Wednesday, May 8
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Photo by: Jaylynn Nash/ ACC
Dunning Delivers, Defeating Syracuse in ACC Championship Opener
May 08, 2024 | Softball
Eagles move on to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2008
DURHAM, N.C.-- Ninth-seeded Boston College defeated the eighth-seeded Syracuse in a pitchers duel, scoring one run in a 1-0 win over Syracuse in its opening game of the ACC Softball Championship at the Duke Softball Stadium Wednesday afternoon. The win propelled the Eagles to 30-23 on the season and set up their game tomorrow against number four and one-seed Duke as a winner-moves-on contest for Friday's Semifinals.Â
Junior right-handed pitcher Abby Dunning started in the circle for the Eagles pitching all seven innings, retiring four batters, allowing 2 hits. Dunning had an immaculate game with a no-hitter through four innings, allowing a 'Cuse hit in the fifth, followed by a strikeout. Abby dealt 110 pitches with 72 strikes through seven innings of work.
The Eagles got on the board in the fourth, at the top of the order, Hannah Slike hit a double to left center. Nicole Giery followed suit, hitting her 19th double of the season, an RBI double though the left line to put BC up, 1-0.
This will be the Eagles first appearance in the quarterfinals since 2008.Â
Boston College plays one-see Duke on Thursday at 11 a.m. on ACC Network with a spot in the Semifinals on the line.Â
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Junior right-handed pitcher Abby Dunning started in the circle for the Eagles pitching all seven innings, retiring four batters, allowing 2 hits. Dunning had an immaculate game with a no-hitter through four innings, allowing a 'Cuse hit in the fifth, followed by a strikeout. Abby dealt 110 pitches with 72 strikes through seven innings of work.
The Eagles got on the board in the fourth, at the top of the order, Hannah Slike hit a double to left center. Nicole Giery followed suit, hitting her 19th double of the season, an RBI double though the left line to put BC up, 1-0.
This will be the Eagles first appearance in the quarterfinals since 2008.Â
Boston College plays one-see Duke on Thursday at 11 a.m. on ACC Network with a spot in the Semifinals on the line.Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dunning, Abby (14-13)
L: Hendrix, Lindsey (13-4)
Batting:
2B: Slike, Hannah 1 ; Giery, Nicole 1
RBI: Giery, Nicole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Slike, Hannah 1
SB: Shields, Jules 2
Base Running:
SB: Pess, Olivia 1
CS: Foster, Makenzie 1
HBP: Clyde, Rebecca 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
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AB
3
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RBI
1
AB
3
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H
1
RBI
0
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