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Softball to open Doubleheader at home with Yale on Tuesday afternoon

Boston University (12-10, 0-0 PL) against Yale (12-10, 3-0 Ivy)
Date and time:
Tuesday, March 18 | 1 p.m. Doubleheader
Venue: BU softball field | Boston, mass.
Twitter: @Bugameday | @Terriersoftball

Boston – The Boston University softball team runs with an unbeaten strip with 38 games that the Ivy League enemy Yale organizes in a home opening double header with first place for Tuesday at 1 p.m.

The competitions against the Bulldogs mark a new era for the terriers because they unveil their new field tastns, which enables a better ball roller and reduced infill splash. The BU soft ball field originally had a astroturfsurace and was converted into a natural grass outfield/all-dirt-infield in 2001.

Terrier Tidbits

  • This season, the Terriers are 2: 3 in games that decided after a run after winning a 4-3 win at Queens in Charlotte in Charlotte last week.
  • The unbeaten strip from BU dates from March 29, 2023, when the Terriers started with a 1-0 win against Uconn. The Terrier went 20: 0: 1 last season, with the only draw against Providence (1-1) coming due to darkness.
  • Junior Brooke Deppieesse leads the terriers with seven doubles, three triple, 18 RBIs and 21 runs achieved. Your four Homer are a shy second day Kylie Doherty (.333), who claims 25 RBIs.
  • Both newcomers Biz Baglieri (.333) and in the second year Libby Walsh (.317) also strikes with junior over 0.300 Megan Coyle The next next at .270. Both Coyle and Neuling Addie Lucier (.237) in addition to Deppiesen and Doherty, two -digit RBIs recorded.
  • Junior Kasey Ricard (8-6, 2.43 ERA) has set up over 60.0 percent of the Innerings and received 86.1 work in 86.1 work, while newcomer Danika Nell (4-1, 3.44 ERA) continues to recover from her injury. Junior Haley Ganino (0-2, 6.13 era) and newcomer Ava Johnson (0-1, 8.40 ERA) have summarized in 14.2 innerings for 10 strikeouts.
  • In total, BU beats 0.280 and holds opponents at 0.244 with an advantage of 11: 2 in three times and 13:11 lead in Homern.

Scouting Yale

  • The bulldogs are 2-0 against the Patriot League after defeating a home Doubleheader via Holy Cross with 13: 4 and 7: 2 on March 13.
  • Yale finally swept Penn into a home-IVY League series (12-10, 9: 0, 8: 7), after winning three victories against Central Connecticut and shared with Maine (6-2, 0: 3).
  • Lauren Perren strikes a team high with five homers and 24 RBIs.
  • Five bulldogs have made at least seven appearances this season, with Emma Taylor (5-5, 5.08 ERA) releasing 37 strikeouts in 52.1 Innerings.
  • Overall, Yale beats 0.295 and holds teams at 0.289, with the opponents in stolen bases and 20-10 lead in Homern to achieve a lead of 45: 27.

Series history

  • The terriers run the all -time series with 14: 8, which goes back to 1990.
  • BU organizes the Bulldogs in the third season in a row in a DH.
  • Last season, the Terrier Yale swept 7-0 and 7: 1 with a combined 23: 8 advantage in hits after shaping 13: 0 (5) and 1-2 two years ago.

Look ahead

  • The six-time defending champion of the Patriot League will open their title defense in Bucknell with the DH set on Saturday for a start time at 12 noon.
  • BU won the last 15 games, but six of these competitions were decided by one run each.
  • Last year, the Terrier swept the bison in the regular series of season with two 1-0 decisions, including a competition that went 12 inner, and then achieved a 5-2 victory in the PL tournament.