Ali DuBois collects a grounder and turns to first to make a throw.
Stew Milne
10
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 2-1
0
Providence PC 1-2
Winner
Boston University BOSTONU
2-1
10
Final
0
Providence PC
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Boston University BOSTONU 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 10 10 0
Providence PC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

W: DuBois, Ali (2-0) L: ALVAREZ, Daniela (0-1)

8
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 3-1
3
Providence PC 1-3
Winner
Boston University BOSTONU
3-1
8
Final
3
Providence PC
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Boston University BOSTONU 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 8 7 0
Providence PC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 2

W: DuBois, Ali (3-0) L: GRIFONE (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

DuBois Reaches Milestone as Softball Claims DH Sweep at Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Led by two strong pitching performances from senior Ali DuBois and an opportunistic offense, the Boston University softball team wrapped up the four-game series at Providence with a doubleheader sweep on Monday afternoon.

After reaching the 500-strikeout milestone in the second inning of the first contest, DuBois (3-0) held the Friars (1-3) to just two hits in a 10-0 shutout win and then pitched the final 4.2 innings in the game two 8-3 win to move to No. 6 all-time in the Patriot League record book at 63 victories. Junior Nicole Amodio led BU with a combined three hits in the DH, while junior Emily Gant, freshman Lauren Keleher and junior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner tallied three runs apiece to help the Terriers move to 3-1.

GAME 1: BU 10, Providence 0

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After two quick scoreless innings, BU grabbed the lead for good in the top of the third with Amodio starting things off on a hit-by-pitch.
  • Senior Patricia Dun laid a bunt single and moved into scoring position alongside the pinch runner Gant.
  • Keleher followed sophomore Caitlin Coker's RBI grounder with an RBI single to right for the 2-0 advantage.
  • The Friars had a one-out double and two-out walk in the bottom half before lining out to Amodio at first.
  • Amodio doubled down the left field line to start the fifth, took third on freshman Alex-Rose Molinar's sacrifice bunt and scored on Dun's RBI infield grounder.
  • BU put the game away in the sixth with three runs off two hits and two errors, as Amodio followed Huerta-Leipner's RBI single to center with a two-RBI single of her own.
  • The Terriers piled on further in the seventh with four more runs off five hits, including an RBI double by freshman Lauren Nett and RBI single from junior Bella Gargicevich-Almeida.
  • DuBois finished with seven strikeouts for her second consecutive shutout performance.
GAME 2: BU 8, Providence 3

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Gant started the second with a single before stealing second, advancing to third on sophomore Audrey Sellers' sac bunt and scoring on a defensive error.
  • After Keleher and Huerta-Leipner earned a walk, Gant hit a two-out bullet in the third at the center fielder, who misplayed the ball and allowed three runs to score.
  • Making her first career start, Allison Boaz earned six quick outs but ran into trouble at the start of the third with a walk, wild pitch, RBI single and one-out double.
  • DuBois returned to the circle in relief and picked up a second out on an infield grounder, but the Friars followed with back-to-back singles to cut BU's lead to 4-3.
  • With two runners in scoring position, DuBois prevented further damage by getting an infield grounder to Dun at short.
  • The Friars remained on the attack in the bottom of the fourth with two singles, but Amodio turned a double play by catching.a hard liner at first and quickly touching the bag before the runner returned.
  • The Terriers put the game away in the top of the fifth with four runs off three hits and an error, highlighted by Sellers' two-run blast to left.
DOUBLEHEADER NOTES
  • DuBois is now just six shutouts away from tying the PL record at 31.
  • Freshman Kayla Roncin joined classmates Nett and Kelleher in collecting at least one RBI and one run scored.
  • Boaz, Roncin and Gant each had a stolen base.
  • BU is 18-3-1 over the last 22 games against the Friars and now leads the all-time series, 23-16-1.
NEXT UP: Merrimack
  • Due to expected poor weather conditions this weekend, the Terriers and Warriors moved up their four-game series to March 10-11 with all four games taking place at Merrimack. 
  • First pitch is set for 1 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.
  • The Terriers will be visiting North Andover for the first time since 1990 and will be meeting Merrimack for the first time since winning a doubleheader at home in 1991.
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