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Softball Sweeps Harvard In Afternoon Doubleheader
April 15, 2010 | Softball
April 15, 2010
The Boston College softball team picked up two key non-conference wins on a cold Thursday afternoon defeating Harvard by the scores of 5-4 and 6-4 at Soldiers Field in Cambridge, Mass.
The wins improve Boston College to 12-22 for the season, while the losses drop Harvard to 15-18.
Boston College now improves to 11-6 on the season when it scores three runs or more in a game.
Boston College - 5, Harvard - 4
In game one, pitching dominated the first four innings of the game as both teams combined for only six hits in that time.
Harvard opened the scoring in the bottom of the fifth inning scoring all of its runs on back-to-back home runs off of BC starter Nicole D'Argento. A three-run home run by Whitney Shaw, and a solo shot by Jessica Ferri put the Crimson up 4-0 after five innings.
Dani Weir hit a single with one out in the inning, and the comeback was officially on. After a Renee Ramos fielder's choice and walks by Amy Tunstall and Blair Destito the Eagles had the bases loaded with one out. Maria Pandolfo picked up an RBI by drawing a walk to score Ramos making the score 4-1.
With the bases still loaded Ali Lynette-Krech cleared them with one swing of the bat doubling to right center scoring all three runners and tying the game up at 4-4.
The Eagles took the lead on a double steal attempt that Harvard committed an error on allowing Krech to score giving BC a 5-4 lead.
Senior Taylor Peyton (5-9) shut the door on Harvard pitching two innings of one hit ball in relief of D'Argento to pick up the win.
Boston College - 6, Harvard - 4
In game two, the Eagles got on the board in the top of the first inning scoring a run off a Harvard error, and an RBI-double by Amy Tunstall to give BC a 2-0 lead.
Harvard came back to tie the game in the bottom of the second inning scoring two runs on two hits and two errors off starting pitcher Allison Gage (4-5).
The Eagles re-took the lead in the top of the third inning. Alison Kooistra led off the inning with a triple to right field, and scored on a error off a ground ball hit by Weir.
BC extended its lead to 6-2 in the top of the fourth thanks to a clutch two-out two RBI double by Ramos.
Gage was able to hold off Harvard to pick up the win as she pitched a complete game allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits while striking out six.
Weir extends her hitting streak to seven games after getting hits in both games on the afternoon, and she is now hitting .412 (14-34) over her last 11 games.
Boston College will now travel down to Atlanta, Ga. to take on ACC leading Georgia Tech in a three game series starting on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m.
