Softball Ends California Trip with 10-2 Loss to No. 3 UCLA

Saturday, March 10

Long Beach, CA

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UCLA @ LBSU

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Photo by: Justin Lafleur

Softball Ends California Trip with 10-2 Loss to No. 3 UCLA

March 10, 2018 | Softball

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Playing its 12th game in nine days, the Boston University softball team wrapped up the trip to California with a 10-2 loss to No. 3 UCLA on Saturday afternoon at the Louisville Slugger Invitational.

The Bruins (22-0) entered the contest batting an NCAA-high .406 and jumped out early with a combined eight runs in the first two innings to avoid former No. 1 Oklahoma's fate against the Terriers (8-12). They then took advantage of three wild pitches in the sixth to claim their 12th run-rule victory of the season, as senior Emma Wong led BU with two singles and two runs scored.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After junior Madi Killebrew was stranded at first following a two-out single, UCLA scored four runs in the bottom half of the first on four hits and a throwing error against freshman Ali Dubois (4-3).
BU loaded the bases in the second on singles by Wong and junior Emily Morrow and an infielder grounder by senior Kaitlin Sahlinger.
Wong scored on a wild pitch, but UCLA's Holly Azevedo (7-0) prevented further damage by getting a ground out and fly out.
The Bruins followed up in the bottom half with four runs off four hits, including a two-RBI double by Brianna Tautalafua and two-RBI single by Rachel Garcia, against sophomore Lizzie Annerino.
Sophomore Kali Magane got a pop up and strike out to keep two Bruins on base for an 8-1 deficit.
BU added a second run in the fourth on Wong's single and Morrow's RBI single down the third-base line.
The Terriers an inning later loaded the bases in the fifth with two outs on a pair of walks and infield single by senior Jilee Schanda, but the Bruins got a force out on a grounder to end the threat.
Held to three hits in innings 3-5 by Magane, the Bruins put the game away in the sixth with two runs off two hits.

GAME NOTES

After shutting out both Michigan State (10-0) and defending Mountain West champion San Jose State (10-0) on Friday, the Bruins became the first opponent to not only run-rule the Terriers this season but also to score more than six runs in a game after claiming a 13-6 advantage in hits.
A member of the 2017 USA Softball Junior Women's National Team, Azevedo allowed two earned runs in a game for just the second time this season in 10 appearances for UCLA ... She entered the contest with a 0.90 ERA while allowing a combined five hits in the previous 9.2 innings of work.
Magane used three strikeouts to help hold the Bruins to two runs off five hits in the final 4.1 innings.

NEXT UP: ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL

The Terriers will compete in the northeast for the first time this season by participating in the St. John's Invitational on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18.
BU will play UMass and the host Red Storm on March 17 before battling Binghamton and Hofstra on March 18.