Pair of Gant Hits and 11 Ricard Strikeouts Key 3-1 Softball Victory at UMass

Wednesday, April 19

Amherst, MA

2 PM

Boston University

39-7

UMass

14-24

Boston University

UMass

Kasey Ricard is the middle of her windup toward home plate in the circle.

Pair of Gant Hits and 11 Ricard Strikeouts Key 3-1 Softball Victory at UMass

April 19, 2023 | Softball

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AMHERST, Mass. – Freshman Kasey Ricard posted 11 strikeouts and graduate student Emily Gant delivered a pair of RBI hits to help the Boston University softball team post a 3-1 victory at UMass Wednesday afternoon.

With their NCAA leading 15th straight road victory, the Terriers improve to 39-7 and also extend the nation's second longest win streak to 19 contests. BU scored twice in the third and added an insurance run in the fifth, as the Minutewomen (14-24) managed just one run off two hits in the sixth against Ricard.

Junior Lauren Keleher joined Gant with multiple hits, as she went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Both junior Kayla Roncin and classmate Lauren Nett collected a single as well.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After Keleher singled to left in the first and Gant drew a walk, UMass ended the threat with a ground out.
Ricard tallied three strikeouts over the first two innings to keep the game scoreless.
Roncin started the third with a lead-off single up the middle and took second on Keleher's second single to left before scoring on Gant's RBI single to left.
Pryor plated Keleher from third on a grounder to second for the 2-0 advantage.
UMass threatened in the fourth with a lead-off walk and two-out hit-by-pitch before Ricard claimed a swinging strikeout.
Coker drew a two-out walk in the fifth and scored on Gant's RBI triple to right center.
After a pair of ground outs, UMass earned a single and then tried to stretch an RBI double toward right to a triple before being thrown out at third.
Ricard opened the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back strikeouts and kept the go-ahead run on deck following a two-out walk with another strikeout.

UP NEXT

BU will return home and open a three-game series against Colgate on Friday (April 21) with a 3 p.m. first pitch.
The Terriers will originally scheduled to battle the Raiders on Saturday starting at 12 p.m. but moved up Sunday's single game up to avoid potential inclement weather.
BU and Colgate will meet for the first time since the Terriers pulled out a 3-2 walk-off win in the opening round of the 2022 Patriot League tournament.