Waters Reaches Another Coaching Milestone as No. 21/23 Softball Claims DH Sweep at Colgate

Sunday, April 7

Hamilton, NY

12 PM

Boston University

28-4, 4-0

Colgate

13-19, 3-4

Boston University

Colgate

BU head coach Ashley Waters laughs with the team during a postgame celebration as she set the program record for wins at 272.

Photo by: Steve Simoneau

Waters Reaches Another Coaching Milestone as No. 21/23 Softball Claims DH Sweep at Colgate

April 7, 2024 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box (W, 6-0)Game 2 Box (W, 4-2 / 8 inn.)Waters Postgame

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Resuming Patriot League play, the No. 21/23 nationally-ranked Boston University softball team earned a doubleheader sweep at Colgate on Sunday afternoon.

Graduate student Allison Boaz (11-1) collected a 6-0 game-one shutout victory with six strikeouts and senior Kate Pryor delivered a two-out, two-RBI double in the top of the eighth for the 4-2 (8) game-two win, as the Terriers improved to 29-4 (5-0 PL). Already setting the program record for wins back on Feb. 9 in the season opener, ninth-year head coach Ashley Waters (300-134, .691) becomes the fastest Patriot League coach to reach 300 wins.

Sophomore Brooke Deppiesse led BU with four combined hits on the day, including a pair of doubles, while freshman Kylie Doherty matched Pryor's team-high two RBIs with a two-run blast in the second inning of the first game. Sophomore Kasey Ricard (14-3) pitched six no-hit innings in the second matchup and finished with five shutouts against three allowed hits.

GAME 1: BU - 6, Colgate - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

After the Raiders earned a lead-off single and Boaz bounced back with three quick outs to end the first, Doherty followed graduate student Lizzy Avery's lead-off walk with a two-run blast to left center.
The Raiders threatened in the bottom half with back-to-back singles, but Boaz maintained the shutout on a ground out and infield pop up to the circle.
Avery led off an inning for the second time by reaching first successfully, this time in the fourth on a single, but the Terriers were unable to take advantage of a pair of walks, leaving the bases loaded on a ground out to second.
Senior Kayla Roncin and graduate student Caitlin Coker earned back-to-back one-out singles in the fifth to set up Avery's RBI sac fly for the 3-0 advantage.
Deppiesse started the sixth with a one-out double and scored on graduate student Audrey Sellers' RBI single down the left field line to extend the lead to 4-0.
The Raiders later dropped a high infield pop up in the top of the seventh to let two more Terriers reach home plate.
Trying to avoid the shutout, Colgate had two runners on base via an error and walk before grounding out to Deppiesse at second.

GAME 2: BU - 4, Colgate - 2 (8 innings)

HOW IT HAPPENED

For the second time following her game-one homer, Doherty helped BU get on the scoreboard first, this time earning a walk, advancing to third on Deppiesse's sac bunt and then stealing home when Pryor drew a rundown at first.
Graduate student Audrey Sellers added to the lead by earning a nine-pitch walk in the fifth and then scoring on Roncin's two-out RBI double to center.
Senior Lauren Keleher and Roncin hit back-to-back two-out singles in the seventh, but Colgate ended the threat with a ground out.
The Raiders then broke Ricard's no-hit bid with a lead-off dribbler to second and later shutout attempt following a hit-by-pitch with Kara Fusco's 10-pitch, two-out and two-RBI double to right center.
Colgate added a walk, but Ricard sent the game to extras by earning a fly out to right.
The Raiders ran into trouble in the top of the eighth by walking Avery and giving up a one-out double to Deppiesse that helped set up Pryor's two-RBI double to left.
Ricard also faced trouble for the second consecutive inning with a lead-off single and one-out walk but bounced back by earning back-to-back fly outs.

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