CALDWELL, N.J. – The Post University softball team dropped both end of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader against first-place Caldwell on Sunday afternoon in its regular season finale. The Eagles lost 9-0 in five innings to open the day and 4-2 in the finale.
Game One – Caldwell 9, Post 0, F/5
Caldwell did all its damage in the first inning as it smacked four home runs and score nine runs to put the game out of reach. Senior
Emily Schaffer (Hazlet, N.J.) had the Eagles' only hit in the opener with a single to begin the fourth inning. Post never advanced a runner past first in the game.
Sophomore
Brianna Koref (Springfield, N.J.) pitched well in relief as she threw the final three innings allowing just two hits and no runs with one strikeout.
Game Two – Caldwell 4, Post 2
Post outhit the Cougars 9-5 in game two, but a four-run first was all Caldwell needed to grab the sweep. The Eagles had a hit in each of the first four innings but was unable to cut into the deficit.
Koref singled to start the sixth and Schaffer followed with her seventh homer of the year to cut the lead in half 4-2. Post looked to pull closer as freshman
Demi Rivera (Hazlet, N.J.) and senior
Sara Selimovski (Watertown, Conn.) followed with double to put two on with no outs. Two strikeouts and a flyout ended the threat.
Post loaded the bases with one out in the seventh after singles by sophomore
Skylar Devorin (Millville, Del.) and
Leyri Rivera (Dover, N.J.) and a walk to Schaffer. The next two Eagles were sat down via a strikeout to end the game.
After a tough first inning, freshman
Bridget Betley (Fairfield, N.J.) rallied to allow just one hit and two walks the rest of the way.
The Eagles will be the fifth seed in the CACC Tournament beginning on Thursday, May 3 in Lakewood, N.J. Post will play either Dominican or Georgian Court in the first round.