Amodio Powers Softball to 9-8 Extra-Inning Win at Long Beach State

Monday, March 9

Long Beach, CA

10 AM PT // 1 PM ET

Boston University

14-7

Long Beach State

12-12

Boston U

Long Beach State

Nicole Amodio makes contact with a pitch against Colgate in the 2019 Patriot League tournament.

Photo by: Jim Pierce

Amodio Powers Softball to 9-8 Extra-Inning Win at Long Beach State

March 9, 2020 | Softball

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Powered by sophomore Nicole Amodio's career-tying five RBIs, the Boston University softball pulled out a 9-8 victory in an extra-inning wild affair at Long Beach State on Monday morning.

Sophomore Emily Gant (5-2) pitched the final 2.2 innings in relief to help the Terriers (14-7) snap a three-game losing streak to the 49ers (12-12), who are just one of four teams to have beaten 2019 NCAA runner-up Oklahoma this season. Amodio led BU's offense with a three-run homer and two-RBI single. Sophomore Aliyah Huerta-Leipner delivered two RBIs, while junior Jen Horita scored twice and added an RBI.

THE EIGHTH INNING

Using international tiebreaker rules after LBSU rallied from a 5-0 deficit, BU started with freshman Caitlin Coker at second and advanced her on a fly out.
After junior Marina Sylvestri moved to second on a hit-by-pitch and stolen base, Gant delivered an RBI grounder.
Keeping the pressure on, Gant stole second, took third on Horita's two-out RBI single and then reached home on Amodio's two-RBI single to center alongside Horita for the 9-5 lead.
LBSU moved its runner to third on a ground-out and tried to rally again with a walk and three-run blast to cut the deficit to 9-8.
The 49ers added a two-out single, but then Gant used a 3-2 pitch to get a force out at second on a grounder for the win.

THE SETUP

Junior Ali DuBois started the game in trouble, as the 49ers got a walk, single and error to load the bases with zero outs.
The three-time Patriot League Pitcher of the Week induced two force outs at home on infield grounders and followed with a fly out to keep the score 0-0.
The Terriers drew a pair of walks in the top of the third but stranded both runners in scoring position against 2019 Big West Honorable Mention Ashley Coleman.
Amodio delivered the first shot in the top of the fourth with a two-out, three-run homer on a 1-0 pitch against Coleman to break up the no-hit bid and grab 3-0 lead.
LBSU loaded the bases in the bottom half with one out, but DuBois was able to get out of the jam with a force out at home and swinging strikeout.
Junior Patricia Dun started the fifth with a single, took second on Coker's single and then scored on Huerta-Leipner's two-RBI double to extend lead to 5-0.
DuBois started the bottom half with a ground out and strikeout, but then LBSU got a walk and finished with three runs off four hits, including an RBI double and two-RBI single.
LBSU tied the game in the sixth, 5-5, on a one-out triple, RBI double and RBI single.
With a runner at second and one out, Gant entered the circle in relief and got two outs to keep the game tied.
Both teams were quickly retired in the seventh to send the game to extra innings.

GAME NOTES

Becoming the second Terrier to earn multiple homers this season alongside Huerta-Leipner, Amodio previously tallied five RBIs in an 11-6 win over Army West Point on April 28, 2019.
DuBois finished with five strikeouts and is 12 away from reaching the 500-strikeout milestone.
BU scored nine runs on just six hits, while the 49ers had eight runs off 11 hits.
BU moved to 1-3 all-time vs. LBSU following a 9-0 loss last season and 1-0 defeat in 2018.

NEXT UP: EASTON INVITATIONAL

BU will wrap up the California trip with five games at Cal State Fullerton's Easton Invitational on March 12-14.
The Terriers will first face off against LBSU again at 8 p.m. ET and then meet the host Titans two hours later.
The remaining three games will feature Cal Baptist, Sacramento State and Cal State Fullerton.