Softball Extends Win Streak to Six Games with DH Sweep at Merrimack

Thursday, March 11

North Andover, MA

1 PM

Boston University

6-1

Merrimack

0-3

Boston University

Merrimack College

Nicole Amodio high fives a teammate after her home run.

Photo by: Will LeBlond

Softball Extends Win Streak to Six Games with DH Sweep at Merrimack

March 11, 2021 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box (W, 8-0 / 6 inn.)Game 2 Box (W, 7-3)Coach Waters and Amodio Postgame

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Helped by eight combined extra-base hits and senior Ali DuBois' 16 strikeouts, the Boston University softball earned a second doubleheader sweep at Merrimack on Thursday afternoon.

Both juniors Nicole Amodio and Emily Gant homered in the 8-0(6) game-one victory and then tallied two RBIs apiece to help the Terriers (7-1) rally in a 7-3 game-two win. The two-time Patriot League Pitcher of the Year DuBois (6-0) collected her third shutout of the season and then tallied eight strikeouts in 3.2 innings of relief to defeat the Warriors (0-4) a second time on the day.

Overall, Amodio and Gant combined for nine of BU's 15 RBIs. Classmate Aliyah Huerta-Leipner tied them at three hits apiece while reaching home plate a team-high four times, and sophomore Allison Boaz recorded the other homer in the second contest.

GAME 1: BU 8, Merrimack 0 (6 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers loaded the bases on walks by sophomore Caitlin Coker, Huerta-Leipner and Gant before Coker was caught trying to take home on a wild pitch.
With two outs on the next pitch, Amodio singled to right center for two runs and later added a third in the top of the third with a two-out solo shot to center.
Huerta-Leipner kept the pressure on with a two-out RBI single to right in the fourth to plate freshman Alex-Rose Molinar.
Molinar later followed sophomore Audrey Sellers' RBI double with an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-0 in the fifth.
Huerta-Leipner put the run-rule effect into play by hitting a triple and scoring on Gant's inside-the-park homer in the top of the sixth.
Merrimack avoided being no-hit for the second consecutive game with a two-out single to left before DuBois earned her eighth strikeout to seal the victory.

GAME 2: BU 7, Merrimack 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Warriors took the lead against Gant with a two-out solo homer in the bottom of the second.
Boaz came right back with a lead-off homer in the third to tie the game.
Merrimack earned a pair of singles in the third but Gant was able to get ouf the jam.
Sophomore Lizzy Avery started the fourth in the circle with a strikeout but ran into trouble with two walks and infield single.
The Warriors took the lead against DuBois with a bases-loaded walk and two-out RBI single before leaving the bases loaded with a swinging strikeout.
Boaz provided the offensive spark for BU by leading the fifth with a double before eventually scoring on Coker's RBI single up the middle.
Gant and Amodio later recorded back-to-back two-RBI doubles to put BU ahead for good, 6-3.
Senior Marina Sylvestri added an RBI single in the seventh with two outs.
DuBois sealed the victory with three swinging strikeouts.

NEXT UP: Boston College

BU will visit crosstown rival BC on Friday, March 19, with the doubleheader set for 2 p.m.
The Terriers won the last meeting at home in 2019, 3-2, with a walk-off triple by Emily Morrow ('19).