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Softball Takes Home NFCA Northeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year Honors
June 9, 2022 | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After collecting its fourth straight Patriot League regular season title and posting wins against five other conference regular season champions, the Boston University softball program has earned its first Northeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year award, as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Thursday afternoon.
Repeating as Patriot League Coach of the Year back in May, seventh-year head coach Ashley Waters was honored alongside associate head coach Becca Carden and volunteer assistant coach Corey Waters. The trio guided the Terriers to a 40-17 record that included a program and Patriot League record-breaking 27-game win streak.
Highlights of the season included wins at Mountain West Conference regular season champion San Diego State, Big West regular season champion Cal State Fullerton, Big East regular season champion UConn and CAA regular season champion Delaware alongside a neutral victory against NEC regular season champion Saint Francis (Pa.). The Terriers also went 13-0 against New England schools with notable in-state wins over Boston College, Harvard (2x) and UMass. Most impressively though, BU defeated two different Power 5 programs on the same day for the first time in program history with a 5-2 win against Big 10 member Purdue and 6-1 victory at then-No. 13 Georgia during the Red & Black Showcase. The upset win marked the Terriers' first against the SEC since 2009 and their first victory over a ranked team since 2018.
The historic 2022 campaign also saw BU break a program and Patriot League record with eight Terriers earning NFCA All-Region honors. BU was just one of four programs alongside Oklahoma, Arkansas and Virginia Tech to have the maximum allowed students recognized. Patriot League Player of the Year and sophomore Kayla Roncin finished the regular season No. 2 nationally with 78 hits and No. 9 with a .443 batting average. PL Pitcher of the Year and junior Allison Boaz ranked 17th in ERA (1.40), 22nd in shutouts (7) and 22nd in victories (20) while classmate and fellow NFCA All-Region First Team member Lizzy Avery ranked 39th in strikeouts (185) with the help of two no-hitters.
As a team, BU finished the regular season sixth in triples (0.40), 18th in doubles (81), 18th in shutouts (14), 20th in ERA (2.11), 27th in batting average (.310) and 33rd in fielding percentage (0.972).
Repeating as Patriot League Coach of the Year back in May, seventh-year head coach Ashley Waters was honored alongside associate head coach Becca Carden and volunteer assistant coach Corey Waters. The trio guided the Terriers to a 40-17 record that included a program and Patriot League record-breaking 27-game win streak.
Highlights of the season included wins at Mountain West Conference regular season champion San Diego State, Big West regular season champion Cal State Fullerton, Big East regular season champion UConn and CAA regular season champion Delaware alongside a neutral victory against NEC regular season champion Saint Francis (Pa.). The Terriers also went 13-0 against New England schools with notable in-state wins over Boston College, Harvard (2x) and UMass. Most impressively though, BU defeated two different Power 5 programs on the same day for the first time in program history with a 5-2 win against Big 10 member Purdue and 6-1 victory at then-No. 13 Georgia during the Red & Black Showcase. The upset win marked the Terriers' first against the SEC since 2009 and their first victory over a ranked team since 2018.
The historic 2022 campaign also saw BU break a program and Patriot League record with eight Terriers earning NFCA All-Region honors. BU was just one of four programs alongside Oklahoma, Arkansas and Virginia Tech to have the maximum allowed students recognized. Patriot League Player of the Year and sophomore Kayla Roncin finished the regular season No. 2 nationally with 78 hits and No. 9 with a .443 batting average. PL Pitcher of the Year and junior Allison Boaz ranked 17th in ERA (1.40), 22nd in shutouts (7) and 22nd in victories (20) while classmate and fellow NFCA All-Region First Team member Lizzy Avery ranked 39th in strikeouts (185) with the help of two no-hitters.
As a team, BU finished the regular season sixth in triples (0.40), 18th in doubles (81), 18th in shutouts (14), 20th in ERA (2.11), 27th in batting average (.310) and 33rd in fielding percentage (0.972).
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