LONG BEACH, Calif. – Highlighted by junior Allison Boaz's performance in the circle and sophomore Kayla Roncin's three RBIs, the three-time defending Patriot League champion Boston University softball team posted a 7-2 win at defending Big West champion Long Beach State in the Louisville Slugger Invitational opener on Thursday afternoon.

With their sixth straight victory, the Terriers (11-10) move above .500 for the first time this season, while LBSU drops to 8-11. Boaz scattered six hits over seven innings with the help of two strikeouts for her third complete-game win of the season. Seniors Emily Gant and Aliyah Huerta-Leipner joined Roncin in collecting two hits apiece, while junior Caitlin Coker earned three runs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Coker singled through the right side and moved to third on a pair of wild pitches.
• Senior Nicole Amodio joined her in scoring position on a walk and stolen base.
• Gant followed with an infield single toward first that saw the fielder try to dive at the bag in time for the force, which allowed both Coker and Amodio to score.
• LBSU took advantage of a fielding error in the bottom of the first with a pair of singles to cut BU's lead in half.
• The Terriers came right back with two more runs in the fourth, as junior Audrey Sellers scored on a fielding error and Coker reached home on Roncin's two-RBI double to left.
• Roncin extended the lead to 7-1 in the fourth by plating two on a single up the middle and then scoring on Amodio's RBI single to right center.
• Trying to mount a rally, LBSU loaded the bases on two singles and an error but managed just one RBI single before grounding out.
• Boaz sealed the win with a pair of ground outs and swinging strikeout.

GAME NOTES

• Roncin earned her 12th multi-hit game to extend her active hit streak to 13 games, while Gant collected her fourth multi-hit game and Huerta-Leipner her third.
• Roncin tied her personal best with three RBIs.
• During BU's six-game win streak, Boaz has posted four wins and a save.
• BU is now 2-4 all-time against LBSU with its second win in three meetings after the teams split to end the 2020 shortened season.

UP NEXT

• BU will next face 2021 NCAA Regional finalist Central Florida on Friday (March 11) at 12 p.m. ET in the first meeting between the two programs since 2007.
• The Terriers will follow up at 2:30 p.m. ET against another NCAA Regional finalist in Big 12 member Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. ET.