Softball Homers Past UConn in Run-Rule Fashion, 9-1

Wednesday, March 25

Boston, MA

3 PM

Boston University

24-10

UConn

10-22

UConn

Boston U.

Photo by: Dan Koerner

Softball Homers Past UConn in Run-Rule Fashion, 9-1

March 25, 2026 | Softball

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BOSTON – Highlighted by a program record-tying four home runs and senior Kasey Ricard's 11 strikeouts, the defending Patriot League champion Boston University softball team run-ruled defending Big East champion UConn, 9-1, in a six-inning home victory.

The Terriers (24-10) scored their first seven runs going yard and then added two more on RBI singles to extend their active win streak to 17 contests, as the Huskies fell to 10-22. Juniors Kylie Doherty and Kyomi Apalit plated a combined five runs in the first inning to help BU grab the lead for good and improve to 9-0 at home.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Irys Kline earned a lead-off walk and scored on Doherty's two-run blast to right.
After senior Megan Coyle and sophomore Camryn Lyons singled through the left side with two outs, Apalit launched a 1-2 pitch to left to extend the lead to 5-0.
Ricard then earned three swinging strikeouts in the top of the second, and classmate Brooke Deppiesse delivered a two-out solo HR during the bottom half.
The Huskies avoided the shutout in the fourth with the help of a fielding error, two walks, infield single and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
UConn's rally attempt was quickly halted by Ricard's second strikeout of the inning and eighth overall.
After BU left two on base in the bottom of the fourth, Ricard claimed two more swinging strikeouts.
Junior Sophie Naivar started the fifth with her first homer of the season by lifting a 2-1 pitch just over the right field fence to prompt UConn's third pitching change.
The Terriers added one more run in the bottom half with the help of senior Megan Coyle's walk, Lyons' single and junior Livia Christopher's RBI single to right center.
UConn earned a one-out double and two-out walk but left runners on the corners with a foul out to third.
BU then put the game away with Doherty earning a one-out walk, advancing to third on Coyle's two-out infield single and Lyons' RBI single to center.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers' 17-game win streak is tied for the sixth most in program history and one shy of tying for fourth. 11th-year head coach Ashley Waters has led BU to five of the six 17+ game win streaks.
The Terriers have now hit four homers in a game five times, last accomplishing the feat at Boston College on April 26, 2012.
Already the program record holder for career homers, Doherty tied the Terriers' single-season mark of 14 set by Chiya Louie ('07) back in 2007.
With 14 HRs this year and 34 overall, Doherty is now two away from tying the PL single-season record and five away from tying the career mark.
Doherty increased her RBI total this year to 46, nine shy of tying the BU record and 10 away from tying the PL record.
BU all-time wins leader Ricard now sits at 90 victories, four away from tying the PL record.
Thanks to her third double-digit strikeout performance of the season, Ricard now owns 822 strikeouts, No. 3 all-time in the program record book and three shy of tying Cassidi Hardy ('10) for the No. 2 slot.
BU improved to 16-8 all-time against UConn with its ninth straight win in the series after matching the 2010 squad for largest margin of victory.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Terriers will resume conference play by hosting Lehigh in a three-game series.
Both Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's single contest will start at 12 p.m.
Last year, BU went 2-2 against the Mountain Hawks with a 1-0 win in the opening round of the PL tournament at Army West Point following a 1-2 road mark.
In 2024, the Terriers went 4-0 at home, highlighted by a 1-0 eight-inning victory in the PL title game.