Waterbury, Conn. - The Post University softball team put up seven early runs in game one and held on late to defeat LIU Post, 7-3 in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles dropped game two, 8-1.

The Eagles put up two runs in the first as junior Leyri Rivera (Dover, N.J.) scored on an error after she singled to lead off the inning. Later in the inning, freshman Bailee Zaccaro (Levittown, Pa.) grounded into a fielder's choice that scored freshman Kasey Jusino (Bordentown, N.J.), who singled earlier in the inning.

The big inning came in the bottom of the second, as the Eagles scored five runs, highlighted by a two-run double from sophomore Demi Rivera (Hazlet, N.J.) that scored Jusino and sophomore Cassidy Petrie (Staten Island, N.Y.) to make it a 7-0 game. Earlier in the inning Petrie had an RBI double that scored sophomore Brittany Giordano (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and freshman Jazmin Andrews (Queens, N.Y.) that gave Post a 4-0 lead. Jusino added an RBI single to score Leyri Rivera.

The Pioneers added two runs in the fourth and one in the seventh on a solo home run by Julia Seader

Freshman Christina Loeffler (East Meadow, N.Y.) got the win for the Eagles (7-12, 1-5 CACC), pitching 3.1 innings, and striking out two while giving up two earned runs. Demi Rivera got the save in 3.2 innings of relief.

In game two, LIU Post jumped out to a 4-0 lead, and Jusino homered for the Eagles in the 8-1 win for the Pioneers.

The Pioneers scored four runs in the second, highlighted by a two-run double from Patricia Dun. Jusino's homer came in the bottom of the second to lead off the inning.

The Eagles had four hits in the game. Two of those from freshman Allyson Wallauer (Landenberg, Pa.) who went 2-for-2 on the day.

The Eagles take on Nyack in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader on Thursday on the road. First pitch is at noon.