Offensive Outbursts Highlight 2-0 Start to Season

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 12, Houston 4 (Game 1) | BC 11, Wright State 0 (Game 2)
Records: Boston College (2-0), Wright State (1-3), Houston (1-3)
Location: Cougar Stadium, Houston
Time of Game: 2:19 | 2:08
Weather: 78, cloudy | 74, cloudy

BC Highlights

Senior Tatiana Cortez, returning to her hometown, hit 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI against Houston.
Cortez recorded a hit against Wright State to extend her hitting streak to 18 games, beginning last season.
Junior Jordan Chimento batted 6-for-9 with three RBI.
Freshman Kendra Friedt combined for six shutout innings in both games, allowing only one hit in each game.
Sophomore Lexi DiEmmanuele recorded three hits and three stolen bases, stealing two against Wright State.
Junior Chloe Sharabba batted 3-for-8 with a home run and four RBI.
Junior Annie Murphy hit 2-for-3 against Wright State with a home run, three RBI and two runs.
Senior Taylor Coroneos batted 3-for-6 in both games, scoring two runs against Houston.
Freshman Halle Hixenbaugh scored three runs.

Game 2
TURNING POINT
Sharabba hit a two-run home run to left center, giving BC a 4-0 lead in the top of the third.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Murphy hit a sacrifice grounder to second, scoring DiEmmanuele to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Coroneos singled up the middle to score Hixenbaugh, giving BC a 2-0 lead in the second.
DiEmmanuele followed Coroneos, reaching on a fielder's choice. Then Sharabba's homer made it 4-0.
Murphy led off the fourth with a double. Cortez recorded a sacrifice to advance Murphy to third. Junior Jordan Chimento grounded out to second base to score Murphy, giving BC a 5-0 lead.
BC added six runs in the fifth to take an 11-0 lead. Freshman Brenna Griesser hit a two-RBI double to give the Eagles a 7-0 advantage. DiEmmanuele plated Griesser on a double and then scored that inning on a wild pitch to make it 9-0. Then Murphy hit a two-run home run.

Game 1
TURNING POINT
Cortez hit a three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning, giving the Eagles a 9-4 lead.

HOW IT HAPPENED

DiEmmanuele opened the game with a double. Sharabba followed with a double to right center, plating DiEmmanuele to give BC a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
The Eagles and Cougars scored two runs each in the second inning. Hixenbaugh scored on an error in the top of the second. Then Coroneos scored on Sharabba's sacrifice grounder.
Cortez led off the third inning with a homer, giving BC a 4-2 lead.
Coroneos singled up the middle and stole second in the top of the fourth. DiEmmanuele reached on an error to plate Coroneos, generating a 5-2 BC lead.
Houston's Sarah Queen hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth.
The Eagles took a 7-3 lead in the top of the fifth. Senior Madison Paulson scored on a throwing error. Later in the inning, freshman Jules Trevino singled to score Griesser.
Cortez hit her second home run of the game, a three-run shot in the sixth inning.
With the bases loaded, Chimento singled to left field and advanced to second on a throwing error, scoring Murphy and Sharabba.
Friedt closed the game with two shutout innings.

UP NEXT
BC plays its final two games at the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational on Sunday, facing UC Santa Barbara at 9:30 a.m. and Houston at 2:30 p.m.

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Team Stats

Annie Murphy

Jordan Chimento

Halle Hixenbaugh

Lexi DiEmmanuele

Players Mentioned

Jordan Chimento

Taylor Coroneos

Tatiana Cortez

Lexi DiEmmanuele

Kendra Friedt

Brenna Griesser

Halle Hixenbaugh

Annie Murphy

Madison Paulson

Chloe Sharabba

Jules Trevino