VIERA, Fla. – Freshman utility player Angelica Tompkins made it two straight games with a run batted in, plating two runs on her RBI double in the fourth inning for Post University Softball to help them jump out to a 4-0 lead on Franklin Pierce University on Saturday in Florida. However, seven unanswered runs by the Ravens and four errors in the field by the Eagles would turn the tide of the matchup, sending Post to their seventh consecutive loss with a 7-5 final in their first game of the day. 

THE BASICS

Post University 5, Franklin Pierce University 7  

Post University (0-7)

Franklin Pierce University (6-5)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior right-hander Alyssa Hughes had a strong start, which was her first of the season, keeping the Franklin Pierce bats at bay for the first three innings before the Post offense came to life in the fourth inning, providing her with a 4-0 lead. It would start with a two-run double by Tompkins, giving the Eagles a two-run lead, followed by senior infielder Brooke Dickenson's RBI single to left and a fielder's choice from freshman utility player Alexandra Bisceglia to give Post that four-run advantage.

Two infield hits from sophomore infielder Charlit Hartenstein and senior infielder Haley Bigwood would be two of the four total base knocks that the Ravens would manufacture in the bottom of the fourth, providing them with two runs to cut their deficit in half, 4-2, after a two-run single from freshman first baseman Maisie Lerette ended the inning with Bigwood being thrown out at home.

Finishing off a stretch of seven unanswered runs, two errors at third by senior third baseman Nyla Sapia resulted in Franklin Pierce loading the bases and scoring twice on the second error by Sapia, tying the game with one out in the fifth. Still threatening for more, the Ravens loaded the bases back up for freshman third baseman Kaylee Fraund and Bigwood, who notched back-to-back infield singles that gave the opposition their first lead of the day, 6-4. 

Freshman infielder Taylor Ellis, who tied the game when she reached base safely on Sapia's fifth-inning error, doubled home an insurance run in the sixth inning to cap off the seven-run swing by the Ravens. While Post would try to threaten in the seventh, sophomore utility player Allysa Calabrese would make it a two-run game with one out via her RBI triple, but sophomore right-hander Kennedy Morris, who pitched the final 3 2/3 innings, retired the next two hitters, securing the 7-5 win for the Ravens. 

Morris would pick up her fourth win of the season, throwing those 3 2/3 innings in which she allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts while Hughes suffered her first loss on the mound for the Eagles after going all six innings allowing seven runs (four earned) on 12 hits with two strikeouts and a walk. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Allysa Calabrese finished the game 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI, extending her on-base streak to six consecutive games -- Calabrese only did not reach base in the first game of the season for Post University when the Eagles were no-hit by Southern Connecticut State University
• Angelica Tompkins has now recorded hits in back-to-back games as well as driven in three runs in the same span -- Tompkins finished the game 1-for-3 with a two-run double
• Through their first seven games, Post University has committed an error in each game for a total of 19 errors so far this season -- The Eagles have also recorded four errors in back-to-back games after committing four yesterday against D'Youville University and then today against Franklin Pierce University 
• Post University has now lost five straight games to Franklin Pierce University and falls to 3-9-1 in the all-time series with the last win coming in 2023, a 4-3 win, in Rindge, New Hampshire

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will face Saint Anselm College at 2:30 PM in their second game of the day, which will be the first matchup between the two programs since the 2016 season. That game was also played in Florida with the Eagles coming out on top with a 6-3 win.