Softball Rebounds from Extra-Inning Loss to Utah State with 4-1 Win at UC San Diego

Saturday, March 5

La Jolla, CA (UCSD)

2 PM ET

Boston University

5-10

Utah State

7-7

Utah State

Boston University

Allison Boaz is in the middle of her pitching windup to home.

Photo by: Julian Alexander

Softball Rebounds from Extra-Inning Loss to Utah State with 4-1 Win at UC San Diego

March 5, 2022 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Utah State Box (L, 6-5 / 8 inn.)UC San Diego Box (W, 4-1)San Diego Classic Central

LA JOLLA, Calif. – After dropping a 6-5 eight-inning decision to Utah State, the Boston University softball team rebounded with a 4-1 win at UC San Diego Saturday afternoon in the San Diego Classic.

With the doubleheader split, the Terriers move to 6-10 on the season. They were one out away from earning a sweep, but the Aggies (7-9) scored two runs on a fielding error and would finish with five unearned runs. BU had two more errors in the seventh against the Tritons (8-10) to bring the game-tying run to the plate, but junior Allison Boaz (3-3) earned a pair of ground outs to secure the win.

Sophomore Kayla Roncin led the offense batting an identical 2-of-4 in both contests while combining for three RBIs and two runs scored. Sophomore Lauren Keleher went a combined 2-of-4 in the DH with three walks, and senior Nicole Amodio earned a key two-RBI single against UCSD.

GAME 1: Utah State 6, BU 5 (8 innings)

EIGHTH INNING

Using international tiebreaker rules, the Aggies used a successful sac bunt and sac fly to center to grab a 6-5 lead.
The Terriers also had a successful sac bunt but then hit in a 5-3-2 double play, as BU tried to tie the game during the throw to first.

THE SET UP

BU struck first in the bottom of the second by loading the bases without a hit and scoring a run on Boaz's sac fly to right that plated Keleher, who led off with a walk.
Keleher added a second walk in the third to extend the lead to 2-0 following singles from graduate student Jen Horita, Roncin and Amodio.
Lexi Orozco helped the Aggies with her second double in the fourth on two outs and scored following a passed ball and throwing error.
The Aggies tied the game in the sixth, as Boaz ran into trouble with three walks and a hit-by-pitch.
Junior Lizzy Avery entered the circle and kept the bases loaded with a strikeout.
BU retook the lead in the sixth, as Keleher led off with a double and freshman pinch runner Tyesha Williams scored following a pair of USU errors.
Senior Emily Gant recorded a two-out pinch-hit single up the middle to extend the lead to 4-2.
The Aggies earned a one-out double and single in the top of the seventh before scoring two on a BU error.
They added the fifth run on a two-out RBI single to right.
Roncin sent the game to extras with her first homer of the season on a one-out solo shot to left.

GAME 2: BU 4, UC San Diego 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Tritons had runners on the corners with one out against Gant in the first but lined into a double play, as senior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner made a catch in center and threw a bullet to sophomore Lauren Nett at home in time for the tag.
Boaz started the second in the circle and allowed a lead-off single but bounced back with a strikeout and pair of infield ground outs.
BU loaded the bases in the third with one out on Nett's walk, junior Caitlin Coker's single and Horita's grounder before Roncin and Amodio delivered back-to-back two-RBI singles.
The Tritons got on the scoreboard with a lead-off double and two-out single in the fourth.
Senior Bella Gargicevich-Almeida hit a double in the top of the sixth but ended up stranded at third.
Roncin hit a single in the seventh but was also stranded in scoring position, as the Tritons kept the deficit at 4-1.
BU committed two errors in the bottom half, but Boaz earned a 4-3 ground out and then collected a grounder herself to throw to first to seal the win.

UP NEXT

BU will wrap up the San Diego Classic with two true road games on Sunday (March 6).
The Terriers will first visit the University of San Diego at 1 p.m. ET and then make the short trek to San Diego state for a 4:30 p.m. ET meeting.