BU Completes Sweep over Colgate with Walk-Off Amodio Homer and Strong Avery Pitching Performance

Saturday, April 22

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

41-7, 11-0

Colgate

16-25, 5-6

Colgate

Boston University

Photo by: Apeiro Sports Photo

BU Completes Sweep over Colgate with Walk-Off Amodio Homer and Strong Avery Pitching Performance

April 22, 2023 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box (W, 6-5 / 8 inn.)Game 2 Box (W, 6-1)Highlights Coach Waters & Avery Postgame

BOSTON – Helped by graduate student Nicole Amodio's walk-off homer and a strong pitching performance from senior Lizzy Avery, the Boston University softball team claimed a home doubleheader sweep over Colgate on Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers (42-7, 12-0 PL) extended their win streak to 22 contests by first posting a 6-5 (8) victory and then pulling away in the middle of the second contest with a five-run fourth inning to defeat the Raiders (16-26, 5-7 PL) a third time, 6-1.

Avery (7-1) followed up on her scoreless eighth-inning appearance by tallying eight strikeouts during a complete-game effort. Three Terriers collected three hits in the DH with junior Lauren Keleher totaling four RBIs and two runs scored. Classmate Lauren Nett reached home plate twice, and sophomore Tyesha Williams also had two runs alongside an RBI single.

GAME 1: BU - 6, Colgate - 5 (8 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers started off with three one-out singles but grounded into a double play in the bottom of the first.
BU loaded the bases again in the second on back-to-back singles from Williams and Nett with graduate student Nicole Amodio getting hit by a pitch.
Williams scored on a wild pitch, and Nett reached home on Keleher's RBI grounder for the 2-0 advantage.
Following senior Caitlin Coker's lead-off walk in the third and a exchanging of runners on two ground outs, Williams hit a deep infield single toward second to bring home freshman Brooke Deppiesse.
The Raiders started their comeback in the fourth with two runs thanks to a single, walk, error and RBI sac fly.
Keleher earned her second RBI on a grounder that plated senior Audrey Sellers, who reached via an error in the outfield, but Colgate hit a two-out RBI following BU's own error to keep the deficit at just one run in the top of the fifth.
Colgate grabbed its first lead following a double and Steph Jacoby's second homer of the series in the sixth for a 5-4 advantage.
The Terriers responded quickly in the bottom half, as Nett singled to short and took second on Amodio's sac bunt to set up Sellers' one-out RBI single through the left side that plated freshman pinch-runner Aimee Metz.
Colgate tried to retake the lead in the top of the seventh with a lead-off single, but Amodio helped the Terriers turn a 3-6-4 double play on the Raiders' sac bunt attempt.
After Avery earned a quick 1-2-3 with a strikeout in the top of the eighth, Amodio put the game away by launching a 1-2 pitch to right center with one out.

GAME 2: BU - 6, Colgate - 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Raiders quickly got on the scoreboard with a lead-off walk and two-out RBI single from Jacoby for the 1-0 advantage.
BU stranded a combined three runners on base through the first two innings, and Colgate had two reach safely in the top of the third before Avery ended the threat on a fly out and also swinging strikeout from Jacoby.
Keleher started the bottom half off with a double and eventually scored on Coker's RBI grounder.
Colgate earned back-to-back one-out singles in the fourth, Avery kept the score at 1-1 with a ground out and again a swinging strikeout.
After Williams loaded the bases in the bottom half on a bunt single, Sellers grabbed the lead on a hard RBI single that forced a diving stop at short.
Keleher followed with a two-RBI double to set up junior Kayla Roncin's RBI sac fly and then scored on graduate student Emily Gant's RBI double down the right field line to pull ahead, 6-1.
Avery sealed the victory with her eighth strikeout after Nett threw out a runner trying to reach home from second on a one-out single to right.

UP NEXT

BU will next visit Boston College on Tuesday (April 25) for a 5 p.m. first pitch.
The Terriers have won the last four meetings with three of them featuring a 3-2 decision, including last year's 11-inning thriller.