Aliyah Huerta-Leipner makes contact with a full swing on a pitch at Coastal Carolina.
Bob Stoner
2
Boston University BOSTONU 20-17
4
Winner Harvard HARV 13-14
Boston University BOSTONU
20-17
2
Final
4
Harvard HARV
13-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Boston University BOSTONU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
Harvard HARV 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4 8 0

W: Krantz (6-4) L: DuBois, Ali (14-8) S: Duncan (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Harvard Pulls Away Late to Defeat Softball, 4-2

ALLSTON, Mass. – Making the short trek over to Harvard in a midweek non-conference matchup, the Boston University softball team came up short to the Crimson, 4-2, on Thursday afternoon.

The Terriers (20-17) jumped out ahead with two runs off two extra-base hits in the top of the first but were held to three hits the rest of the way for the loss against Harvard (13-14). Teagan Shaw tied the game in the fourth on an RBI double and gave the Crimson the lead for good against sophomore Ali DuBois (14-8) with a two-out RBI single in the sixth.

2018 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Katie Duncan pitched the first four innings and recorded the final out for the save. Freshman Aliyah Huerta-Leipner finished one homer shy of the cycle, as she led the Terrier offense with a single, double, triple and walk.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Huerta-Leipner started the game by crushing an 0-1 pitch to left for a lead-off triple.
  • Senior Madi Killebrew followed senior Alex Heinen's one-out walk with an RBI double to put the Terriers on the scoreboard.
  • Duncan gave up another run on an RBI ground out to sophomore Marina Sylvestri but prevented further damage with the first of four strikeouts.
  • The Crimson immediately cut the deficit in half with a pair of singles, a fly out and RBI ground out.
  • Huerta-Leipner had a two-out double in the second but was stranded at second.
  • After striking out the side in the second, DuBois got into trouble in the fourth, as Harvard hit back-to-back one-out singles on 2-2 pitches and then a hard liner toward third for an RBI double.
  • The Crimson tried to grab the lead on an infield grounder, but Killebrew threw a bullet home for Heinen to apply the tag.
  • The Terriers had two on in the fifth off Huerta-Leipner's single and Heinen's walk but again left two on base.
  • Morgan Melito put Harvard ahead for good in the sixth by singling up the middle on a full-count pitch and scoring on Shaw's two-out single up the middle.
  • The Crimson added an insurance run against freshman Emily Gant with another RBI single up the middle.
  • Huerta-Leipner and Morrow earned back-to-back two-outs walk in the seventh before Duncan reentered the contested for a game-ending strikeout.
GAME NOTES
  • Huerta-Leipner became the fifth Terrier to hit a triple this season and moved into a tie for first on the team with senior Alexa Ponce at five doubles.
  • Killebrew earned her second double of the season.
  • DuBois went 29 innings without an earned run allowed before Harvard scored in the bottom of the first on a two-out grounder.
  • The four runs allowed by DuBois tied her season high following a one-inning start at then-No. 14 Arkansas on March 2.
  • BU lost its first game against an in-state rival after sweeping Holy Cross in a three-game series and edging Boston College at home with a doubleheader against UMass Lowell scheduled for Wednesday (April 17).
  • In the first meeting between the two programs since 2015, Harvard snapped a two-game losing streak and cut BU's lead to 25-15 all-time.
NEXT UP: COLGATE
  • BU will welcome the Raiders to campus for a three-game series starting Saturday (April 13) with a doubleheader at 12 p.m.
  • The Terriers are 14-1 all-time against Colgate with an active eight-game win streak.
  • BU is 6-0 at home this year.
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