Terrier Offense Experiences Highs and Lows in DH Split at San Diego Classic

Friday, March 2

San Diego, CA

11:30 AM PT

Boston University

5-4

CSUN @ USD

6-11

Boston University

CSUN

Photo by: Taylor Jones

Terrier Offense Experiences Highs and Lows in DH Split at San Diego Classic

March 2, 2018 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 CSUN Box (W, 9-2)Santa Clara Box (L, 3-0)

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – After totaling a season-high 13 hits in a 9-2 win over CSUN, the Boston University softball team suffered its first shutout loss to Santa Clara (3-0) for the doubleheader split on Friday afternoon at the San Diego Classic.

Junior Alex Heinen led the offense with a career-high four hits, including a pair of doubles, against the Mataors, while freshman reliever Cali Dolfi recorded a combined five strikeouts in seven innings of work.

GAME ONE: BU 9, CSUN 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

Senior Brittany Younan led off the game with a single and was followed by RBI extra-base hits from Heinen, senior Jilee Schanda and junior Alexa Ponce for a 3-0 lead.
In the top of the second, freshman Jen Horita recorded her first-career hit before advancing to second on an error and scoring on Heinen's second RBI double of the game.
Freshman pitcher Ali Dubois recorded eighth straight outs to start the contest before a two-out infield error set up the Matadors' RBI triple.
CSUN tried to mount a rally against BU in the bottom of the fourth with a single, sacrifice bunt and RBI double but Dolfi (1-1) relieved Dubois and got two outs to prevent further damage.
The Terriers added an insurance run on Schanda's RBI single in the fifth and blew the game open in the seventh with four runs off four hits and two errors.
The Matadors began the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back singles but Dolfi induced a a ground out, foul out and a swinging strike out to claim her first-career victory.

GAME TWO: SANTA CLARA 3, BU 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

Sophomore Lizzie Annerino (1-2) quickly ran into trouble against the Broncos by allowing two walks, an infield single and RBI hit-by-pitch with one out.
Dolfi appeared again in relief to get the force out at home and then a pop up to prevent Santa Clara from extending the lead.
The damage was already done though, as Michaela Vierra (1-5) limited BU to just three hits without a single strikeout.
Younan had a lead-off single and junior Emily Morrow had a lead-off double in the third before senior Emma Wong earned a two-out single in the seventh.
The Broncos added two runs in the fourth with a combined four hits and two walks against Dolfi, sophomore Kali Magane and Dubois.

DOUBLEHEADER NOTES

Heinen is now one of three active Terriers to earn four hits in a single game, joining both Schanda (3x) and Younan ... Shayne Lotito ('09) remains the program record holder with five against Maine in 2006.
BU improved to 2-0 all-time against CSUN and is now 2-2 against Santa Clara.
Sitting at 5-5, the Terriers have yet to either sweep a doubleheader or suffer a sweep themselves.

NEXT UP: SAN DIEGO CLASSIC DAY TWO

BU will remain at the University of San Diego on Saturday morning with a matchup against Colorado State at 11:30 a.m. PT and then visit San Diego State at 7 p.m. PT.