Softball Drops Pair at Charlotte Invitational

Saturday, February 21

Charlotte, NC

11 AM

Boston University

4-8

Jacksonville

7-6

Boston University

Jacksonville

Camryn Lyons throws the ball toward the infield

Photo by: Jon Rose

Softball Drops Pair at Charlotte Invitational

February 21, 2026 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Continuing the Charlotte Invitational, the Boston University softball team fell to both Jacksonville and Marshall at Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Dolphins (7-6) had a four-run burst in the second to defeat the Terriers (4-9), 4-0, and the Thundering Herd (8-7) used a pair of homers to prevail, 6-1. Both pitching staffs held the BU bats to 10 total hits with senior Brooke Deppiesse and freshman Irys Kline combining for five of them in the doubleheader.

GAME 1: Jacksonville 4, BU 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

Deppiesse started off the day with a single through the left side, but Jacksonville earned two ground outs and a fly out to keep the game scoreless.
The Dolphins also led off with a single up the middle and added a two out walk against senior Haley Ganino (0-1) but stranded both players on base with an infield pop up.
BU threatened in the second with junior Kyomi Apalit singling up the middle and advancing to third on two walks but flew out again.
Jacksonville then quickly put two in scoring position with the help of a hit-by-pitch, walk and sac bunt to set up a two-RBI single.
The Dolphins added a walk and back-to-back RBI singles against sophomore Danika Nell to grab a 4-0 lead.
Sophomore Ava Johnson went on to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings, and senior Megan Coyle added a scoreless sixth to keep Jacksonville at four runs.
On Friday, the Terriers rallied back with five runs in the bottom of the seventh for a thrilling 6-5 victory, but on this occasion, BU only had one runner reach third the rest of the contest for the shutout loss.

GAME 2: Marshall 6, BU 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the bottom of the first after a foul out and ground out, the Herd grabbed the lead for good against senior Kasey Ricard (4-5) with a single and RBI double to left center.
Marshall recorded back-to-back two-out singles in the second before flying out to right.
During the third, the Herd followed a lead-off single and one-out single with a three-run homer down the left field line for the 4-0 advantage.
Kline and Deppiesse started the fourth with back-to-back singles to help set up junior Kylie Doherty's RBI sac fly for the Terriers' first run of the day.
Junior Livia Christopher and freshman Madolyn Coupal earned singles in the top of the fifth with two outs, but Marshall ended the threat on a fly out to left.
For the third straight inning, the Terriers recorded a pair of hits with Deppiesse and Coyle starting off on singles to the outfield.
The Herd brought in Jules King, who would go on to collect her third save by retiring all six Terriers she faced.
Marshall homered to right in the bottom of the sixth against Ganino and shortly thereafter used a bunt single plus two stolen bases to set up an RBI single against Johnson.