Lizzy Avery is in the middle of her pitching windup toward home plate.
Matt Woolverton
0
UMass UMASS 12-23
6
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 27-13
UMass UMASS
12-23
0
Final
6
Boston University BOSTONU
27-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMass UMASS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Boston University BOSTONU 4 1 0 0 1 0 X 6 9 1

W: Avery, Lizzy (12-8) L: DiPasquale, Jessie (5-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Avery One-Hits UMass in 6-0 Softball Victory

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.
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