{"id":27125,"date":"2021-03-29T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=27125"},"modified":"2021-03-29T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:08:25","slug":"softball-terriers-top-lehigh-in-first-patriot-league-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/03\/29\/softball-terriers-top-lehigh-in-first-patriot-league-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball: Terriers top Lehigh in first Patriot League series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COURTESY OF STEVE MILNE VIA BU ATHLETICS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By: Hannah Yoshinaga<\/p>\n

Boston University softball swept its double-header against Lehigh University Saturday in its first conference series of the season. The Terriers (13-1, 2-0 PL) beat the Mountain Hawks 16-0 in five innings in game one and took game two by a score of 1-0.<\/p>\n

Game 1<\/h4>\n

An RBI single by right fielder Lauren Keleher brought home third baseman Caitlin Coker in the first inning to put the Terriers on the board. Following a series of errors and wild pitches by the Mountain Hawks, the Terriers extended their lead to 5-0 with Keleher, AJ Huerta-Leipner, Emily Gant and Nicole Amodio coming in to score.<\/p>\n

After starting pitcher Ali DuBois kept the Mountain Hawks scoreless in the bottom of the first, BU opened up the game with a 9-0 second inning. A single by Huerta-Leipner scored two runs, and two subsequent RBIs by Gant and left fielder Jen Horita brought home two more.<\/p>\n

With the bases loaded, shortstop Patricia Dun walked to score another run before Coker knocked in a two-run single.<\/p>\n

Pinch hitter Lauren Nett’s third-inning single scored the Terriers’ final two runs of the game, bringing in Gant and pinch-runner Alison Boaz.<\/p>\n

DuBois allowed only two hits all afternoon and struck out two batters. The victory was her ninth of the year.<\/p>\n

“I thought we came out really, really strong in the first game, and we talked about making a statement before the game, that was our pre-game goal, and I think we really came out and did that,” Coker said. “We sort of just stepped on the gas pedal and didn’t let up.”<\/p>\n

Game 2<\/h4>\n

Boaz started game two and led the Terriers with a shutout victory, protecting a 1-0 lead for seven innings to pick up her fourth win of the season.<\/p>\n

The Terriers scored their only run of the game on a first-inning run from Coker. Coker advanced to second on a sacrifice fly from Keleher and reached third on a wild pitch. A sacrifice fly from Huerta-Leipner allowed her to score.<\/p>\n

“Ali B. pitched a great game and I’m so proud of our defense picking her up, our offense just getting the job done,” Coker said.<\/p>\n

Looking Ahead<\/h4>\n

With the two wins, the Terriers extended their win streak to 12 games.\u00a0The team’s Sunday double-header against Lehigh was postponed due to anticipated inclement weather, but the Terriers will face off against Colgate University at home for a four-game series next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Hannah Yoshinaga Boston University softball swept its double-header against Lehigh University Saturday in its first conference series of the season. The Terriers (13-1, 2-0 PL) beat the Mountain Hawks 16-0 in five innings in game one and took game two by a score of 1-0. Game 1 An RBI single by right fielder Lauren […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18183,"featured_media":27127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1023,1052,19,1039],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27125"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27142,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125\/revisions\/27142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}