BU head coach Ashley Waters laughs with the team during a postgame celebration as she set the program record for wins at 272.
Steve Simoneau
8
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 1-0
0
Binghamton BING 0-1
Winner
Boston University BOSTONU
1-0
8
Final
0
Binghamton BING
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Boston University BOSTONU 0 0 2 0 4 2 8 8 0
Binghamton BING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

W: Ricard, Kasey (1-0) L: Roberts (0-1)

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SIUE SIUE 0-1
6
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 2-0
SIUE SIUE
0-1
0
Final
6
Boston University BOSTONU
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SIUE SIUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Boston University BOSTONU 1 0 3 0 0 2 X 6 11 1

W: Boaz, Allison (1-0) L: BAALMAN, S. (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball No-Hits Binghamton and SIUE on Historic First Day at Frank Griffin Classic

DELAND, Fla. – Coming off a program record-breaking 24 shutout season, the defending Patriot League champion Boston University softball team's returning pitching staff made further history with a pair of no-hitters to start off the 2024 campaign Friday at Stetson's Frank Griffin Classic. Sophomore Kasey Ricard used 106 pitches in an 8-0 (6) win over Binghamton, and graduate student Allison Boaz followed with 93 pitches in a 6-0 victory against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).

The two 2023 NFCA All-Region First Team honorees combined for 17 strikeouts in 13 innings of work while handing BU (2-0) back-to-back no-hitters for the first time in program history, as the Bearcats and Cougars suffered their first losses of the year. With the first win, ninth-year head coach Ashley Waters (2016-pres.) surpassed Shawn Rychcik (2005-12) for the most wins in program history at 272.

At the plate, 2023 NFCA All-American and senior Kayla Roncin led BU with six hits in eight appearances, while classmate Lauren Keleher went 5-for-7 with three doubles and a homer alongside five runs scored. Sophomore Brooke Deppiesse drove in a team-high four RBIs and was joined by both Keleher and graduate student Audrey Sellers in blasting pitches over the fence during the doubleheader sweep.

GAME 1: Boston University - 8, Binghamton - 0 (6 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In a battle of 2023 Conference Rookies of the Year, the Patriot League's Ricard tallied four strikeouts through the first two innings, and the America East's Brianna Roberts had two of her own for a scoreless deadlock.
  • Keleher put BU ahead for good in the top of the third by doubling to right with one out, taking third on Roncin's single and scoring on a throwing error during Roncin's successful stolen base of second.
  • Another throwing error during senior Kate Pryor's at-bat led to Roncin reaching home for a 2-0 advantage.
  • The Bearcats had their best chance to avoid a shutout in the bottom half by earning a one-out walk and hit-by-pitch, but Ricard got out of the jam with a strikeout and ground out.
  • BU pulled away in the fifth behind four runs off three hits, starting off with Sellers' walk, Keleher's single and Roncin's single to load the bases.
  • Pryor delivered an RBI ground out, and sophomore Brooke Deppiesse crushed the first pitch toward left center to plate three runs for a 6-0 advantage.
  • In the sixth, senior Lauren Nett drew a walk and eventually scored on Keleher's two-out RBI double that set up Roncin's RBI single to put the game in run-rule territory.
  • Ricard sealed the no-hitter by retiring the last 11 Bearcats with the help of five strikeouts.
GAME 2: Boston University - 6, SIUE - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After Boaz retired the side in the top of the first, Keleher and Roncin quickly started with back-to-back doubles for a 1-0 lead.
  • After stranding a combined three runners on base through the first two innings, BU scored three runs off three hits and an error to create distance between the two programs.
  • Roncin started things off by singling to right, stealing second, reaching third on a passed ball and scoring on Deppiesse's RBI bunt.
  • Nett followed Pryor's double to right center with an RBI single, and an outfield throwing error during the next at-bat allowed Pryor to score from third.
  • The Cougars earned their lone walk with one out in the top of the fifth but then both flew out and lined out to end the threat.
  • With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Sellers and Keleher delivered back-to-back homers to extend the lead to 6-0.
  • Boaz retired the final eight batters to seal the no-hit shutout.
DOUBLEHEADER NOTES
  • The Terriers now own 30 career no-hitters with 10 being decided in run-rule fashion. 
  • Already the only NCAA Division I program with three active pitchers to have earned a solo no-hitter, the Terriers now have three with two no-hitters apiece, as Boaz and Ricard joined graduate student Lizzy Avery in accomplishing the feat.
  • Ricard's no-hitter marked BU's first in a season opener since BU Hall of Famer Audrey West no-hit Boston College, 16-0 (6), in the 1994 opener down in Fort Myers, Florida.
  • The Terriers opened a season with back-to-back shutouts for the first time in program history.
  • BU batted .339 on the day with nine of the 19 hits going for extra bases. Keleher delivered three doubles and a homer, while Deppiesse earned a triple alongside a homer.
  • Freshmen Kyomi Apalit, Kylie Doherty and Sophie Naivar all made their debuts during the DH.
  • Besides owning a program-best 273 victories, Waters also has a team-high .677 winning percentage, ahead of Deb Solfaro (186-96, .660) who coached from 1995-2000.
  • BU improved to 35-7 all-time against Binghamton, have won the last three meetings by a combined score of 29-3.
  • The Terriers are now 2-0 all-time against SIUE following a 4-0 win in Kentucky back in 2011.
UP NEXT
  • BU will next face SIUE in a rematch on Saturday at 12 p.m. and then host Stetson with the ESPN+ broadcast set for 5:30 p.m.  
  • The Terriers are 2-1 all-time against the Hatters after winning both meetings in 2020 at Stetson, 10-0 (5) and 2-0. Stetson prevailed in the first ever meeting in 2006, 10-2.
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