Leesburg, FL. - The Post University softball team led early in both games, but lost 5-3 to Slippery Rock and 7-3 to Bentley on Thursday afternoon.
In the first game of the day against Slippery Rock, the Eagles took advantage of three walks and a
Lily Tomasiello single to take a 1-0 lead.
Julianna Cicala was walked with the bases loaded that scored
Caitlin DeAngelis.
Jenny Riquelme retired the first six batters she faced, until Slippery Rock got on the board with three runs in the third, thanks in large part to a two-run single by Alexsa Hurd.
Post made it a 3-2 game after an RBI single from
Juliana Rigano who drove in
Allyson Wallauer, who doubled. Â
The Rock scored twice in the top of the seventh to take a 5-2 lead. In the bottom of the inning the Eagles loaded the bases with the benefit of two walks and a single from Wallauer. An error from The Rock off the bat of
Samantha Riccardulli scored Wallauer and kept the bases loaded with one, but the Eagles were unable to get another run across the plate.
Wallauer was 2-for-4 with two runs. Cicala was 2-for-2 while drawing two walks.
In the game against Bentley, Post jumped out to a 2-0 lead as
Caitlin DeAngelis hit a two-run homer that scored
Leyri Rivera, who singled to lead off the game.Â
Post increased its lead to 3-0 in the top of the third on an RBI single from Tomasiello.
The Falcons, however, scored three in the bottom of the inning, as Jordan Krause hit a two-run homer in the inning. In the fourth, the Falcons took the lead for good, scoring four runs, highlighted by a three-run homer by Kaylee Mankins.
Rigano went 2-for-3 in the game.
The Eagles wrap up their Florida trip with a game against Purdue Northwest University at 10 a.m., followed by a game against American International College (AIC) at 12:30 p.m.
