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Maddison Caldwell
Bianca Stiles
2
Post POST 3-20
5
Winner Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 10-14
Post POST
3-20
2
Final
5
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE
10-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Post POST 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0 1 0 2 2 0 X 5 9 1

W: J. Moody (3-4) L: Barnett, Devin (0-7)

7
Winner Post POST 4-20
2
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 10-15
Winner
Post POST
4-20
7
Final
2
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE
10-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Post POST 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 6 2
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 3

W: Caldwell, Maddison (1-8) L: D. Walters (6-5)

Game Recap: Softball | | Michael Vesci, Director of Athletic Communications

Softball Escapes Bloomfield with Split, Earns First Conference Victory of the Season

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Six conference games, three big days of games for Post University Softball opened up on Friday afternoon against Bloomfield College down in New Jersey. While the in-conference struggles continued in game one as the Eagles fell 5-2, the bats came alive in game two and used one of the best starts of the season to get their first conference win of the year, 7-2, over the Bears.

THE BASICS

Post University 2, Bloomfield College 5
 
Post University 7, Bloomfield College 2

Post University (4-20, 1-7 CACC)

Bloomfield College (10-15, 7-3 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 2, Bloomfield College 5
A leadoff single for graduate outfielder Samantha Riccardulli helped lead to the first run of the day for the Eagles as she would end up on third after a ground out and then a passed ball by sophomore right-hander Jocelyn Moody with two outs. Reaching on an error would be senior infielder Lily Tomasiello, allowing Riccardulli to score and give Post a 1-0 lead after one.
 
Freshman left-hander Devin Barnett had another solid start on the mound for the Eagles as she went four innings while allowing three runs on six hits with a strikeout. Bloomfield tied the game on a wild pitch in the second inning by the freshman before Tomasiello gave Post the lead back briefly with her RBI double in the third.
 
In Barnett's last inning of work, Moody would tie the game up at two with her solo home run to center field, and senior infielder Naya Olacio gave the Bears their first lead of the day, 3-2, with her RBI single before the Eagles escaped the inning. With senior right-hander Jenny Riquelme taking over in the fifth, Bloomfield tacked on two more runs via a passed ball issued to senior catcher Julianna Cicala and another RBI single from Moody.
 
On the mound, Moody stifled Post for the final three innings of work en route to her third victory of the season in the 5-2 game-one win for the Bears. The right-hander went a complete game in which she allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks in the win. In her two innings of relief, Riquelme allowed two runs on three hits and threw one wild pitch.

Game 2: Post University 7, Bloomfield College 2
Like in game one and for the third game in a row overall, the Eagles got on the scoreboard first as junior infielder Bailey Dickenson scored senior outfielder Julia Maida from third on her sacrifice fly to left and then two innings later helped her team's cause with an RBI single on the infield to make it a 2-0 game. Senior outfielder Carli Perruso tacked on an insurance run in the fourth as well with her sacrifice fly to right field, extending the Post lead to three.
 
Dealing the big blow in the fifth was Tomasiello as her towering home run to left field put two more runs on the board for the Eagles. But the senior was not done there as her sacrifice fly in the sixth made it 7-0, putting Post on the brink of a mercy rule after senior shortstop Caitlin DeAngelis plated junior infielder Brooke Dickenson with her RBI single earlier on.
 
Two runs would come in for the Bears in the final two innings as a double steal and a passed ball made it a 7-2 edge for Post which they would hold on to for the win. In her start, Caldwell spun a nearly flawless game going all seven innings in which she allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits on just 75 pitches to get her first victory on the mound this year.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Lily Tomasiello finished the doubleheader going 2-for-5 with a home run, four runs batted in, and five runs scored along with a walk – Tomasiello has now homered in two of her last four games and has three long balls on the season now
  • Maddison Caldwell earned her first win of the season after going seven innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits – Caldwell's last win on the mound came against Chestnut Hill College on the road last April in a complete game where she allowed just one run
  • Post University is now 2-5 when scoring first after doing so in both games of the doubleheader while remaining 2-15 when allowing the first run of the game this season
  • This is the third straight year in which Post University has split their doubleheader against Bloomfield College – The Eagles have not been swept by the Bears since 2013 which was at LaMoy Field and the last time they were swept on the road by Bloomfield was 2008

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will have less than 24 hours to get ready for their next doubleheader as they take on Holy Family University tomorrow afternoon with game one starting at 12:00 PM. The two teams have split their last four games against each other with the Eagles splitting the doubleheader last season after losing game one, 6-4, and then coming back to win game two, 11-3, at home.
 
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