RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Post University softball team extended its win streak to five games on Wednesday afternoon as the Eagles swept Felician in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader. Post won the first game 7-1 and took game two 6-3.
The Eagles had 20 total hits on the afternoon, including 14 in game two. Seven Post batters had two or more hits, led by sophomore
Emily Schaffer (Hazlet, N.J.) with four. Senior
Samantha Esque (Springfield, Pa.) earned the victory in both games as she threw 11.0 innings allowing just two runs (one earned) and seven strikeouts.
Game One – Post 7, Felician 1
Post did all its damage in the first inning with two outs. Senior
Kayla Kresley (Alburtis, Pa.) got things started with a double to left center. Two batters later, freshman
Marissa Wilson (Holbrook, N.J.) drove her in with a base hit to left. The Eagles left the bases loaded in each of the first two innings.
Felician would tie the game 1-1 in the second with the help of two errors by Post. The Eagles drew three walks in the third, but once again stranded everyone.
Senior
Kaitlin Iacomini (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) hit an RBI single to right with one out in the fifth to start a big inning for Post. Kresley followed with a ground-rule double as the Eagles extended their lead to 4-1. Junior
Erica Ragazzone (Philadelphia, Pa.) was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Wilson drew a walk to push across another run.
Schaffer and junior
Kathryn Dawson (Newfields, N.H.) also added RBIs in the inning as Post led 7-1.
Esque shut the door on the Golden Falcons and did not allow a baserunner after the second inning to pick. She gave up just one hit and struck out four in the game.
Game Two – Post 6, Felician 3
Mia Montoya hit a two out single in centerfield in the first inning as Felician grabbed a 2-0 lead early. Post looked to answer in the second as Schafer, Wilson, and Dawson consecutively singled to open the frame, but all three were stranded.
Schaffer doubled down the right field line to begin a five-run fourth. Dawson legged out an infield hit with one out as the Eagles put runners at the corners. Junior
Marissa Cammarano (Bedford, Mass.) drove in the first run with a base hit up the middle. Post tied the game 2-2 as Dawson came home on a squeeze bunt by classmate Kristin Owens (Exton, Pa.).
Cammarano scored the go-ahead run as junior
Natalie Lennox (Landenberg, Pa.) reached on an infield single. Sophomore
Korie McDonald (Middleboro, Mass.) singled up the middle and advanced into scoring position on a passed ball. Kresley cleared the bases with a knock through the left site as the Eagles led 5-2 through four innings.
Post would add another run on a sacrifice fly by Cammarano in the fifth. Felician hit back-to-back doubles to drive home its final run.
Esque pitched the final four innings, allowing a run while striking out three. Freshman
Leslie Denis (Swansea, Mass.) started and tossed three innings with two hits and a punchout.
The Eagles visit Holy Family on Saturday, April 9. First pitch in Philadelphia is set for noon.
