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Box Score (Game 2)
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Â The Merrimack softball team fell in both doubleheader contests against the Boston University Terriers on Thursday. Â
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The Basics
Score: Game 1: Merrimack 0, Boston University 8 | Final (6 inn.)
Score: Game 2: Merrimack 3, Boston University 7 | Final
Location: Martone-Mejail Field | North Andover, Mass.
Rapid Recap (Game One)
- BU put its first runs of the day up in the first, bringing two in on a long single to right center to take a 2-0 lead.
- The Terriers added a home run in the third, adding their fourth of the day in the fourth on an RBI single to right.
- In the fifth, BU brought in two more runs, finishing off with an inside the park home run in the sixth for the final tallies of the day.
- Tiffany Mangiameli got on base twice for the Warriors, reaching on a catcher's interference in the first inning and sending a single to left in the sixth.
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Rapid Recap (Game Two)
- Olivia Crowley opened up the scoring for the Warriors with her first home run for the blue and gold, sending the ball to deep right to give Merrimack a 1-0 lead in the second.
- The Terriers returned the offense in the third with a home run to left to tie the game at one.
- Merrimack's offense rolled in the fourth, working the bases loaded. Madison Cerpa and Courtney Lanpher worked back-to-back walks, before Olivia Crowley singled to short to lead the bases. Amber Gibbons' plate discipline walked in a run, before Lexi LeFebre scorched a single up the middle to bring in Lanpher.
- BU responded in the fifth with six runs, re-taking their lead, adding a run in the seventh to cap the game off.
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Notes and Numbers
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Up Next:
Merrimack will continue at Martone-Mejail Field on Saturday, March 13 in a doubleheader against the University of Maine, with games at 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
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