Boston College
Maine
Softball Defeats Bryant, Falls to Maine
March 21, 2009 | Softball
March 21, 2009
The Boston College softball team (9-13, 0-0 ACC) defeated Bryant, 3-0, before falling to Maine, 5-4, this afternoon at Bryant University.
Allison Gage (3-4) pitched five scoreless innings against the host Bulldogs, and both Alison Kooistra and Taylor Peyton had two RBIs to lead the BC offense on the afternoon.
BC-3, Bryant-0 - Allison Gage allowed just two hits in five innings of work, striking out five batters and holding the Bulldogs scoreless. The Eagles supported the effort with three runs in the fourth inning.
Amy Tunstall got the rally started with a walk to lead off the inning. Dani Weir and Blair Destito followed with back-to-back singles to load the inning. Kooistra drove home two runs later in the inning with a single up the middle, and Katrina Vasquez drove home another run with a ground out to give BC a 3-0 lead.
Morgan Kidd came out of the bullpen to pitch two scoreless innings, striking out three and allowing just one hit for BC's first save of the season.
Maine-5, BC-4 - Taylor Peyton (6-7) allowed five runs (four earned) in three innings of work, as the Eagles fell behind early and were unable to rally for the victory.
Trailing 1-0, BC took an early lead in the bottom of the second inning. Gemma Ypparila and Lizzy Ploen walked to put runners on first and second base. Irene Delagrammaticas singled to load the bases, and Peyton delivered a single up the middle to drive home two runs.
In the top of the third inning, Maine rallied for four runs on three hits off of Peyton to take a 5-3 lead.
Morgan Kidd replaced Peyton in the top of the fourth inning, and was stellar for the remainder of the game, allowing no hits, and no runs in four innings of work while striking out seven batters to keep BC in the game.
The Eagles rallied for an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the Maine lead to 5-4. BC threatened with runners on first and second base in the bottom of the seventh inning and one out, but a ground out and a pop out stranded the runners and gave the Black Bears a 5-4 win.
BC will make its home debut on March 25 when they host Boston University at 4:00 pm at Shea Field.
