BC, UMass Lowell Meet Wednesday

11-Game Homestand Continues vs. UMass Lowell
• Boston College continues its 11-game homestand as the Eagles welcome Bay State foe UMass Lowell to Harrington Athletics Village on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. with live coverage on ACC Network Extra.
• BC went 2-0 last week with a pair of shutouts. The Eagles blanked Bryant 8-0 in six innings on March 10 and cruised to a 10-0 victory over UMass in five innings on March 12.
• UMass Lowell started the 2021 season in New York last weekend going 2-2 against St. John's and Fordham.

Team 38
• This is the 38th season of Boston College softball. All-time, BC is 870-835-3.
• The Eagles have three NCAA appearances in program history.
• In ACC play, BC is 331-420 since joining the conference in the 2005-06 academic year.

Inside the UMass Lowell Series
• Today's game marks the fifth time in series history the two local schools have met on the diamond. BC is a perfect 4-0 all-time against UMass Lowell.
• It's the first meeting since 2019 (5-2 BC win).
• BC has outscored the River Hawks 21-6 in the four games played. In the first meeting between the two schools in 2016, the Eagles captured an 8-0 victory in five innings.

Last Time Out: Another No-No for No. 1
• Junior pitcher Susannah Anderson tossed her second career no-hitter to lead the Eagles to a 10-0 victory over Massachusetts in five innings last Friday. Anderson struck out six and allowed just two base runners (two hit batters).
• Anderson moved into sole possession of third place in Boston College history with her 10th career shutout.
• The Eagles got out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning after back-to-back walks set the table. Kristin Giery drove in a run with an RBI single, followed by a two-run double from Emme Martinez into right center field.
• BC extended its lead to 4-0 after two innings of play as Giery notched her second RBI of the afternoon via a walk.
• The Eagles plated three more in the third as CC Cook drove two runs with a double and Ellie Mataya extended the lead to 7-0 with a RBI double.
• BC plated three more to make it 10-0 after four innings. The frame was highlighted by a two-RBI single by Nicole Giery.
• The Giery sisters highlighted the BC offense, as they were 4-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI combined.
• BC finished the game with a season-high seven doubles.
• Anderson got a first inning lead and never looked back, as she cruised to the complete game, no-hitter. She retired the last 10 batters she faced.

ACC Pod Play Begins Conference Action
• BC played five games between NC State and North Carolina in pod play to begin the conference slate Feb. 17-20 in North Carolina.
• Susannah Anderson threw her second complete game shutout of the season as Boston College defeated NC State 1-0 in game one of a doubleheader to begin the pod. Anderson was at her best with runners on base as she stranded 14 Wolfpack runners in the victory.
• Junior catcher Gianna Boccagno used a 10-pitch at bat to launch her first home run of the season in the top of the second to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. The solo shot to left center was Boccagno's 12th career home run and the second of the season for Boston College.
• The home run proved to be the difference as Anderson held NC State to just four hits and struck out four for the victors. It was the 16th career complete game for Anderson and her ninth career shutout.
• Anderson (2-2) moved into a tie for third place in BC history with her ninth career shutout.
• BC dropped the second game of the doubleheader to NC State 6-3. Against North Carolina, the Eagles dropped a pair of games, 7-3 and 11-2, before a heartbreaking 7-6 loss at NC State to finish the week.
• NC State got back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh with two outs as the Wolfpack defeated Boston College 7-6 for the series win. Sam Russ walked it off with a solo shot to center after Sam Gress hit a two-run shot to tie it with two strikes and two outs.

Back on the Dirt
• BC returned to the diamond for the first time since March 8, 2020 with four games in Jacksonville against Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida.
• BC opened the season with a 4-0 loss at JU before picking up the first win of the year at UNF. Susannah Anderson was dominant in the circle for the Eagles, going the distance with a two-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over the Ospreys.
• UNF captured a 3-1 doubleheader split on Saturday before the Eagles came up just short, losing 3-2 to JU on Sunday. BC stranded 14 runners in the loss to the Dolphins.

Getting Started on the Right Note
• Sophomore shortstop Djhane Valido had a big weekend with the bat against Jacksonville and North Florida.
• Valido led BC with a .333 batting average, totaling three hits on the weekend, including a double and one RBI. She had a career-high three hits against UNF.

Leading Things Off
• Junior center fielder Ellie Mataya has led off for BC in all 11 games this year. She is one of two regulars hitting over .300 at .459 this season. She leads the team in batting (.459), total bases (21), doubles (4), RBI (7), slugging percentage (.568) and on-base percentage (.524). She is 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts this season to lead the Eagles.

What to Know
• This is the second season for head coach Amy Kvilhaug, who was hired on July 2, 2019. Kvilhaug led BC to a 9-12 record last season before COVID-19 ended the season. Prior to BC, Kvilhaug was the head coach at Radford and St. John's, where she won a combined 408 games.
• BC returned 17 letterwinners, including all nine position starters, along with three primary pitchers from last season's squad.
• Two-time All-ACC honoree Emme Martinez returns to help lead the BC offensive attack. A 2019 All-ACC second team selection as a sophomore, she played in all 53 games that season, starting 52 of them, while hitting .321 with 50 its and 24 RBI. Last season, she played in 17 games with 15 starts in the shortened season.
• Junior pitcher Susannah Anderson headlines the BC rotation in 2021. Last season, she led the staff with a 1.80 ERA in 85.2 innings of work. She finished the season 8-8 and totaled 76 strikeouts.
• The Eagles have five newcomers on the roster.
• BC was picked 13th in the preseason ACC poll, earning 22 total points.

Anderson Says "No-No"
• In BC's final game of the FGCU Kickoff Classic last season, junior Susannah Anderson pitched a gem for the Eagles. She threw her first-career complete-game no-hitter in BC's 1-0 win, totaling 10 strikeouts on no walks and two HBP.
• The no-hitter capped a 2-1 weekend for the Alexandria, Virginia native, who threw 21 total innings while striking out 25 batters.
• Anderson tossed her second career no-hitter on March 12 versus UMass, allowing just two hit batters in five innings of work.

All-ACC Emme
• Emme Martinez, who was an All-ACC Freshman team honoree in 2018, finished her sophomore campaign with a .321 average, along with 50 hits and a team-high 24 RBI en route to All-ACC second team honors in 2019.
• A native of Hemet, California, Martinez had 12 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games in 2019.
• For her career, Martinez is the active leader on the team in hits (100), doubles (18) and RBI (54).

Scouting UMass Lowell
• UMass Lowell shortstop Courtney Cashman was named America East Player of the Week following her performances against St. John's and Fordham, as announced by the league office on Monday.
• Last week, the graduate student amassed a league-best 1.688 OPS through the team's first four games of the 2021 season. Over the River Hawks' four-game weekend, Cashman scored four runs and picked up four RBI, in addition to registering a home run on Saturday against St. John's.
• This Player of the Week nod marks Cashman's first of the year. She currently ranks first on the team with a .625 batting average, 10 hits and four runs. Last season, the infielder posted a team-high .491 batting average, as well as a career and team-high .965 slugging percentage.
• UMass Lowell is still the reigning America East Regular-Season Champion after winning the league in 2019 and having the remainder of the 2020 season halted.
• The River Hawks were picked second in the 2021 America East Preseason Coaches' Poll.

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