FAU Kick-Off Classic Tournament Central

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Coming off a thrilling 3-1 win over No. 23 Florida Atlantic, the Boston University softball team recorded a split Saturday evening on day two of the FAU Kick-Off Classic with a 1-0 win against North Florida and 5-1 loss to Bethune-Cookman.

FAU KICK-OFF CLASSIC GAME ONE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Boston University - 1, North Florida - 0
Records: BU (2-0), UNF (2-3)
WP: Magane (1-0, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 K, 1 BB)
LP: Green (1-2, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 2 K, 1 BB)
BU Leaders:  Morrow (1-3 AB, 4th-inning Solo HR) 
UNF Leaders: Aguayo (2-3 AB)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Making her debut in the scarlet & white, freshman Kali Magane scattered three hits and allowed just one walk through seven shutout innings of work with the help of four strikeouts.
• Sophomore Emily Morrow recorded her first-career homer in the bottom of the fourth toward right field in what proved to be the game's lone run.
• The Ospreys only once had a runner reach second back in the first thanks to senior catcher Gabi Martinez throwing out Taylor Aguayo on an attempted stolen base in the fourth and Magane inducing a fielder's choice groundout in the sixth.
• Magane ended the game by getting a pair of groundouts to sophomore Alexa Ponce at third while also earning a strikeout.

FAU KICK-OFF CLASSIC GAME TWO RUNDOWN
Final Score: Bethune-Cookman 5, Boston University 1
Records: BCU (1-2), BU (2-1)
WP: Estrada (1-0, 7.0 IP, 11 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K, 4 BB)
LP: Akers (1-1, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5  R, 3 ER, 5 K, 1 BB)
BU Leaders:  Ponce (2-4, AB, RBI 1B), Connolly (1-3 AB, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SB), Schanda (2-4 AB)
BCU Leaders: Davis (2-3 AB, 2 R), Jackson (1-3 AB, 2-R HR), Sanders (1-2 AB, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terriers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the third when senior Moriah Connolly scored on sophomore Alexa Ponce's two-out RBI single.
• BU had several opportunities to add more runs but left 13 players on base, including three apiece in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively.
• Senior Makinna Akers appeared in relief in the second and kept the Wildcats off the scoreboard until they took advantage of two BU fielding errors with a pair of singles and pulled ahead, 2-1, during the fourth inning.
• Mariah Estrada allowed three straight singles to open the sixth but then got three straight infield grounders with the first two leading to a force out at home to maintain the one-run lead.
• With two outs in the sixth and a runner in scoring position, BCU put the game away with an RBI single and two-run blast against Akers.

FAU KICK-OFF CLASSIC DAY TWO GAME NOTES

• Magane became the first BU pitcher to record a shutout in her debut since Akers allowed four hits in six scoreless innings of work for a 4-0 win against Gardner Webb on Feb. 22, 2014.
• The Terriers defeated UNF for the first time since losing, 3-1, in eight innings in 2012.
• BU and BCU met for the first time in program history.

NEXT UP: NC State

• The Terriers will conclude the FAU tourney on Sunday (Feb. 12) against NC State and a familiar face in Shawn Rychick at 9 a.m.
• Rychick was the head coach at BU from 2005-12 and led the Terriers to three NCAA appearances in 2009, 2010 and 2012.