Softball Secures Sunday Sweep with Wins at San Diego and San Diego State

Sunday, March 6

San Diego, CA (USD)

1 PM ET

Boston University

7-10

San Diego

8-15

San Diego

Boston U

Nicole Amodio connects on a pitch at home plate swinging right handed.

Photo by: Dawson Powers

Softball Secures Sunday Sweep with Wins at San Diego and San Diego State

March 6, 2022 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 San Diego Box (W, 3-1)SDSU Box (W, 7-2)San Diego Classic Central

SAN DIEGO - The Boston University softball team earned a pair of true road wins on Sunday afternoon, as the Terriers defeated San Diego, 3-1, before trekking to San Diego State and defeating the Aztecs, 7-2, as part of the San Diego Classic.

In the 3-1 win, graduate student Jen Horita led the Terrier (8-10) offense against the Toreros (8-15) with a 3-for-3 performance, scoring a run and knocking in a second one, while junior Lizzy Avery (4-6) scattered three hits and did not allow an earned run in a complete-game effort with a career-high 10 strikeouts.

A three-run first inning paced BU in the win against the Aztecs (13-9). Sophomores Kayla Roncin (2-for-4), Lauren Keleher (2-for-2) and Kate Pryor (2-for-4) tallied two hits apiece while senior Emily Gant and junior Audrey Sellers each knocked in a pair of runs. Junior Allison Boaz (4-3) allowed just one earned run in seven innings of work with the help of three strikeouts for her first complete-game effort of the season.

GAME 1: BU 3, San DIego 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Horita singled up the middle and then advanced to third after a single and a walk loaded the bases. Keleher then drove in Horita with an RBI sac fly.
Horita then drove in the Terriers' final two runs of the contest in the bottom of the second when she singled up the middle for the second straight at-bat. The runner on third scored with the trail runner then scoring on a throwing error.
After a strikeout to lead off the top of the fourth, San Diego got its first baserunners of the game on a walk and a single, but Avery responded with a pair of Ks to get out of the jam.
The Toreros plated a run in the top of the fifth, but Avery responded by retiring them in order in the final two innings to secure the win.

GAME 2: BU 7, San Diego State 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers raced out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. After a pair of singles, a sac bunt and an error gave BU second and third with one out, an RBI sac fly from senior NIcole Amodio plated the Terriers' first run. Keleher then singled home a second run, stole second and scored on Pryor's RBI single.
SDSU got on the board with an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning, then cut the Terriers' lead to 3-2 thanks to an RBI double in the second inning.
BU loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the third, but the Aztecs induced a pair of grounders to retire the lead runner and get an out away from escaping the jam.
However, Sellers singled up the middle to plate two runs and give the Terriers a 5-2 advantage.
The Terrier defense stepped up in the bottom of the third, with Boaz snagging a hard-hit grounder to start a 1-5-3 double play to end the inning.
BU added to its lead in the fifth. After Amodio was hit by a pitch and Pryorsingled over to third, Gant delivered an RBI sac fly to make it 6-2.
Boaz retired eight Aztecs in a row to get the Terriers to the seventh with a four-run lead.
Gant added to that advantage when she singled home Roncin to make it, 7-2.
Boaz then worked around a leadoff single to retire the final three Aztecs and seal the victory.

UP NEXT

BU will continue its California trip with a visit to Cal State Fullerton for two games on Tuesday (March 8) evening.
The Terriers will play Penn at 5 p.m. ET and the host Titans at 9 p.m. ET.