BOSTON – What a battle in the first round of the Patriot League tournament. 

Colgate was two outs away from knocking off regular season champion Boston University, but back-to-back hits in the bottom of the seventh led to a walk-off 3-2 victory for the Terriers Thursday afternoon at BU Softball Field. 

Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Bailey Misken needed one pitch to get the first out after Morgan Farrah snared a line drive down the third base line. But the next two batters reached base, and then a misplayed ground ball up the middle allowed the tying run to score from second.

BU's Emily Gant followed up with a single up the middle – just past a diving Jillian Herbst – to score the winning run from second for the walk-off win.  

Misken kept the top-seeded Terriers' offense to three runs (two earned) on eight hits with four strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. Misken changed speeds and spotted pitches – all eight hits she gave up were singles, including two that never left the infield. 

The hardest hit ball of the afternoon was Kara Fusco's two-out double that caromed off the wall in right center field in the top of the second. She roped another single into center in the top of the fourth, this one scoring Claire Whalen from second and tying the game at 1-1. 

The score remained tied at 1-1 until the top of the sixth when Quinn Livesay gave the Raiders their first lead of the game on a sacrifice fly to center. Steph Jacoby sparked the inning with a leadoff walk and her pinch-runner, Meaghan Houk, raced home from third as the go-ahead run.

Misken ended a quick 1-2-3 sixth inning with a strikeout, but the Terriers put just enough hits together in the seventh to stave off Colgate's upset bid, 3-2. 

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Colgate (19-27, 9-9 Patriot) will face Army in an elimination game on Friday at 1:30 p.m. at BU Softball Field. The third-seeded Black Knights dropped a 3-2 decision to second-seeded Lehigh in the other first-round matchup on Thursday.