Boaz's No-Hitter Highlights DH Sweep at Merrimack

Wednesday, March 10

North Andover, MA

1 PM

Boston University

4-1

Merrimack

0-1

Boston University

Merrimack College

Allison Boaz poses with the softball in front of Merrimack's chained link fence after she threw a no-hitter.

Boaz's No-Hitter Highlights DH Sweep at Merrimack

March 10, 2021 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box (W, 7-1)Game 2 Box (W, 9-0 / 5 inn.)Coach Waters and Boaz Postgame

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Boosted by two strong pitching performances and four home runs, the Boston University softball team claimed a doubleheader sweep at Merrimack by a combined score of 16-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

In total, the Terriers (5-1) finished with a 19-1 advantage in hits over 12 innings to extend their win streak to four games. Senior Ali DuBois (4-0) started off in the circle with a personal-best 14 strikeouts against two walks and a solo home run for the complete-game 7-1 victory. Making just her second career start, sophomore Allison Boaz (1-0) followed up with five strikeouts against two walks in a 9-0(5) win to claim BU's 25th-ever no-hitter with DuBois the last to accomplish the feat in 2018.

Reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Week Lauren Keleher continued her strong start at the plate by hitting a combined 4-of-7 with a homer and triple. Junior Nicole Amodio went 3-of-4 with a two-run blast, three RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Audrey Sellers and freshman Kate Pryor delivered the other two homers.

GAME 1: BU 7, Merrimack 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Warriors struck first in the bottom of the second when Courtney Lanpher homered against DuBois for what proved to be Merrimack's lone hit of the day.
Limited to one hit through the first three innings, BU turned to small ball to provide an offensive spark.
Junior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner started with a walk and then took second on junior Emily Gant's bunt single before scoring on Amodio's mishandled sacrifice bunt.
Sellers followed freshman Alex-Rose Molinar's RBI grounder with an RBI bunt to push the lead to 3-1.
Trying to rally, Merrimack earned a pair of two-out walks in the bottom half, but DuBois ended the threat with a swinging strikeout.
BU added three runs off four hits in the fifth with Keleher starting the inning on a homer.
Amodio and Molinar followed Huerta-Leipner's single with back-to-back doubles to extend the lead to 6-1.
Freshman Lauren Nett plated one more run in the seventh on an RBI single.
DuBois sealed the win with her 14th strikeout and a pair of ground outs.

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

HOW IT HAPPENED

Sophomore Caitlin Coker singled to center, took third on Keleher's single and gave BU the lead for good on Gant's RBI grounder.
BU's bats exploded with seven runs off five hits in the second with Sellers, Amodio and Pryor all launching pitches to center.
Keleher added another extra-base hit with an RBI triple to left.
Senior Patricia Dun doubled to left in the top of the fifth before eventually scoring on senior Marina Sylvestri's bases loaded RBI hit-by-pitch.
The Warriors had a total of three runners get on base via two walks and a throwing error but were never able to advance the runners against Boaz.
Boaz recorded a strikeout in three of Merrimack's last four at-bats to seal the shutout.

A look back at our three homers in the second inning of game 2 by Sellers, Pryor and Amodio! #GoBU pic.twitter.com/9j0FxSVVCZ
— BU Softball (@TerrierSoftball) March 11, 2021

DOUBLEHEADER NOTES

Boaz became the third Terrier under head coach Ashley Waters to pitch a no-hitter with DuBois accomplishing the feat at Army on March 31, 2018 and Lauren Hynes ('16) shutting out Holy Cross on April 30, 2016.
Holli Floetker ('12) was the last Terrier to no-hit a non-conference opponent in an 8-0(5) win over Rhode Island on April 19, 2012.
DuBois moved into a tie for fifth all-time in the PL at 64 career victories.
The Terriers faced the Warriors for the first time since 1991 and made their first trek to North Andover since 1990.

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