No. 22/23 Softball Run-Rules Providence in Game One, Finishes with Tie in Rematch

Tuesday, April 23

Boston, MA

3 PM

Boston University

41-4

Providence

18-20

Providence

Boston University

Caitlin Coker follows through on a swing after making contact with a pitch

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

No. 22/23 Softball Run-Rules Providence in Game One, Finishes with Tie in Rematch

April 23, 2024 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box (W, 8-0 / 6 inn.)Game 2 Box (T, 1-1)

BOSTON – Continuing a six-game homestand, the No. 22/23 nationally-ranked Boston University softball team claimed an 8-0 run-rule victory over Providence and then recorded a 1-1 tie due to darkness Tuesday evening.

Graduate student Allison Boaz (14-1) and sophomore Kasey Ricard combined for 10 strikeouts in 13 innings of work to help the Terriers (41-4-1) extend their home unbeaten streak to 32 games, while the Friars move to 18-20-1. Graduate student Caitlin Coker led the offense batting 5-for-7 with three RBIs and three runs scored, while sophomore Brooke Deppiesse had a triple, three walks and a run scored.

Overall, BU totaled five extra-base hits, while the Friars had just one, a fifth-inning solo homer that led the teams finishing a tie against one another for the first time since 2013. The Terriers nearly doubled Providence in stranded runners in the second game, 11-6.

GAME 1: BU - 8, Providence - 0 (6)

HOW IT HAPPENED

After Boaz started the game a pair of strikeouts, the Terriers jumped on the scoreboard with four runs off four hits and an error in the bottom of the first.
Sophomore Lauren Keleher led off with a single, took third on classmate Kayla Roncin's double and scored on Coker's RBI single to left.
Freshman Kylie Doherty followed graduate student Lizzy Avery's RBI grounder with an RBI double down the right field line.
Boaz added an RBI sac fly, and Coker later launched a 2-2 pitch to right in the third to extend the lead to 5-0.
The Friars started the fourth with a single, walk and sac bunt, but Boaz ended the threat with a strike out and ground out.
Coker scored another run in the fifth by singling to right, stealing second, reaching third on a wild pitch and scoring on Doherty's RBI sac fly to right.
Providence again had two to start the sixth before Boaz earned a strike out and pair of ground outs.
The Terriers earned the walk-off victory during the bottom half with junior Tyesha Williams (walk) scoring on Roncin's single to center and senior Lauren Nett (single) touching home plate on Coker's sac fly.

GAME 2: BU - 1, Providence - 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

Coker followed Roncin's one-out walk with a single to right to put two in scoring position, but Tori Grifone earned a strikeout and line out to keep the game scoreless.
Deppiesse put BU on the scoreboard in the second by tripling to left and scoring on a one-out passed ball.
The Terriers had a pair of runners on base in both the third and fourth innings though were unable to deliver the clutch hit.
Grifone helped her own cause by launching a 1-2 pitch toward left center that bounced off the top of the padding to tie the game in the fifth.
Deppiesse earned a one-out walk in the sixth and took second on a wild pitch before Grifine ended the threat on a pair of fly outs.
With the sunlight nearly gone, the Friars pressured Ricard in the seventh with a single and two-out walk, but she bounced back with a swinging strikeout.
The Terriers loaded the bases in the bottom half with one out following three consecutive Providence errors in the darkness.
BU was unable to get the ball out of the infield, striking out and then lining out to second for the tie.

UP NEXT

BU will next host Merrimack on Thursday (April 25) with a 2:15 p.m. start time.
The Terriers have won the last eight meetings, including a road DH sweep last season (2-1, 9-0).