Avery One-Hits UMass in 6-0 Softball Victory

Wednesday, April 13

Boston, MA

3 PM

Boston University

27-13

UMass

12-23

UMass

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

April 13, 2022 | Softball

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BOSTON – Boosted by junior Lizzy Avery's 10 strikeouts and senior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner's pair of RBI hits, the Boston University softball team earned a 6-0 home victory over UMass on Wednesday afternoon.

Finishing with a 9-1 advantage in hits, the Terriers (27-13) extended their win streak to 16 games and the nation's second-longest active home win streak to 20 contests, as the Minutewomen fell to 12-23. Already owning a no-hitter against Merrimack this season, Avery claimed her fourth solo shutout and second one-hitter of the spring.

At the plate, Huerta-Leipner went 2-for-3 with a season-high three RBIs, while graduate student Jen Horita also went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple and two runs scored. Junior Caitlin Coker was the third Terrier with two hits, as she finished with a personal-best four stolen bases, one shy of both the program and Patriot League record set by Jayme Mask ('14) in 2014.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After UMass earned a one-out walk, Avery recorded a strikeout and ground out to end the threat.
After Coker reached base on an error to start the bottom of the first and stole second base, she scored on senior Emily Gant's two-out, RBI single through the left side.
Horita followed with an RBI triple and eventually scored alongside senior Nicole Amodio (hit-by-pitch) on Huerta-Leipner's two-RBI single up the middle for the 4-0 advantage.
The Minutewomen earned their lone hit in the second, as Avery recorded all three outs via strikeout.
Coker added another run by singling to center, stealing second and then reaching home after Gant (walk) drew a throw toward second on a steal attempt.
Horita scored the final run in the bottom of the fifth by hitting an infield single, stealing second and scoring on Huerta-Leioner's RBI double.
Avery earned her 10th strikeout in the top of the seventh before collecting a grounder and throwing to first to seal the shutout.

GAME NOTES

Avery became the second-ever Terrier to shut out the Minutewomen and first since a 1-0 win in 1996, as BU moved to 7-15 all-time in the series with its first-ever three-game win streak. The Terriers last pulled out a 3-1 home victory in 2019.
The 6-0 win was BU's largest margin of victory in the series since the Terriers posted a 10-4 victory in 2010.
Avery claimed her fourth solo shutout of the season and BU's ninth overall.
Horita earned her 10th multi-hit game of the season, while Huerta-Leipner claimed her fifth.
BU's 16-game win streak is tied for the fourth longest in program history after the Terriers recorded both a 17-game and 18-game win streak last season.

UP NEXT

BU will remain home and next resume Patriot League play by hosting Holy Cross in a three-game weekend series with Saturday's (April 16) doubleheader slated for 12 p.m.
The Terriers are 43-8 all-time in the series and have won the last 16 meetings.