Army Falls in Series Finale to BU

Sunday, April 16

Boston, Mass.

12 PM

Army West Point

27-15, 0

Boston University

14-21, 0

Army West Point

Boston University

Army Falls in Series Finale to BU

April 16, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. – The Army West Point softball team fell to Boston University, 11-1, in the series finale Sunday.

The Black Knights dropped to 27-15 overall and 7-5 in the Patriot League, while the Terriers jump to 14-21 and 6-3

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army is now 8-5 in the all-time series against BU.
Ashley Yoo becomes the first Cadet to record 40 hits this season after going 2-for-2.
Yoo documented her eighth multi-hit effort of the year.
Team co-captain Alee Rashenskas's leadoff single in the first brought her career total to 209, tying her for sixth on Army's all-time list.
Maddie Kim drove in her 10th run of the season, becoming the seventh player on the team with double-digit RBIs.
Rookie Katie Ontiveros stretched her on-base streak to 10 games after walking in the first inning.

LINEUP BREAKDOWN
Rashenskas (2B): 1-for-3
Swafford (LF): 0-for-3
Ballesteros (3B): 0-for-3
Ontiveros (1B): 0-for-1 with a walk
Yoo (DP): 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored
Harrison (RF): 1-for-2
Kim (C): 0-for-1 with an RBI
West (P): 0-for-1

Newbary (P): N/A
Smith (P): 0-for-1

Esparza-Gallegos (SS): 1-for-1 with a walk
McKinney (CF): N/A

West (P): 1.0 innings, four hits, seven runs (five earned), two walks and one strikeout
Newbary (P): 0.1 innings, four hits, two runs (earned), 0 walks and 0 strikeouts
Smith (P): 2.2 innings, four hits, two runs (earned), 0 walks and two strikeouts

FACTS & FIGURES

The Black knights scored one run on five hits and committed four errors, while BU scored 11 runs on 12 hits and had two errors defensively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Boston University jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a couple of RBI doubles.
Army responded in the top of the second that started with a leadoff double by Ashley Yoo.
After an error put runners on second and third, Maddie Kim hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Yoo.
The Terriers responded quickly, scoring seven runs on six hits in the second to extend their lead to 9-1.
They scored two more runs in the following frame to close out the scoring.

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