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.