Emily Gant makes contact with the ball at home plate, slapping it down the third base line.
Dawson Powers
5
Winner BOSTON U BOSTONU 20-13
2
UConn UCONN 18-12
Winner
BOSTON U BOSTONU
20-13
5
Final
2
UConn UCONN
18-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
BOSTON U BOSTONU 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 9 1
UConn UCONN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 0

W: Boaz, Allison (11-4) L: O'NEIL (7-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Gant Homer Propels Softball to 5-2 Win at UConn

STORRS, Conn. – Highlighted by senior Emily Gant's three-run homer and a strong pitching performance from junior Allison Boaz, the Boston University softball team claimed a 5-2 win at Big East leader UConn on Wednesday afternoon.

Extending their win streak to nine games, the Terriers improve to 20-13, while the Huskies (18-12) suffer their first home loss of the season and have their five-game win streak snapped.

Graduate student Jen Horita went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and run scored, while sophomore Kayla Roncin collected two hits as well. In total, seven Terriers combined for nine hits. In the circle, Boaz limited UConn to seven hits and one run with the help of four strikeouts. Junior Lizzy Avery added two more strikeouts in the seventh against one solo homer to seal the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • BU knocked on the door from the start by loading the bases on three consecutive singles from junior Caitlin Coker, Horita and Roncin.
  • UConn kept the game scoreless by earning three straight infield pop ups.
  • The Huskies advanced a runner to second without a hit on an error and stolen base, but Boaz made three straight outs on a pair of swinging strikeouts and then a grounder to the circle.
  • After BU left two on base in both the second and third, the Terriers finally broke through in the fourth with five runs off four hits.
  • The Terriers first loaded the bases on back-to-back singles from junior Audrey Sellers and freshman Tyesha Williams along with Coker's walk.
  • After Horita hit an RBI single off the pitcher, the Terriers extended the lead to 2-0 thanks to a wild pitch.
  • Gant then delivered a decisive blow by launching a 0-1 pitch toward center for the 5-0 advantage.
  • The Huskies tried to mount a rally in the sixth with a one-out double and three straight two-out singles, but on the third one, sophomore Lauren Keleher stepped up with a throw home in time for Sellers to apply a tag and keep the game at 5-1.
  • UConn started the seventh with a solo homer against Avery and added a one-out walk before Avery earned a ground out and swinging strikeout to end the threat.


GAME NOTES

  • BU improved to 12-8 all-time in the series and has now won the last five meetings, including the last visit to Storrs back in 2013 (5-4).
  • UConn entered the game leading the Big East with a No. 66 RPI ranking with BU sitting at No. 54 out of 301 schools.
  • Gant earned her third homer of the season after totaling four over the first three years.
  • Roncin earned her 17th multi-hit game of the season to increase her season total of hits to 48, just 17 shy of cracking the top 10 in the program record book.
  • Seventh-year head coach Ashley Waters now sits at win No. 199 with all of the victories occurring at BU.
UP NEXT
  • BU will next resume Patriot League play by hosting Bucknell with a three-game series set to start on Saturday (April 2) with first pitch of the doubleheader set for 12 p.m.
  • The Terriers won all three meetings last season in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, by one run apiece.
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