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Lehigh Falls At No. 22 Boston University In Regular Season Finale
5/4/2024 2:12:00 PM | Softball
BOSTON – In its final game of the regular season, the Lehigh softball team dropped another tight battle with No. 22 Boston University, falling 2-0 to the Terriers Saturday at BU Softball Field. BU's Brooke Pryor drove in both runs for the Terriers, who swept the series, winning the three games by a total of four runs.
Junior Rory Dudley had two hits to lead the way for the Mountain Hawks, who finish the regular season at 30-18 overall and 14-4 in the Patriot League.
Lehigh put two runners on in the first, but BU starter Lizzy Avery struck out first-year Holly Lovett to end the threat.
Pryor brought home the first run of the game when she singled home Brooke Deppiesse in the fourth inning. In the inning Boston University benefitted from an error on what could have been a 6-3 double play.
Graduate student Emily Cimino led off the top of the sixth with a single up the middle and was sacrificed into scoring position. Dudley picked up her second hit of the day, but BU's Lauren Nett threw Cimino out at the plate from right field to keep Lehigh off the board.
BU added to its lead in the bottom of the sixth when Allison Boaz tripled to right center and then scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Pryor.
Avery set Lehigh down in order in the seventh, aided by a diving catch in right by Nett to rob junior Julia Mrochko. She allowed three hits and walked three with six strikeouts in the shutout victory.
Junior Maria Urban started for Lehigh and took the loss, allowing a run on five hits in 3.1 innings. Urban struck out two and walked one. Sophomore Chloe Hess allowed a run on one hit over 2.2 innings of relief.
BU heads into the postseason at 49-4-1 and finishes league play at 18-0, the first team to post an undefeated Patriot League regular season since Lehigh went 18-0 in 2005.
The Mountain Hawks will return to Boston next week for the Patriot League Tournament, beginning Thursday. Lehigh will be the No. 2 seed and will face the No. 3 seed in game two on Thursday, with tournament play continuing through Saturday.
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Junior Rory Dudley had two hits to lead the way for the Mountain Hawks, who finish the regular season at 30-18 overall and 14-4 in the Patriot League.
Lehigh put two runners on in the first, but BU starter Lizzy Avery struck out first-year Holly Lovett to end the threat.
Pryor brought home the first run of the game when she singled home Brooke Deppiesse in the fourth inning. In the inning Boston University benefitted from an error on what could have been a 6-3 double play.
Graduate student Emily Cimino led off the top of the sixth with a single up the middle and was sacrificed into scoring position. Dudley picked up her second hit of the day, but BU's Lauren Nett threw Cimino out at the plate from right field to keep Lehigh off the board.
BU added to its lead in the bottom of the sixth when Allison Boaz tripled to right center and then scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Pryor.
Avery set Lehigh down in order in the seventh, aided by a diving catch in right by Nett to rob junior Julia Mrochko. She allowed three hits and walked three with six strikeouts in the shutout victory.
Junior Maria Urban started for Lehigh and took the loss, allowing a run on five hits in 3.1 innings. Urban struck out two and walked one. Sophomore Chloe Hess allowed a run on one hit over 2.2 innings of relief.
BU heads into the postseason at 49-4-1 and finishes league play at 18-0, the first team to post an undefeated Patriot League regular season since Lehigh went 18-0 in 2005.
The Mountain Hawks will return to Boston next week for the Patriot League Tournament, beginning Thursday. Lehigh will be the No. 2 seed and will face the No. 3 seed in game two on Thursday, with tournament play continuing through Saturday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Avery, Lizzy (8-0)
L: Urban, Maria (7-2)
Batting:
SH: Cannon, Brooke 1 ; Lovett, Holly 1
Batting:
2B: Keleher, Lauren 1
3B: Boaz, Allison 1
RBI: Pryor, Kate 2
SF: Pryor, Kate 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Deppiesse, Brooke 1 ; Boaz, Allison 1
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