Softball Claims DH Shutout Sweep at Merrimack

Tuesday, March 25

North Andover, MA

2 PM

Boston University

18-10

Merrimack

4-13

Boston U.

Merrimack

The BU softball team gathers around home plate to greet Kylie Doherty who just hit a home run

Photo by: Jim Stankiewicz

Softball Claims DH Shutout Sweep at Merrimack

March 25, 2025 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 G1 Box (W, 7-0)G2 Box (W, 8-0 / 5 inn.)

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Highlighted by a pair of pitching gems and four homers, the Boston University softball team blanked Merrimack in a doubleheader sweep Tuesday afternoon.

With the two shutouts, the Terriers (19-10) extend their win streak to seven games, while the Warriors drop to 4-14. Junior Kasey Ricard (12-6) tallied 14 strikeouts against two hits in the 7-0 victory, and freshman Ava Johnson (2-1) followed with a season-high seven strikeouts against three hits for an 8-0 (5) run-rule win.

At the plate, junior and reigning Patriot League Player of the Week Brooke Deppiesse went a combined 4-for-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored, while sophomore Kylie Doherty reached home a team-high four times thanks in part to two homers and three walks. Sophomore Libby Walsh joined Deppiesse in going yard once en route to three runs and three RBIs, a number matched by freshman Addie Lucier.

GAME 1: BU - 7, Merrimack - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers quickly jumped on the scoreboard with senior Sydney Pecoraro doubling home both Doherty (walk) and Deppiesse (single) for a 2-0 lead.
Merrimack threatened in the second with a single and two-out walk, but Ricard earned a swinging strikeout to keep the Warriors off the scoreboard.
Doherty sparked a three-run fifth inning with a lead-off solo homer that eventually led to Walsh delivering a two-RBI single up the middle.
BU added two more runs in the sixth on Deppiesse's RBI sac fly and sophomore Sophie Naivar's two-out RBI walk.
Ricard ended the bottom half on two strikeouts and started the seventh with two more before earning a ground out for the shutout victory.

GAME 2: BU - 8, Merrimack - 0 (5 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Doherty again set the tone batting lead-off, as she launched a pitch toward left field for the 1-0 lead.
Deppiesse followed with a single and advanced to third on two walks to set up junior Aimee Metz's RBI walk.
Lucier added two more runs by hitting a two-out double to left center to grab a 4-0 lead.
The Warriors started off with a lead-off double and sacrifice bunt, but Johnson recorded back-to-back strikeouts to keep Merrimack off the scoreboard.
After hitting a solo homer in the top of the second, Deppiesse helped turn a 6-4-3 double play to end the bottom half.
In the third, Walsh delivered the Terriers' third solo blast toward left center, and BU scored two more runs in the fifth on RBI grounders from senior Tyesha Williams and Lucier.
Johnson recorded two strikeouts in the fourth and sealed her first career solo shutout win with two more strikeouts.

UP NEXT

BU will return home and host Colgate in a PL series with both Saturday's (March 29) DH and Sunday's (March 30) single-game contest set for a 12 p.m. first pitch.
The Terriers won all three meetings last year on the road with two shutouts (6-0, 16-0) and a 4-2 (8) victory.