BOSTON – The University of Notre Dame softball team dropped a 4-1 contest to the Boston College Eagles Friday night at the Harrington Athletics Village. All the scoring was done in the first two innings as both pitchers threw complete games. The Fighting Irish got runners on base, but couldn’t find the hit it needed push runs across the plate. The Irish fall to 27-13-1 overall and 9-9-1 in the ACC.
Payton Tidd started in the circle, throwing 6.0 innings. She allowed just five hits, four runs, one earned and struck out three in the loss.
The offense had six hits in the contest, led by a 3-for-4 effort from Joley Mitchell. Carlli Kloss, Macie Eck and Mickey Winchell each added a hit in the contest.
How It Happened
The Eagles jumped on top early, taking advantage of a couple defensive miscues. Lead-off hitter Aleyah Terrell knocked a ball into the left center field gap that rolled to the wall for a triple. A single to shallow right brought her in before a throwing error put runners on the corners. Meghan Schouten lifted her third homer of the year over the wall in left center to take a 4-0 lead after the first inning of play.
The Irish got a run back in the top of the second. A lead-off single from Eck got the rally going as a single from Kloss put runners on the corners. Mitchell drove a single up the middle to bring in Eck and cut the lead to 4-1.
Notre Dame threatened throughout the night, but couldn’t break through to take the lead. The Irish left 11 runners on base, including bringing the tying run to the plate in the seventh inning.
Up Next
The Irish are back in action tomorrow as they’ll play Boston College for two games beginning at 2 p.m. on the ACC Network.