Kasey Ricard is in the middle of her pitching motion toward home plate
Matt Woolverton
0
UMass UMASS 11-24
2
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 32-4
UMass UMASS
11-24
0
Final
2
Boston University BOSTONU
32-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMass UMASS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Boston University BOSTONU 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0

W: Ricard, Kasey (15-3) L: Horton, Natalee (4-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 21/24 Softball Shuts Out UMass, 2-0

BOSTON – With the help of a strong pitching performance and patience at the plate, the No. 21/24 nationally-ranked Boston University softball team earned a 2-0 home win over UMass Wednesday afternoon.

Utilizing nine strikeouts to claim their 15th shutout of the season, the Terriers (32-4) extend their home win streak to the NCAA's second longest active streak at 21 contests. The Minutewomen (11-24) finished with a 7-5 advantage in hits but were undone by five walks and two hit-by-pitches.

Senior Lauren Keleher earned a personal-best three walks, including one with bases loaded in the second following graduate student Allison Boaz's RBI sac fly. Boaz started in the circle for BU, scattering four hits over the first three innings, and sophomore Kasey Ricard (15-3) allowed two more over the final four innings while posting seven strikeouts. The pitching duo did not allow a walk to seal the shutout.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UMass started the game with back-to-back seeing-eye singles against Boaz, but she bounced back with three straight ground outs.
  • The Minutewomen led off the second with a double, but during the next at-bat, senior Kayla Roncin made a hard pick-up at short and got the ball to graduate student Caitlin Coker in time at third for the tag out.
  • Graduate student Lizzy Avery opened the bottom half by walking to first and then reaching third on back-to-back singles from sophomore Brooke Deppiesse and senior Kate Pryor.
  • Boaz then lifted an RBI sac fly to left, and Keleher followed graduate student Audrey Sellers' hit-by-pitch with a two-out RBI walk for the 2-0 advantage.
  • UMass started the fourth with a single up the middle against Boaz but then struck out three times to Ricard.
  • Trying to add insurance runs, Pryor tripled to right center but was tagged out at home trying to score on Sellers' bunt attempt.
  • Avery and Deppiesse recorded singles in the fifth, but again, BU came up empty handed.
  • The Minutewomen earned a single in both the sixth and seventh innings but were unable to advance the runners for the loss.
UP NEXT
  • BU will conclude the homestand by hosting Holy Cross in a three-game Patriot League weekend series.
  • The Terriers will face the Crusaders in a doubleheader on Saturday (April 13) and then in a single game Sunday (April 14) with the first pitch set for 12 p.m.



 
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