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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Despite holding Boston College to just three hits during a sleet-filled afternoon on Wednesday, Beanpot glory was temporarily put on hold for the Northeastern baseball team as the Huskies were ousted by the Eagles, 4-1, in the semifinals.
 
Weather impacted both teams' offensive production throughout the game as the two programs combined for five runs on seven total hits. Though the first-pitch temperature was listed as 39 degrees, a mixture of snow, rain, and sleet toyed with hitters all day, keeping ground balls in the infield and fly balls within the outfield wall.
 
Pat Madigan's single with two outs in the top half of the fourth inning was the first hit of the game for either Northeastern (11-20, 4-5 CAA) or Boston College (15-16, 5-9 ACC). The base-hit also extended the NU outfielder's reached-base streak to an impressive 27 straight games. Madigan would eventually score the Huskies' lone run of the game on a bases-loaded walk later in the inning.
 
Center fielder Michael Foster bumped his hit streak up to three consecutive games with a ninth-inning double, finishing the game going one-for-four with a walk. Teammate Rob Fonseca went one-for-four as well, while first baseman Cam Hanley walked twice, picking up his ninth RBI of the season in the process.
 
James Mulry fell into a strikeout groove during the opening three frames, fanning five straight BC hitters between the first and third innings. Mulry's midweek outing was shortened due to pitch count, but the left-hander left the game in the fourth having retired seven consecutive Eagles batters.
 
First-year reliever John Amendola tossed 4.1 innings of relief after helping fellow freshman Brian Christian out of a jam in the bottom of the fourth. Amendola allowed just one run on two hits during the back half of the game while striking out three and walking one.
 
Boston College left fielder Chris Shaw churned out two of the Eagles' three hits on the day after a two-for-four outing at the plate. Center fielder Matthew Strem tallied a single, an RBI, and a run to help BC starter Eric Stone claim his second victory of the season. Stone struck out four while allowing one run on three hits.
 
Strong defense and lack of offense contributed to both squad's scoreless and hitless opening to the Beanpot semifinals. BC managed to put its first two runners aboard in the bottom of the first inning after Mulry issued a walk to Jake Palomaki and NU shortstop Maxwell Burt had no play on a challenging fielder's choice. Mulry would recover by striking out five straight BC hitters acorss three innings, but the Huskies struggled as well early on as Stone retired each of the first 11 Northeastern hitters he faced.
 
Once Madigan was able to break through with a single in the top of the fourth, NU proceeded to load the bases as Fonseca singled and Treff was hit by a pitch in the next at-bat. The Huskies would take a 1-0 lead after Stone walked Hanley on four straight balls following an 0-1 count, but Piscopo struck out to end the rally.
 
Christian entered the game in the bottom of the fourth but allowed Boston College to tie the game at 1-1 upon three total walks and a single. The freshman soon found his edge by striking out Nick Sciortino and Stephen Sauter, back-to-back, but another hit-by-pitch and walk brought two runners in, giving BC a 3-1 lead.
 
Base runners were few and far between for both teams during the second half of the game. Mason Koppens reached base for NU in the fifth after laying a perfectly-placed bunt down the third-base line for a single, but the Huskies could not move the freshman around the bags. NU would load the bases again in the sixth on an error, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch, but again the Huskies were quieted by the BC defense.
 
Amendola retired 10 straight Boston College hitters upon entering the game in the fourth until issuing a lead-off walk to Joe Cronin in the eighth. BC would increase its lead to 4-1 on a pair of singles by Shaw and Strem, but a heads-up defensive play by Amendola allowed the Huskies to retire the Eagles' lead runner at third. Treff proceeded to throw a stealing Strem out at third, keeping the NU deficit at three.
 
Foster managed to keep Northeastern's hopes of a Beanpot championship alive with two outs in the ninth and the rain coming down heavily, but the Huskies would strand him at second as BC claimed a 4-1 victory in the semfinal round.
 
Since the second semifinal game between Harvard and Massachusetts (held in Amherst, Mass.) was rescheduled from today due to rain, NU will have to wait to find out who it will play in the Beanpot consolation game on Wednesday, April 22, at Fenway Park. For the time being, the Huskies will prepare to face James Madison for a three-game series this weekend at Friedman Diamond beginning Friday, April 10, at 3 p.m.