Softball Travels to No. 16/20 South Carolina for Second Multi-Team Event

Friday, February 13

Columbia, SC

11 AM

Boston University

Louisville

BU softball team players high five one another during starting lineup announcement

Photo by: Jon Rose

Softball Travels to No. 16/20 South Carolina for Second Multi-Team Event

February 12, 2026 | Softball

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CAROLINA CLASSIC (GAMES 6-10) INFORMATION
Teams: BU, #16/20 South Carolina (host), Louisville, Kennesaw State
Dates: Friday, Feb. 13 - Sunday, Feb. 15
Venue: Columbia, S.C. | Carolina Softball Stadium
X: @BUGameDay | @TerrierSoftball

BOSTON – Continuing the extended season-opening road trip, the Boston University softball team will next compete in five contests at the three-day Carolina Classic.

The Terriers will start off on Friday (Feb. 13) against Louisville at 11 a.m. and then face host South Carolina, who ranks as high as No. 16 nationally, at 4 p.m. BU will then meet both power 4 programs a second time on Saturday (Feb. 14) with the Cardinals up first at 12:30 p.m. and then the Gamecocks at 3 p.m. The competition will conclude Sunday (Feb. 15) against Kennesaw State with a 12 p.m. first pitch.

TERRIER TIDBITS

In the season-opening week at the UCF Black & Gold Classic, the Terriers claimed wins over Cal State Bakersfield (3-0), Maryland (3-0) and then-No. 16/20 Duke (2-1) with senior Kasey Ricard (3-1, 2.63 ERA) allowing just one unearned run in 21 innings of work to garner her 14th career Patriot League Pitcher of the Week award.
Named PL Player of the Week for the second time ever, junior Kylie Doherty batted a team-high .375 and delivered what proved to be the game-winning homer against the Blue Devils in a 2-1 decision for the Terriers' first top 25 victory since 2023 when Ricard pitched a shutout against then-No. 12 Baylor.
Junior Kyomi Apalit (.364 avg.) tallied four hits and four walks for an impressive .533 on-base percentage while tying Doherty and senior Brooke Deppiesse (.250 avg.) at three runs apiece.
In the circle, the pitching staff dropped two decisions to UCF (13-0) and Buffalo (20-16) to finish with a 6.56 ERA.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

Louisville, 3-2 (Fri., 11 a.m. / Sat, 12:30 p.m.)

After posting a 26-25 (9-15 ACC) record, the Cardinals started off the year at the FIU tournament with wins against Lehigh (4-0), Stony Brook (7-4) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (13-5) alongside a pair of losses to the host Panthers (7-5, 8-5).
Camryn Lookadoo batted a team-high .636 with three doubles and seven runs scored, while Madison Pickens (.500) totaled a team-high seven RBIs.
Like BU, Louisville also had six pitchers make an appearance with Brooke Gray (2-1, 0.88 ERA) and Anna Wise (0-1, 2.33 ERA)
The Cardinals lead the all-time series, 2-1, after BU eliminated American Athletic Conference champion Louisville, 8-3, in the 2014 NCAA Tucson Regional. Louisville won the first two meetings in 2011 (5-0) at home and 2012 (2-0) in Tennessee.

#16/20 South Carolina, 3-2 (Fri., 4 p.m. / Sat., 3 p.m.)

Coming off a 2025 Super Regional appearance with a 44-17 (13-11 SEC) record, the Gamecocks are hosting their second tournament after posting three run-rule victories last week against Winthrop (18-0), Syracuse (15-2) and Binghamton (9-1) with two losses to then-No. 19 Virginia Tech (8-4, 8-5).
Tate Davis (.538 avg.) and Tori Engsley (.471 avg.) both tallied three doubles and eight RBIs apiece, while Arianna Rodi (.462 avg.) delivered two homers and seven runs scored.
South Carolina had seven pitchers appear at least once with Emma Friedel (1-1, 7.74 ERA) and Jori Heard (0-0, 3.50 ERA) combining for 12 strikeouts in 14.1 innings of work.
The Gamecocks have won all five meetings, including two run-rule decisions last season (8-0, 9-1) following a 3-0 extra-inning victory in 2024.

Kennesaw State, 1-4 (Sunday, 12 p.m.)

Finishing 12-41 (3-24 C-USA) last season, the Owls opened the year at the UNC Wilmington tournament, earning a 4-2 victory over the host Seahawks with losses to George Washington (7-3, 7-6) and Appalachian State (5-3). They most recently dropped a 10-2 (6) decision at Georgia Tech on Tuesday.
Macie Howes leads KSU batting .400 with six RBIs, three walks and two runs scored, while Ana Gore (.333 avg.) delivered the Owls' lone homer so far.
Four pitchers have all earned at least one start with Taylor Daniel (0-2, 2.63 ERA) claiming seven strikeouts in 8.0 innings of work and Leah Jannakos (1-0, 3.65 ERA) recording 12 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.
KSU won the lone meeting, 5-4, in 2011 in Georgia.

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