Army Drops Series Finale at Boston U.

Sunday, April 28

Boston, Mass.

10 AM

Army West Point

25-29, 8-10

Boston U.

32-17, 14-1

Army West Point

Boston University

Army Drops Series Finale at Boston U.

April 28, 2019 | Softball

Box Score

BOSTON – The Army West Point softball team suffered an 11-6 setback in the series finale at Boston University on Sunday morning.

Senior Ashley Yoo and sophomore Taylor Drayton led the Army offense with two hits apiece, while junior Emily Ballesteros provided the big pop with a grand slam in the second inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Ballesteros busted the game open early with Army's first grand slam of the 2019 season in the second inning.
Army had a chance to extend its lead in the following frame but were unable to capitalize on three errors by the Terriers.
Boston U. put up seven runs in the home half of the third to take the lead.
The Black Knights responded with an RBI single from Drayton in the fourth.
The Terriers added four runs in the bottom of the inning, however, to take an 11-5 edge.
Army battled back with an RBI single from Yoo in the fifth, but the Black Knights were unable to complete the comeback.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Ballesteros slugged her fourth career home run and first grand slam.
The Chino Hills, Calif., native tied her career-high with four RBI from March 25, 2017 against Colgate.
She notched her 40th hit of the season, reaching the milestone for the third consecutive year.
Ballesteros scored her 20th run of the year to tie her personal best from last season.
Yoo recorded her team-leading 15th multi-hit game of the year.
The Yorba Linda, Calif., native recorded the 135th hit of her career.
She added her 45th-career RBI.
Carrie Reilly documented her 25th run of the season matching her personal best from last year.
Drayton tallied her 11th multi-hit effort, setting a new personal best.
The Clayton, N.C., native collected her 40th hit of the season and 80th of her career.

COACH'S CORNER

Interim head coach Bob Beretta – "We jumped out to the early lead on Emily's big grand slam, but we just couldn't get off the field in Boston's two big innings. We did a great job of limiting BU's offense yesterday, but we couldn't shut them down in those two innings today. We had some chances to produce more runs on offense, but we left runners on second and third in one inning and the bases loaded in another.
"Give BU credit. They were very opportunistic yesterday and put up two big offensive innings today. I'm proud of our effort. We fought hard all weekend but couldn't break through with a win."

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will close out the regular season on Friday when they host Saint Peter's for a doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Army will honor seniors Ashley Yoo, Mae Wadyka, Izzy Gates, Renee Poirier, Maddie Kim and Carrie Reilly prior to the games.