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Jordan Miller
7
Colgate COLGATE 12-26-1
9
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 19-25
Colgate COLGATE
12-26-1
7
Final
9
Boston University BOSTONU
19-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 12 2
Boston University BOSTONU 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 9 13 0

W: Akers (9-9) L: Griswold, Kyle (3-10)

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Colgate COLGATE 12-27-1
6
Winner Boston University BOSTONU 20-25
Colgate COLGATE
12-27-1
1
Final
6
Boston University BOSTONU
20-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2
Boston University BOSTONU 2 0 1 0 0 3 X 6 10 2

W: Akers (10-9) L: Bendel, Brittany (4-8)

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Defending Champ BU Takes Two From Colgate Saturday

Raiders Fall 9-7 in 10-inning Battle Before 6-1 Defeat in Nightcap

BOSTON – Colgate suffered a heartbreaking 9-7 10-inning loss in the opener of a doubleheader at defending Patriot League Champion Boston University before the Terriers claimed a 6-1 win in the nightcap to sweep the Saturday twin bill.
 
First-year Jordan Miller led Colgate with four RBI on the day following her first career grand slam in the third inning of game one. Senior Katie Bushee recorded four hits in the opener, while first-year Nicole Rounsavill finished the day 3-for-6 at the plate.
 
The Terriers used three hits and a walk to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the first of the day's opener. Following a scoreless second inning, Colgate was able to get on the board in the top of the third.
 
Bushee roped a leadoff double before first-year Virginia Irby drew a walk in a 10-pitch at-bat. Sophomore Lauren La Terra laid down a sacrifice bunt and junior Holly Geranen followed with a base on balls of her own to load the bases. Rounsavill put down a bunt to execute a squeeze play and cut the BU lead to 2-1.
 
A batter later, Miller took the ninth pitch of her at-bat and sent it over the left field fence for her first career grand slam. The homer marked her fifth of the season and gave the Raiders a 5-2 lead through two and a half frames.
 
Colgate added a run in the top of the sixth when Irby scored on a one-out sacrifice fly off the bat of Geranen to extend the Raider advantage to 6-2.
 
Senior starting pitcher Gillian Murray kept the Terriers scoreless from the second through the fifth innings until BU put together a sixth-inning rally. The Terriers used three hits, two Colgate errors and a sacrifice fly to plate three runs and pull within 6-5.
 
The Raiders answered back right away in the top of the seventh as Miller knocked a leadoff single before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Baillie Jorth. Bushee followed with a two-out RBI single to add an insurance run and put Colgate in front 7-5.
 
The Terriers loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh before junior Kyle Griswold headed to the circle in relief of Murray. An RBI hit by pitch and sacrifice fly allowed BU to tie the game at 7-7. Griswold kept the Terriers from a walk-off win with a play at the plate and pop-up to end the threat and send the game to extra innings.
 
Griswold kept BU scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings, but the Colgate bats weren't able to get going either. The Terriers then used a two-run home run from Jilee Schanda to walk off with a 9-7 win in the bottom of the tenth.
 
The nightcap started the same way as the opener as BU took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. After a scoreless second inning, the Terriers added an unearned run in the bottom of the third to stretch their lead to 3-0. BU threatened again in the fourth as the Terriers loaded the bases with one out, but first-year pitcher Brittany Bendel got the final two outs to keep the BU advantage at 3-0.
 
The Raiders got on the board in the top of the sixth when sophomore Meghan Romero opened the frame with a single before taking second on a BU error. Bushee then reached on another Terrier error as Romero ran home to pull Colgate within 3-1.
 
BU answered with a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to stretch its lead to 6-1. The Raiders opened the top of the seventh with a single from Rounsavill and double from Miller, but BU pitcher Makinna Akers worked out of the jam to earn her second win of the day and secure the 6-1 Terrier victory.
 
 
BOTTOM LINES
  • BU 9, Colgate 7 (10 innings)
  • BU 6, Colgate 1
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • Colgate falls to 12-27-1 on the season and 2-12 in the Patriot League.
  • BU improves to 20-25 overall and 11-3 in league action.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • The 10-inning opener marked Colgate's longest game of the season.
  • Bushee recorded a season-best four hits in her 4-for-6 showing at the plate in the day's opener.
  • Irby drew a career-best three walks to reached base in four of her six trips to the plate in game one.
  • Miller finished the opener with a career-best four RBI following her grand slam.
  • Miller and Irby scored two runs apiece in the two games combined.
  • Bushee and Irby both recorded a stolen base.
 
FACTS & FIGURES
  • BU finished the day with a 15-8 hit advantage.
  • Colgate knocked four doubles in the two games combined.
  • Murray threw 6.0 innings in the opener, finishing with a line of seven runs, only four of which were earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT
  • Colgate and Boston University wrap up their three-game weekend set Sunday.
  • First pitch of the single game is slated for 12 p.m.
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