Softball Run-Rules Presbyterian, Drops Pitchers' Duel to Western Carolina in DH Split

Friday, March 7

Rock Hill, SC

10 AM

Boston University

9-7

Presbyterian

10-10

BOSTONU

Presbyterian

Addie Lucier is rushing toward third on a hit toward the outfield.

Photo by: Alexa Harbach

Softball Run-Rules Presbyterian, Drops Pitchers' Duel to Western Carolina in DH Split

March 7, 2025 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 PC Box (W, 13-1 / 5 inn.)WCU Box (L, 3-1)

ROCK HILL, S.C. – After posting a season-high 14 hits during a 13-1 run-rule victory over Presbyterian, the Boston University softball team dropped a 3-1 pitcher's duel to Western Carolina for the doubleheader split Friday afternoon at the Winthrop Eagle Classic.

The Terriers (9-8) totaled seven extra-base hits in their first ever meeting with the Blue Hose (10-10) and added two more in the second game, but the Catamounts (9-10) delivered a two-run blast in the bottom of the sixth to pull away.

Junior Brooke Deppiesse led the offense with a combined four hits in six at-bats with a single, double, triple and homer for the cycle alongside three RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Kylie Doherty also had four hits, including a pair of doubles, with three RBIs and a run scored. Freshman Addie Lucier showed off her speed in the first game with a triple and inside-the-park home to total four RBIs with three runs scored.

In the circle, junior Kasey Ricard (5-6) tallied eight strikeouts against a solo homer over four innings for the game one win and then pitched the final three innings with three strikeouts against the WCU's game-clinching two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.

GAME 1: BU 13, Presbyterian 1 (5 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Camryn Lyons started BU off with a one-out double and shortly thereafter scored on Doherty's two-out, two-RBI single to right alongside Deppiesse, who had a walk and stole base.
In the top of the second after Ricard struck out the side to end the first, sophomore Libby Walsh led off with a walk and scored on Lucier's RBI triple to left center that helped set up freshman Camryn Lyon's RBI single up the middle for the 4-0 lead.
The Terriers pulled away in the third with seven runs off eight hits, including two Doherty doubles, Lucier's three-run inside-the-park homer and Deppiesse's RBI triple.
The Blue Hose broke up Ricard's shutout bid with a two-out solo homer but wouldn't cut the deficit any further, as Lucier scored on an error and Deppiesse earned an infield RBI single.
Making her first appearance in the circle in two years, junior Haley Ganino earned a line out, ground out and lastly a swinging strikeout to seal the 13-1 victory.

GAME 2: Western Carolina 3, BU 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

Starting the contest in the circle, freshman Ava Johnson gave up a lead-off single and also committed an error with one out but kept the game scoreless on a strikeout and fly out to right.
The Catamounts continued to apply pressure in the second with back-to-back one-out singles before Johnson earned a fly out and strikeout.
WCU struck first with a two-out solo homer in the third, but Deppiesse responded with a two-out blast of her own during the top of the fourth to tie the game.
Ricard entered the circle in relief and retired the side in the bottom of the fourth but ran into trouble in the fifth with a one-out double.
She responded with two ground outs but ran into trouble again in the sixth by allowing a one-out double and what proved to be the decisive two-run homer.
Deppiesse recorded a two-out double in the top of the sixth and freshman Biz Baglieri led off the seventh with a single, but the Terriers were unable to advance the runners in the loss to 2024 NFCA All-Region pitcher Tessa Juett.

GAME NOTES

Lucier became the seventh Terrier to hit a triple this season and the third to record a home run, while Deppiesse joined Doherty as the lone Terriers to go yard multiple times so far.
Ricard's eight strikeouts in four innings against Presbyterian matched her season high earned in a 3-0 win over Boston College.
Ricard made her first career appearance at the plate as a pinch-hitter in the first game and lined out to right.
Senior Sydney Pecoraro made her season debut as a pinch hitter in the first game as well, earning a single and run scored.
Junior Olivia DeLong is now 2-for-4 this season as a pinch hitter after going 0-of-2 in 2024.
WCU improved to 3-0 all-time in the series after winning two contests on a neutral field in 2016.

UP NEXT

BU will face WCU a second time Saturday at 3 p.m. followed by a 5:30 p.m. first pitch against tournament host Winthrop.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Ricard, Kasey (5-5)

L: Duncan, Peyton (6-4)

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Batting:

2B: Lyons, Camryn 1 ; Doherty, Kylie 2 ; Naivar, Sophie 1

3B: Lucier, Addie 1 ; Deppiesse, Brooke 1

HR: Lucier, Addie 1

RBI: Lucier, Addie 4 ; Lyons, Camryn 1 ; Deppiesse, Brooke 2 ; Doherty, Kylie 3 ; Naivar, Sophie 1 ; Walsh, Libby 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Lucier, Addie 3 ; Lyons, Camryn 2 ; DeLong, Olivia 1 ; Deppiesse, Brooke 2 ; Doherty, Kylie 1 ; Naivar, Sophie 1 ; Walsh, Libby 2 ; Pecoraro, Sydney 1