Softball Cruises to DH Sweep over Lafayette

Saturday, April 21

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

28-17, 0

Lafayette

7-33, 0

Lafayette

Boston University

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

April 21, 2018 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 G1 Box (W, 7-2)G2 Box (W, 9-0)Highlights

BOSTON – Freshman Ali DuBois recorded a combined 16 strikeouts and two senior outfielders tallied three RBIs apiece to help the Boston University softball team extend the win streak to 11 games with a home doubleheader sweep over Lafayette.

Senior Jilee Schanda went 2-of-2 with two runs and a two-RBI double in the 7-2 game-one win over Lafayette (7-34, 3-11 PL), and classmate Emma Wong went an identical 2-of-2 with two runs and three RBIs for the 9-0 game-two victory.

GAME 1: BU 7, Lafayette 2

Senior Brittany Younan singled to left and was followed by Wong's walk to immediately put Lafayette under pressure.
With two outs in the first, Schanda doubled to right center and then eventually scored on junior Emily Morrow's double down the left field line for the 3-0 advantage.
Pitcher Alex Randall (5-14) tried to help her own cause with a two-run blast to left in the second against DuBois, but the Leopards would never manage to advance a runner past second the rest of the game.
In the fourth, the Terriers added three runs off three hits, including senior Kaitlin Sahlinger's double and Younan's single.
Schanda added one more insurance run in the fifth by tripling to right center and scoring on junior Alexa Ponce's RBI grounder.
Sophomore Lizzie Annerino replaced DuBois in the sixth and held the Leopards to three hits during the final two innings to seal the 7-2 victory.

GAME 2: BU 9, Lafayette 0 (5 inn.)

The Terriers again jumped out ahead in the first inning, this time scoring two runs with the help of two walks, a wild pitch, passed ball and throwing error.
BU took advantage of another Lafayette miscue in the second with Wong's two-out infield RBI single to extend the lead to 3-0.
Junior Madi Killebrew was hit by a pitch to start the third and was followed by Schanda's RBI triple and Ponce's RBI single.
With the bases loaded, Younan hit a sacrifice fly out to left to advance the runners before Wong hit a two-RBI double to left center.
Junior Alex Heinen then singled up the middle to put the lead at 9-0.
Seven of the Leopards' final nine outs came by way of strikeout against DuBois for the second loss of the day.

DOUBLEHEADER NOTES

The Terriers are now 14-0 all-time in the series and have outscored the Leopards, 85-12, with six shutouts in the last eight contests.
All three of Schanda's hits went extra bases with two triples and a double.
Schanda's seven triples this season are tied-for-third all-time and are just two behind No. 2 Younan (9) ... Younan ranks fourth in the career record book with 17 total, while Schanda is seventh at 13.
DuBois' 21 wins this season are tied with BU Hall of Famer Audrey West ('95) at No. 6 in the BU record book ... West had 27 in both 1994 and 1996.
With three runs scored, Wong moved into a tie-for-10th in the BU record book with Rachel Hebert ('10) at 114 runs.

NEXT UP: LAFAYETTE

The Terriers will wrap up the weekend series against the Leopards on Sunday (April 22) at 12 p.m.
BU is currently first in the PL standings at 9-2 with Bucknell looming behind at 11-3.