BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Unable to apply enough pressure on reigning Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Christine Campbell, the No. 2-seed Boston University softball team fell in a pair of one-run decisions to top-seed Lehigh on Sunday afternoon during the conference's championship round at Leadership Park.

The Mountain Hawks (36-18) had a third-inning two-out RBI single for a 1-0 victory in the first game and then a key two-out, two-RBI double in the second inning of game two to help eliminate the Terriers (25-27), 4-3.

Few could have predicted a pitchers' duel between the last two PL champions after the Mountain Hawks swept the regular-season three-game weekend series by a combined score of 30-10 and the Terriers won the semifinal matchup, 14-7. However, Campbell only allowed two earned runs on the day to claim Tournament MVP honors, while senior All-PL First Team honoree Makinna Akers limited Lehigh to just one earned run in a combined 10.2 innings of work.

Senior Gabi Martinez led BU with seven hits over the past four days, including a game-two, two-out RBI single against Lehigh in the top of the seventh to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. She was joined on the PL All-Tournament Team by Akers and senior Moriah Connolly, who scored six runs off six hits and swiped three bags to set a Patriot League regular-season record for stolen bases at 41.

GAME ONE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Lehigh 1, Boston University 0
WP: Campbell (21-5, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 K)
LP: Akers (12-10, 7.0 IP, 1 R/ER, 2 BB)
BU Leaders: Sahlinger (2-2 AB)
Lehigh Leaders: Smith (1-3 AB, 1 RBI), Gerhardt (2-3 AB), Timberman (0-0, 2 BB, 1 R)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lehigh was poised to grab a quick lead in the top of the first against the Terriers with a lead-off bunt single and fielding error by BU, but senior Makinna Akers got three-straight ground outs to get out of the jam.
• The Mountain Hawks scored the lone run in the top of the third with a walk, sacrifice bunt and hard two-out RBI single to left that hit the top of senior shortstop Moriah Connolly's glove.
• Junior Kaitlin Sahlinger had a lead-off single in the bottom half and a second hit with two outs in the fifth, but the Terriers were unable to advance her.
• Junior Jilee Schanda was the last Terrier to reach base on a fielding error with two outs in the sixth ... Campbell though retired the last four Terriers to hand BU its first conference-tournament shutout loss since 2010.

GAME TWO RUNDOWN
Final Score: Lehigh 4, Boston University 3
WP: Campbell (22-5, 7.0 IP, 8 H 3 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 2 BB)
LP: Magane (13-11, 2.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB)
BU Leaders: Martinez (3-3 AB, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB), Morrow (2-3 AB, 1 R), Connolly (1-4 AB, 1 R, 1 SB), Heinen (1-4 AB, 1 RBI)
Lehigh Leaders: Schultz (2-3 AB, 1 R, 1 RBI), Rabago (1-3 AB, 1 RBI, 1 R), Timberman (1-3 AB, 2-RBI 2B)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior Moriah Connolly led off the game with a single, stole her Patriot League-record 41st base of the season and then scored with senior Gabi Martinez on an RBI single from sophomore Alex Heinen that also included a throwing error from the Mountain Hawks.
• The Terriers had the opportunity to extend the lead in the top of the second with a one-out walk by senior Rachel Levine and single by sophomore Emily Morrow, but Lehigh's Christine Campbell got a pair of pop ups to keep the deficit at two.
• In the bottom half, the Mountain Hawks took advantage of a BU error against freshman Kali Magane with a two-RBI, two-out double to tie the game, 2-2.
• Lehigh took the lead for good in the third with two runs off two hits and two walks ... The Mountain Hawks had the bases loaded with just one out, but Akers got a strike out and foul out to keep BU within two.
• BU tried to mount a rally in the top of the seventh with a lead-off single from Morrow and two-out RBI single by Martinez ... Campbell though ended the game with her third strikeout of the contest.

END OF SEASON NOTES

• Lehigh snapped the Terriers' 10-game conference tournament win streak, as 11-time champion BU (9x - America East, 2x - Patriot League) finished runner-up for the seventh time in program history and first in the PL.
• The Terriers finished with at least 25 wins for the 25th time in 27 seasons.
• The day marked the end of the collegiate careers for Makinna Akers, Moriah Connolly, Rachel Levine and Gabi Martinez.
• Connolly finishes with the PL career record for stolen bases at 116, which ranks second all-time at BU ... Her 51 runs this season are the second most at BU and third most in the PL record book ... Her 225 hits mark the fifth-most ever for the Terriers, and her .344 batting average ranks sixth.
• Martinez finished with 98 RBIs and 31 doubles, tied for seventh most at BU.
• Led by second-year head coach Ashley Waters, BU will return 2017 PL Player of the Year Jilee Schanda along with two All-PL Second Team members Alex Heinen and Alexa Ponce ... Freshman Kali Magane was the PL's final Pitcher of the Week before the start of tournament play and tied Akers this year with 11 complete-game performances and four shutouts.