{"id":31181,"date":"2022-04-10T14:48:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=31181"},"modified":"2022-04-10T14:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:48:22","slug":"softball-bu-defeats-providence-after-strong-third-inning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/04\/10\/softball-bu-defeats-providence-after-strong-third-inning\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball: BU defeats Providence after strong third inning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston University softball head coach Ashley Waters during a game against Bucknell University on April 2, 2022. The Terriers defeated Providence College 3-1 on Sunday. KYLE PRUDHOMME VIA BU ATHLETICS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Hannah Yoshinaga\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One inning was all it took for Boston University softball to beat Providence College on Sunday, ending with a final score of 3-1 after posting all of its runs in the third inning.<\/p>\n

With their victory over the Friars (21-11, 8-4 Big East), the Terriers\u00a0(26-13, 6-0 PL)\u00a0extended their win streak to 15 games and maintained their first-place standing in the Patriot League.<\/p>\n

BU put runners in scoring position in the first two innings, with sophomore right fielder Lauren Keleher and senior second baseman AJ Huerta-Leipner each reaching second with only one out. Yet, two strikeouts, a flyout, and a groundout later, the Terriers entered the third scoreless.<\/p>\n

Providence threatened in the top of the inning after center fielder Elysia Cunnigan reached on a throwing error by BU and catcher Jacque Harrington subsequently got to first on a fielder’s choice. Singles by shortstop Rachael Petrarca and pitcher Tori Grifone allowed Harrington to advance to third and attempt to reach home. Harrington never made it, however, after a laser from Keleher to junior catcher Audrey Sellers stopped her at the plate and ended the inning.<\/p>\n

The Terriers did damage of their own in the bottom of the third, starting with a double by Keleher and a single by sophomore shortstop Kayla Roncin that allowed Keleher to make it to third base.<\/p>\n

Two batters later, graduate center fielder Jen Horita tripled to score Keleher and Roncin, who had stolen second during the previous at-bat. A one-out popup by senior first baseman Nicole Amodio brought Horita home.<\/p>\n

The Friars threatened again in the fifth after right fielder Micaela Abbatine started off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Junior pitcher Allison Boaz walked pinch hitter Gabriella Sebastian on four straight balls in the next at-bat. Sebastian reached second on a BU error — the second of the afternoon committed by Roncin — that also allowed Abbatine to score.<\/p>\n

Boaz worked her way out of the jam, but not before giving up a single to Harrington that put Sebastian 60 feet from home.<\/p>\n

Providence was unable to make up the deficit in the sixth and seventh innings, with no runner ever advancing past first.<\/p>\n

Boaz finished with one run allowed and seven strikeouts, tying the season-high K total she recorded last week against Harvard.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

BU takes the field on Wednesday at 3 p.m. against UMass, the team’s second-to-last non-conference matchup of the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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