BOSTON – After posting a perfect 5-0 record during its most recent homestand, the Boston University softball team will head to Lehigh for a Patriot League weekend series starting with a doubleheader on Saturday at 12 p.m. The teams will meet a third time on Sunday at 12 p.m.
All three games will be broadcasted on the Patriot League Network. The teams will meet for the first time since the Terriers blanked the Mountain Hawks, 8-0(5), in the 2018 conference title game at home. Lehigh won the 2017 title game against BU, 4-3, at Leadership Park.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU is 6-0 at home following Wednesday's 3-2 win over Boston College and last weekend's three-game sweep against Holy Cross ... The Terriers though are 0-6 in true road games with most recently 3-1 loss at Cal State Fullerton on March 14 and a notable 4-2 loss at No. 14 Arkansas.
- Overall, the Terriers are batting .246 while holding opponents to .240 ... BU has an 18-11 advantage in homers and 5-2 edge in triples while opponents lead in doubles, 35-22.
- Senior Emily Morrow has ended the last two games with a walk-off hit with a two-run homer against Holy Cross on Sunday and two-run triple against Boston College on Wednesday ... She leads BU at .340 with seven extra-base hits and 16 RBIs.
- Senior Alex Heinen is the reigning PL Player of the Week after batting .636 in four games ... She is currently hitting .284 with a team-high seven homers and 23 RBIs.
- Freshman Aliyah Huerta-Leipner (.250) leads the team with 18 runs scored and is one of four with multiple homers at three alongside Heinen, senior Madi Killebrew (3) and freshman Nicole Amodio (2).
- In the circle, sophomore Ali DuBois (13-6, 1.49 ERA) owns 120 strikeouts in 112.2 innings while holding opponents to a .224 batting average ... Freshman Emily Gant (4-7, 2.16 ERA) has posted 95 strikeouts in 81.0 innings with opponents hitting .236.
SCOUTING LEHIGH
- The Mountain Hawks are wrapping up a 10-game homestand following a doubleheader split against Saint Joseph's (6-1, 5-6) on Wednesday ... Lehigh also had a split against Kent State (5-2, 0-5).
- The Mountain Hawks are 3-3 in conference play with a three-game sweep at Lafayette (6-0, 4-1, 4-3) and three-game loss at home to Bucknell (2-0, 14-3, 8-3).
- Lehigh is batting .281 while holding teams to .281 ... Opponents own a 27-9 advantage in homers and 46-33 lead in doubles.
- Jaelynn Chesson leads the team at .419 with nine doubles, four homers, 16 RBIs and 14 runs scored, while Mary-Hannah Smith (.354) owns 13 RBIs and eight doubles.
- 2018 All-PL Second Team honoree Parker Boyd (6-7, 3.54 ERA) owns 82 strikeouts in 83.0 innings while holding teams to .278 ... Gabriella Nori (4-9, 4.94 ERA) has 78 strikeouts in 72.1 innings with opponents batting .267.
SERIES HISTORY
- The teams are tied, 11-11, in a series that dates back to 1996 ... BU won the first two meetings in 1996 in the NCAA Play-In Round.
- The Terriers lost the first game of the weekend series at home, 8-5, before bouncing back with a pair of victories (5-0, 3-1) ... They then later eliminated Lehigh, 8-0, in the title game.
- BU is 3-8 all-time at Leadership Park with a 1-5 record in 2017 ... Lehigh swept all three regular-season games and then went 2-1 in the PL tournament.
