Eagles to Play in ACC/B1G Ten Challenge

Friday, February 16

Atlanta, Ga.

10:00 AM

Boston College

Nebraska

February 15, 2018 | Softball

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BC takes on Indiana and Nebraska in Atlanta

By: Athletic Communications

THE FACTS

WHERE: Atlanta, Ga.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. | Saturday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. | Sunday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW:
Live Stats vs. Nebraska (Game 1): Link
Live Stats vs. Nebraska (Game 2): Link
Twitter: @BC_Softball

OPPONENTS: Nebraska | Indiana

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. OPPONENTS: 0-1 vs. Indiana | 0-1 vs. Nebraska

PAST HISTORY

For the first time under seventh-year head coach Ashley Obrest, the Eagles will face Indiana and Nebraska.
It will be the second time in program history that BC will face off against Indiana. The Eagles last faced the Hoosiers in 2004, losing a close game in 10 innings, 3-2.
The Hoosiers finished the 2017 campaign with a 23-31 record and a 9-14 record in the B1G Ten. They opened the 2018 season in the Kajikawa Classi, where they finished 0-5.
BC faces Nebraska next for the second time in program history and the first time since 1999. The Eagles fell, 10-2, in that meeting.
The Huskers finished the 2017 season with a 30-30 (13-10 B1G Ten) record. Nebraska fell to Penn State in the first round of the B1G Ten tournament last year.
The Huskers also opened thier 2018 campaign at the Kajikawa Classic, finishing with five wins and one loss against No. 23 Arizona State. Their wins included victories over No. 15 Utah and No. 19 Brigham Young.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EAGLES

After the Eagles' opening weekend in Texas, senior Chloe Sharabba led the team with six runs and seven hits, including three doubles and one home run. She also picked up two RBIs and drew five walks, resulting in a .667 on base percentage.
Sharabba enters the second week of play tied for first in the ACC in doubles and tied for first in walks. Her on base percentage (.714) is second in the conference and her slugging percentage (.900) is sixth.
On the mound, redshirt junior Allyson Frei is 11th in the conference with 12.2 innings pitched. The right-hander is fifth in the ACC with 15 batters struck out and tied for fifth in batters struck out looking (4).
Senior Jessica Dreswick continues her work-horse ways into the 2018 season as she is tied for seventh in the conference in innings pitched (13.2), fourth in appearances (4) and tied for third in games finished (2). Dreswick leads the team with a 3.05 ERA and 20.2 innings pitched over the first five games.
Senior Annie Murphy is also off to a strong start to the season as she is second on the team with three runs scored and six hits, including one double. She is now tied for fourth place in the BC record books with 31 career doubles.
Freshman Cami Sellers notched her first collegiate homerun to right center field in the top of the sixth inning against Houston on Feb. 10 in the Aggie Classic.

QUOTES FROM COACH OBREST
On the balance of younger and upper classmen
"Our seniors provide great leadership to the under-classmen as well as the entire team. I think they represent themselves well on and off the field. I think when we have so many young kids who are playing, they can look to those older girls and feed off them and ask them for advice. I think they've been doing a great job mentoring them."

On Sharabba's strong start to the season
"Chloe had a big weekend and had a big hit for us against Texas State. I'm not really surprised. I think she's the hardest worker on our team. She's always staying after and hitting off the machine or taking extra ground balls. I think she is someone on a mission this year and wants her senior year to go better than any of her other years."

On using the momentum from the win over Texas State
"I think it was a big win. Texas State is a really good team. They threw their number one, so I think the fact that we scored a couple of runs off of her is good, and Dreswick had a career-high 11 strikeouts – I think we're going to move on and get better from that."