Box Score

BOSTON - Seeking its first weekend series win of the season, the Boston University softball team scored two runs in the sixth and held on to edge Bucknell, 2-1, at home on Sunday afternoon. With their second one-run victory of the year, the Terriers improve to 14-20 (2-4 PL), while the Bison fall to 22-18 (7-5 PL).

Senior Lauren Hynes (9-10) limited Bucknell to just three hits and went the distance with the help of five strikeouts against zero walks. Coming off Saturday's nine-strikeout performance and 5-1 win, Amanda Fazio (12-8) pitched her second complete game of the weekend but gave up two runs off three hits in her last inning in the circle for the loss.

After three scoreless innings, Bucknell got on the board first in the top of the fourth when Fazio singled up the middle, took second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Jacee Almond's two-out RBI single.

BU had an opportunity to tie the game in the bottom half when junior Brittany Younan led off with a single and stole second. However, Fazio earned a strikeout, infield pop up and groundout to end the threat.

The Bison tried to carry the momentum in next inning with a lead-off double, but Hynes duplicated Fazio's efforts with three straight outs. During the bottom half, Fazio began to show cracks by allowing her first walk of the weekend to freshman Alex Hienen and a one-out single to sophomore Kaitlin Sahlinger. In the next at-bat, the defense bailed her out by get a force at 2nd on Hynes' grounder and throwing home just in time to tag out sophomore pinch-runner Yinka Fasehun.

The Terriers finally broke through in the sixth, as freshman Emily Morrow and Younan hit back-to-back singles. After junior Moriah Connolly's fielder choice kept runners at first and second with one out, sophomore Jilee Schanda directed the ball through the right side to tie the game and plate Younan. Junior Gabi Martinez followed with a sacrifice fly to score Connolly and give the Terriers the lead for good.

Hynes recorded six straight outs behind three strikeouts and two impressive defensive plays by Morrow at second to help BU avenge last year's sweep at Bucknell with the series win. One of the key highlights of the weekend was Hynes and senior Melanie Russell holding the Patriot League's second-leading batter Meghan Kovac (.434 avg., 4 HRs, 31 RBIs) to a 0-for-9 performance.

The Terriers will next hit the road for a pair of road games, starting at Bryant on Wednesday (April 20) with first-pitch slated for 4 p.m.