Terriers Post 10-5 Win Over Ohio State, Finish With Split Against Northwestern

Saturday, February 28

Durham, NC

10 AM

Boston University

7-9

Northwestern

7-10

Northwestern

Boston University

Kasey Ricard is greeted by Megan Coyle and Livia Christopher after finishing an inning with an important out.

Photo by: Jon Rose

Terriers Post 10-5 Win Over Ohio State, Finish With Split Against Northwestern

February 28, 2026 | Softball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Finishing the Duke Invitational with two Big 10 opponents, the Boston University softball team bounced back from a 6-3 loss to Northwestern with a 10-5 victory over Ohio State Saturday afternoon.

The Wildcats (7-9) avenged Friday's 6-4 loss to the Terriers (8-10) by scoring the game's first four runs and holding off a late rally. BU duplicated Northwestern's efforts in the second contest against Ohio State (6-9) by breaking out with five runs in the first inning and adding five more in the sixth.

Junior Livia Christopher totaled a team-high three hits on the day with two RBIs, while senior Megan Coyle, junior Kyomi Apalit and freshman Irys Kline earned two hits apiece while combining for four RBIs. Kline reached home plate three times, and junior Kylie Doherty earned three RBIs alongside four walks.

Senior Haley Ganino was the lone Terrier to appear in the circle both contests. She first pitched 2.1 innings allowing just one run against Northwestern and came in relief to do the same against Ohio State. Senior Kasey Ricard claimed her 80th career victory limiting the Buckeyes to three earned runs through the first 4.1 innings and reentering the contest to claim the final out.

GAME 1: Northwestern - 6, BU - 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the first inning, the Wildcats took advantage of a lead-off hit-by-pitch with a two-out RBI double against sophomore Danika Nell (0-3).
The Terriers had an opportunity to get on the scoreboard too by loading the bases via a fielding error and a pair of two-out walks but grounded out to second.
Northwestern added a run in the second with a two-out single and RBI double, which were followed in the third by a two-out walk and two-run homer for the 4-0 lead.
BU cut deficit in half in the third, as senior Brooke Deppiesse led off with a walk and scored on Doherty's two-run homer to right center.
The Wildcats responded during the fourth inning with another two-out RBI hit and utilized a double steal in the fifth to push their lead to 6-2.
After Nell earned two strikeouts and a foul out to prevent Northwestern from adding more runs with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh, the Terriers loaded the bases on a single, two-out walk and two-out hit-by-pitch.
BU scored a third run off a wild pitch but stranded two on base for the loss.

GAME 2: BU - 10, Ohio State - 5

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU jumped out to a 5-0 lead, thanks in part to the first five Terriers at the plate reaching base.
After Doherty (walk), sophomore Kieren McHugh (single) and junior Kyomi Apalit (ground out) all plated a run, Christopher delivered a two-RBI single for the 5-0 lead.
OSU blasted an 0-2 pitch for a solo homer and added a second run in the third before grounding out into a double play.
The Buckeyes cut the lead even further with the help of a two-out RBI double toward in the fourth and a fifth-inning special.
BU loaded the bases in the top of the sixth and would double the offensive output to 10 runs off five hits.
OSU kept the pressure on by launching a 2-1 pitch to right for a lead-off homer in the bottom of the sixth, but Ganino kept the lead at four runs thanks to a swinging strikeout.
The Buckeyes pressured Ganino in the seventh with a lead-off single and two-out single, but Ricard reentered the contest to earn a fly out to center.

DOUBLEHEADER NOTES

With its first ever victory against Ohio State, BU defeated a third different Big 10 opponent this season following Friday's win against Northwestern and a Feb. 6 victory over Maryland.
The Terriers have now posted 10 victories against the Big 10 dating back to 2018 under head coach Ashley Waters. Thanks to the 3-1 performance at the Duke Invitational, BU has also increased Waters' number of wins against Power 4 conference opponents to 25.
With her 26th career homer against Northwestern, Doherty moved into a tie-for-sixth in the Patriot League record book and is now one away from tying Rachel Hebert ('10) for No. 4 in the program record book.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will return to New England to face Yale and New Haven two times apiece on March 7-8 with the Bulldogs serving as hosts.
BU leads the all-time series against Yale, 16-8, and will visit the Bulldogs for the first time since 1995.
BU will face New Haven, member of the Northeast Conference, for the first time.