LONG BEACH, Calif. – 2018 Women's College World Series participant and No. 2 nationally-ranked UCLA led off with a solo homer and went on to defeat the Boston University softball team, 12-0, on Sunday afternoon in the final contest of the Louisville Slugger Invitational at the Long Beach State Softball Complex.
2018 All-Pac-12 First Team honoree Briana Perez went 4-of-5 with five RBIs and three runs scored to lead the Bruins (21-1 to victory). A member of the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team, Megan Faraimo (6-1) held the Terriers (11-7) to five hits with four strikeouts against one walk. Senior
Alex Heinen led BU with two singles, while freshman
Nicole Amodio earned the Terriers' first triple of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bruins led off the game with a solo homer, single and double to send sophomore Ali DuBois (8-2) to the bench.
- UCLA added a run in the first with a sacrifice fly against freshman Emily Gant, who prevented the Bruins from getting on the scoreboard again until the fourth.
- Freshman Aliyah Huerta-Leipner led off with a single and took second on senior Emily Morrow's walk, but Faraimo got out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts.
- Morrow and Heinen had back-to-back two-out singles in the third before Faraimo induced a ground out to keep BU off the scoreboard.
- UCLA extended the lead to 5-0 in the fourth with three runs off three hits and a hit-by-pitch.
- Amodio tripled with two outs in the bottom half but was stranded at third.
- Seeking its ninth run-rule victory, UCLA started the sixth with back-to-back singles against Gant.
- Junior Kali Magane entered the circle and held the Bruins to a run off a sacrifice fly.
- UCLA though added six more runs off five hits and an error in the seventh against three BU pitchers to seal the victory.
NEXT UP: LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
- The Terriers will visit LMU on Tuesday (March 12) for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. ET.
- BU is 1-5 against the Lions over the past three years, though four of the losses are by a combined six runs.
