The UB softball team took home two wins against Akron on April 3, but senior infielder Nicolette Jacobs also took home a ring.
Billy Kerner, Jacobs’ boyfriend, proposed at Nan Harvey Field after the Bulls’ doubleheader against the Zips. Video of the engagement has been retweeted or liked over 200 times on Twitter.
Jacobs said the location of the proposal was a childhood dream.
“Ever since I was a little girl, I always thought it would be very cool to be proposed to on a softball field,” Jacobs said. “I never thought it would happen, but it was very surreal.