniors Emily Morrow and Alexa Ponce collected two RBIs apiece to help the Terriers (23-17, 5-2 PL) extend their win streak to five games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Holy Cross had a great opportunity to get on the scoreboard first in the opening inning when Taylor Wahler reached second on a one-out single and throwing error.
• Mandy McCarthy followed with a single to center, by Schanda threw a bullet to junior catcher Alex Heinen to tag out Wahler at home.
• Schanda then started the second with a single and eventually scored on Ponce's double to right center.
• HC had one more opportunity in the third with a walk and hit-by-pitch, but DuBois got a groundout and strikeout to end the threat.
• Schanda set the table again in the fourth with a single, stolen base and run scored on senior Kaitlin Sahlinger's RBI grounder.
• Morrow singled to center to plate Sahlinger and extend the lead to 3-0.
• The Terriers added two more runs in the seventh off Ponce's bases-loaded two-out walk and Morrow's infield single.
• DuBois allowed just one hit in the final four innings and finished the contest with a pair of strikeouts.

GAME NOTES

• DuBois collected a PL leading sixth shutout, as the Terriers extended their win streak in the series against Holy Cross to seven games ... BU now leads the Crusaders, 35-8. 
• The reigning PL Player of the Year Schanda tallied three hits for the third time this season and is now on a seven-game hitting streak.
• Ponce recorded multiple RBIs for the sixth time this season, while Morrow accomplished the feat for the first time this year.
• Junior Madi Killebrew collected her 12th double of the season, which is tied for seventh all-time at BU with nine other players, including Heinen (2017).
• BU has now tallied double-digit hits in three straight contests.

NEXT UP: HOLY CROSS

• BU will wrap up the weekend series at HC on Saturday with a doubleheader set for 12 p.m.
• The Terriers need just a split to claim the point in the Turnpike Trophy all-sports competition featuring the two schools ... BU currently leads the Crusaders, 12-4.