Terriers Ride Strong Pitching and Senior Pair to DH Sweep over Army West Point

Saturday, April 10

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

19-2, 0

Army

5-7, 0

Army West Point

Boston University

Jen Horita slides into third base to beat a throw.

Photo by: Robert Branning

Terriers Ride Strong Pitching and Senior Pair to DH Sweep over Army West Point

April 10, 2021 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game Box 1 (W, 4-3)Game Box 2 (W, 8-0 / 5 inn.)Coach Waters Postgame

BOSTON – Boosted by the bats of seniors Jen Horita and Marina Sylvestri along with strong pitching in the circle, the Boston University softball team claimed a doubleheader sweep over Army West Point to wrap up the eight-game homestand Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers (20-2, 9-1 PL) first pulled out their sixth one-run victory of the season, 4-3, and then became the first opponent in 13 contests to run-rule the Black Knights (5-8, 3-5 PL), 8-0, in five innings.

Fellow San Mateo, California, natives Horita and Sylvestri went a combined 8-for-12 with four RBIs and three runs scored on the day. Freshman Alex-Rose Molinar had a key two-RBI single in the first game, and junior Nicole Amodio delivered a game-changing two-RBI double during the second contest.

In the circle, DuBois used her 130th pitch to claim her third strikeout and to remain perfect on the year at 14-0. A fellow preseason All-PL honoree alongside DuBois, Gant (2-2) pitched a one-hitter for her sixth-career shutout and BU's 10th overall on the season.

GAME 1: BU 4, Army 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first with Coker getting hit by a pitch, taking third on Sylvestri's single up the middle and scoring on Horita's single to right field.
After freshman Lauren Nett loaded the bases with a walk, Molinar singled to left to plate two runs.
Army had two on in the top of the second, but DuBois collected an infield grounder and tossed to first to end the threat.
BU loaded the bases in the bottom half with two outs for the second time before Army got an infield pop up to keep the deficit at 3-0.
The Black Knights' Megan Muffett was frozen on a seemingly well-placed offspeed 1-2 pitch but got the call for a ball and took advantage with a two-out, two-run homer on the next pitch to cut BU's lead to 3-2.
Army kept the pressure on in the fourth with a lead-off single, walk and sac bunt to put two in scoring position before grounding out to short and hitting a pop up to the catcher.
BU added what proved to be the game-deciding run in the fifth when Horita hit a hard infield single, advanced to third on the throwing error and scored on Nett's RBI single to left.
Army responded in the next inning with a two-out RBI single up the middle against DuBois, who ran into trouble again in the seventh with back-to-back two-out singles.
DuBois though sealed the victory with three straight strikes, as Army stranded the go-ahead run at first.

GAME 2: BU 8, Army 0 (5 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU had its first quality chance in the bottom of the second following Horita's single and Nett's double, but Army kept the game scoreless with a strikeout and fly out to right.
Army's Emily Iannotti (1-3) seemingly earned a third out with sophomore Caitlin Coker at second on a strikeout, but the pitch hit the dirt, allowing junior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner to reach first and race all the way to third on a throwing error.
Sylvestri followed with an RBI double down the left field line, and Horita added an RBI single to right for the 3-0 advantage.
BU earned four more runs in the fourth on four hits and an error with Amodio doubling down the left field line to extend the lead to 5-0.
Coker hit an RBI single, and Sylvestri doubled again to put BU's lead at 7-0 entering the fifth.
Gant held Army to just one hit through five innings and put the game away in the bottom half on a hard-hit ball that was misplayed in the infield and allowed Nett to score from second.

DOUBLEHEADER NOTES

The Terriers are 6-0 this season in one-run decisions and now own four run-rule victories.
DuBois now needs just one more win to tie BU Hall of Famer Audrey West ('96) for No. 2 in the BU record book at 75 victories.
DuBois moved up to No. 5 at BU with 55 career complete-game performances.
BU collected a season-high four doubles in the run-rule victory with Sylvestri recording a personal-best two doubles.
Gant recorded BU's fourth one-hitter of the season after DuBois accomplished the feat twice against Merrimack and once against Colgate. Sophomore Allison Boaz remains the lone Terrier with a no-hitter this season at Merrimack.
The Terriers' defense had zero errors in 12 combined innings of work after recording five in the second game on Friday.
After winning three of the four games, the Terriers improved to 18-11 in the all-time series and claimed their first run-rule victory against Army since 2018.

NEXT UP: BUCKNELL

The Terriers will hit the road and visit the Bison on April 17-18 with a doubleheader set for 12 p.m. on each day.
BU is 12-7 all-time in the series after recording a split at Bucknell in 2019.