Panthers Fall Twice to Boston College

Saturday, April 24

Chestnut Hill, MA

1 PM

Pitt

16-26, 11-21

Boston College

9-27, 5-19

Pitt

Boston College

Hunter Levesque batting vs. North Carolina.

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Panthers Fall Twice to Boston College

4/24/2021 6:22:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game One Box Score Game Two Box Score

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The University of Pittsburgh softball team fell twice to Boston College Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader at Harrington Athletics Village. Pitt fell, 3-2, in game one and 8-4 in game two.

The two teams split the four game series, as Pitt defeated the Eagles twice Friday afternoon.

NEWS & NOTES

Sophomore EC Taylor hit .538 (7-for-13) with five runs, a triple, two RBI and three stolen bases for the series. She registered a team-high .600 on-base percentage.
Senior Hunter Levesque finished the series 6-for-14 (.429) with four doubles, four RBI and a .714 slugging percentage. Levesque doubled twice in game four of the series.
Pitt's winning streak was snapped at six games. The six in a row was the longest win streak since the 2018 season (eight games).

GAME ONE
Boston College (10-27, 6-19 ACC) opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, as Jenna Ergle hit an RBI single up the middle to put the Eagles up 1-0. Sophomore pitcher Makenzie Stiles came in to pitch, replacing junior Abby Edwards with one out and forced a pop up and a ground out to get out of the bases loaded jam.

Levesque gave Pitt (16-27, 11-22 ACC) a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth as she hit a double down the right field line, scoring junior Sarah Seamans and freshman Cami Compson. The double was Levesque's seventh of the season and 14^th extra base hit of the year.

The Eagles got both runs back in the bottom of the fifth courtesy of a Kristin Giery RBI double and a Gianna Boccagno RBI single. Boston College led 3-2 after five.

The Panthers threatened in the top of the seventh as Seamans doubled to left field to open up the inning. Redshirt junior Jada Crittendon pinch ran for Seamans and advanced to third after Levesque reached on a fielder's choice. Senior Brie Horrell pinch hit for Pitt and reached on a fielder's choice, loading the bases with no outs. Back-to-back groundouts and a strikeout ended the game as Pitt could not score the tying run.

Levesque finished 1-for-3 with two RBI. Pitt, who combined for 25 hits in yesterday's doubleheader, only recorded three hits.

GAME TWO
The Eagles scored first in the bottom of the first as K. Giery hit an RBI double down the left field line (1-0). The Panthers got that run back in the top of the third via a Compson RBI single up the middle. Boston College regained the lead in the bottom of the third with a two-run home run (3-1).

Pitt answered with three runs in the top of the fourth, as senior Chandler Walter singled to left, scoring senior Morgan Batesole and sophomore Kayla Lane singled to center, bringing in junior Hannah Bach and Walter to put the Panthers up 4-3.

Boston College again answered, this time with four runs in the bottom of the fourth as the Eagles took a 7-4 lead. Boston College added one more run in the bottom of the sixth and the Panthers couldn't start a rally as they fell, 8-4.

Lane finished 1-for-3 with two RBI, while Levesque finished 2-for-4 with two doubles.

The Panthers have a bye week before closing out the regular season with nationally ranked Florida State at home May 7-9. Game one begins Friday, May 7 at 6 p.m. on the ACCNX.