Post Softball Falls to Dominican in Conference Action; Bentson Hits Grand Slam

DOMINICAN, NY – The Post Eagles Softball team lost two crucial conference games Thursday on the road. Kim Bentson hit a homerun in the first game and a grand slam in the second totaling 6 RBIs on the day.

Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2

Game one was closely contested through 2.5 innings. Post trailed by 1 as Dominican scored in the bottom of the second. The number 2 team in the conference Dominican hit their stride in the third inning scoring 5 runs.

Post scored their first run in the top of the 4th. Kim Bentson hit her 3rd home room of the season. It was a solo blast making the score 6-1.

Post held Dominican scoreless in the bottom of the 4th inning. In the top of the 5th, Samantha Canning doubled to left field as the lead-off batter. Deeper into the order, Emily Archer singled to left field scoring two runs for Post.

Post would fall in the first game 11-3.

In game two, the game was tied at one heading into the bottom of the 4th. Similar to the first game, Dominican scored 6 runs on 5 hits. However, this time the Eagles struck back in the top of the 5th scoring 5 of their own and cutting the lead to only one run. Contributing to the effort was the grand slam hit by Kim Bentson  which was her second homerun of the day. 

Down by three runs, (9-6) Post scored one more in the 6th inning. Bentson singled to center field, scoring junior pitcher Stephanie Carrillo. Dominican scored two more runs in the 7th to pick up an 11-7 win.

Post will play Friday at home against Bloomfield, making up the games rained out on Tuesday.