Kylie Doherty is swinging at a pitch at home plate.
Jon Ratner
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BOSTON U BOSTONU 8-7
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Winner Brown BROWN 4-2
BOSTON U BOSTONU
8-7
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Final
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Brown BROWN
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
BOSTON U BOSTONU 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 7 1
Brown BROWN 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 9 2

W: Macy Borowski (2-0) L: Ricard, Kasey (4-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Brown Spoils Doherty's Career Day in 8-7 See-Saw Affair

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Despite sophomore Kylie Doherty delivering her first career grand slam, the Boston University softball team came up short at Brown, 8-7, on Friday afternoon.

Facing a 4-0 deficit, the Terriers (8-7) rallied to tie the game in each of the last three innings, but the Bears (4-2) had a response in the bottom half each time, including a walk-off solo home run. 

Doherty went 2-for-4 and posted a personal-best five RBIs with the help of her third homer of the season and an RBI single. Sophomore Libby Walsh batted a perfect 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI bunt single, while junior Brooke Deppiesse reached home plate twice thanks to a pair of earned walks.

Brown's top three batters went a combined 5-for-10 with six runs scored, and Jasmine Hsiao plated three runs in the No. 5 slot off a two-RBI single and RBI double against junior Kasey Ricard (4-5). After Alexis Guevara pitched the first five innings with four runs allowed, Macy Borowski (2-0) held BU to three runs over the final two innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Freshman Addie Lucier started the game by reaching second on an outfield fielding error, but Guevara earned two swinging strikeouts and a fly out to keep the Terriers off the scoreboard.
  • Brown quickly loaded the bases on three straight singles and jumped on the scoreboard with Hsiao recording a two-RBI single and Deng adding an RBI sac fly.
  • BU again had two runners on base via freshman Biz Baglieri's one-out single and Walsh's walk before Guevara earned another strikeout and fly out.
  • The Bears added another run in the third thanks to Berlinger's lead-off walk and Hsiao's two-out RBI double to center to move ahead, 4-0.
  • The Terriers rallied back in the fifth with sophomore Livia Christopher doubling to left center and eventually reaching third when the Bears walked both freshman Camryn Lyons and Deppiesse.
  • With two outs and bases loaded, Doherty launched a 1-1 pitch toward left center for her third homer of the season.
  • Brown retook the lead, 5-4, following lead-off single, sac bunt and two-out RBI single but quickly gave it up in the sixth on a fielding error.
  • The Bears loaded the bases on a single and back-to-back walks in the bottom of the sixth before the Terriers earned a force out at home and allowed two runs to score on a throwing error.
  • Down to the final three outs, BU rallied for the third straight inning with Doherty collecting her fifth RBI on a single up the middle and eventually reached third on Walsh's one-out RBI single.
  • The Terriers though stranded two on base due to a pair of infield pop ups, and Brown took advantage with Laurel Moody homering to left for the 8-7 victory.
GAME NOTES
  • Doherty's previous RBI high was four in a 2-for-3 performance at Coastal Carolina last season.
  • Doherty's grand slam snapped the offense's streak of 25 consecutive scoreless innings.
  • Brown cut BU's series lead to 17-12-1.
  • The Terriers played up North in the month of February for the first time in program history.
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers will have the weekend off and return to action at the Winthrop Eagle Classic on March 7-9 in South Carolina.
  • BU will face Presbyterian, Western Carolina (2x), Winthrop and Queens.
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