PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Teams: #1 (No. 25) BU, #2 Lehigh, #3 Army West Point, #4 Bucknell
Dates: Thursday, May 11 – Saturday, May 13
Venue: Boston, Mass. | BU Softball Field
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierSoftball

BOSTON – The 25th nationally ranked and top-seeded Boston University softball team will open the Patriot League tournament against fourth-seeded Bucknell with first pitch slated for Thursday at 12 p.m. No. 2 Lehigh and No. 3 Army West Point will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the three-day double-elimination event.

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• BU is 65-30 overall in conference tournaments, having won 14 titles and finish runner-up eight times, including last season.
• BU is 19-4 all-time in the Patriot League tournament with 3-0 sweeps in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021. The Terriers won the first two games in 2017 before dropping a pair of one-run decisions at Lehigh in the championship round and then suffered the same fate at home in 2022 with a 1-0 loss and 5-1 defeat.
• The Terriers are making their 13th overall appearance as the No. 1 seed and fifth in the Patriot League after going 2-2 last season at home without a single extra-base hit. They own a 29-10 record with America East championship wins in 1993, 2002, 2003, 2010 and 2012. They finished runner-up in 2011 and went 0-2 in both 2001 and 2007.
• BU returns eight of the 10 starters from the final game last season with 11 of the 18 current Terriers seeing action. Senior Emily Gant is a two-time PL All-Tournament Team honoree (2019, 21), while junior Lauren Nett (2021 MVP), senior Allison Boaz (2022) and junior Lauren Keleher (2022) are one-time All-Tournament members. 

TERRIER TIDBITS

• With the help of a program and Patriot League record-breaking 28-game win streak, BU (48-8, 17-1 PL) owns the most wins in both program and PL history. The Terriers reached 40+ wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time ever after hitting the mark in 2009 and 2012.
• The Terriers went 15-1 at home during the regular season with a DH split against Yale that sparked the 28-game win streak. They earned walk-off wins against Lafayette, Colgate and Harvard with three run-rule victories.
• Ranking seventh nationally with a 1.58 ERA and .326 batting average alongside the nation's third-best fielding percentage (.983), the Terriers earned a program record-tying 10 All-PL honors and six total major awards. Junior Kayla Roncin (Player of the Year) and Boaz (Pitcher of the Year) both repeated, while senior Caitlin Coker claimed both Defensive Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Kasey Ricard added Rookie of the Year recognition, and eighth-year head coach Ashley Waters was tabbed Coach of the Year for the fourth time.
• Roncin leads BU at .434 with 53 runs scored, 51 RBIs and nine homers, while Coker (.366) is second at both 49 runs and 45 RBIs alongside an NCAA-high 10 triples. Both Gant (.340) and freshman Brooke Deppiesse (.313) are tied for third at 36 RBIs.
• Junior Lauren Keleher (.391) ranks eighth nationally at 17 doubles and 46th at .493 on-base percentage. She leads the Terriers with 29 walks, just ahead of graduate student Nicole Amodio's (.435 OB%) 25 walks.
• In the circle, Boaz (22-4, 1.38 ERA), Ricard (19-2, 4 SVs, 1.74 ERA) and senior Lizzy Avery (7-2, 1.78 ERA) have combined for a program record-tying 22 shutouts, second most in the NCAA, along with 374 strikeouts, nine shy of the most tallied in 1996.
• Overall, BU is batting .326 while holding opponents to .195 with a 66-15 advantage in stolen bases and 74-24 lead in doubles alongside a 30-3 advantage in triples.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

#2 Lehigh (39-12, 16-2 PL)

• The Mountain Hawks bounced back from a DH loss to the Terriers at home last weekend with a 3-2 victory to snap BU's 28-game win streak. Lehigh owns an RPI ranking of 66 with BU at 43 following earlier wins against Alabama (#13), South Alabama (#40), Iowa 2x (#65) and Campbell (#72).
• BU is 23-17 overall in the series with an 8-4 record in PL tournament play. The two teams have met in each of the last five finals.
• Lehigh earned seven All-PL awards with Carley Barjaktarovich receiving Defensive Player of the Year recognition. 
• Barjaktarovich is batting a team-high .400 with 19 stolen bases with Emily Cimino (.331) tallying 16 doubles, three triples and six homers alongside 44 RBIs. Josie Charles (.415) and Brooke Cannon (.298) have combined for 17 doubles and four triples.
• Katelyn Young (20-6, 2.52 ERA) and Chloe Hess (14-5, 6 SVs, 2.20 ERA) have combined for 227 strikeouts in 304.0 innings with four shutouts.
• Overall, Lehigh is batting .309 while holding teams to .238.

#3 Army West Point (20-35, 10-8 PL)

• The Black Knights went a combined 0-6 against both BU and Lehigh but lost one game by one run in each weekend series. They own a notable 2-1 victory over Kansas (RPI #55).
• BU is 25-11 all-time in the series with a 6-0 record in PL tournament play, including most recently a 5-4 opening round win in 2021.
• Army earned four All-PL awards with Angelina Benek batting a team-high .313 with two homers and 22 RBIs.
• Kayla Edwards (.312) has 24 RBIs, while Taylor Brown (.293) and Ashton White (.244) have combined for 13 homers alongside 58 RBIs. Army hit four homers against the Terriers back in April.
• Breanna Izzo (6-7, 4.43 ERA), Allcyn Grete (4-10, 4.63 ERA), Amanda Eaglin (6-8, 4.70 ERA) and Olivia Farris (4-10, 5.37 ERA) have all pitched at least 70 innings this year.
• Overall, Army is batting .258 and is holding opponents to .315.

#4 Bucknell (16-28, 8-10 PL)

• BU is 22-7 all-time in the series, having won the last 10 meetings, including three of the last five via shutout. 
• The Bison won their last six conference games with sweeps against Lafayette and Holy Cross to clinch their first PL tournament appearance since 2019. BU last faced Bucknell in the tournament in 2018 with a day-two 6-4 win.
• Bucknell earned three All-PL awards with Zoie Smith (.364) boasting 15 doubles, 20 RBIs and 21 runs scored.
• Chase Knapp (.291) owns two homers alongside 19 RBIs, while Savannah Jones (1-9, 4.55 ERA) owns 24 RBIs with a .231 batting average.
• Madison Roukey (6-5, 2.74 ERA) and Olivia Marinelli (4-6, 3.04 ERA) have combined for 104 strikeouts in 122.0 innings.
• Bucknell is batting .246 overall and holding opponents to .283 with opponents owning 24-6 advantage in homers and 62-49 edge in doubles.