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SB Team
Jarrett Michaels
12
Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 3-0
0
Post POST 0-1
Winner
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
3-0
12
Final
0
Post POST
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 0 1 0 0 6 5 12 14 0
Post POST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

W: A. Lewis (2-0) L: Lipsky, Katelyn (0-1)

23
Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 4-0
7
Post POST 0-2
Winner
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
4-0
23
Final
7
Post POST
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 4 6 2 11 0 23 20 2
Post POST 1 0 2 4 0 7 9 3

W: G. DeLutri (2-0) L: McGurk, Meghan (0-1)

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

Softball Swept in Season Opener Against Southern Connecticut at Home

WATERBURY, Conn. – Junior right-hander Ashley Lewis threw her second no-hitter of the season for Southern Connecticut State University in Post University Softball's season opener while the bats for the Owls came to life, scoring 35 runs on 34 hits to sweep through the Eagles at LaMoy Field in game one, 12-0, in six innings followed by a 23-7 win in a five-inning finish for game two. 

THE BASICS

Post University 0, Southern Connecticut State University 12 (6 Innings)
 
Post University 7, Southern Connecticut State University 23 (5 Innings)

Post University (0-2)

Southern Connecticut State University (4-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 0, Southern Connecticut State University 12 (6 Innings)
Graduate right-hander Katelyn Lipsky got the ball for her first start as an Eagle, having a strong first four innings before the Southern Connecticut offense started to come to life against her. Up to that point, Lipsky had allowed one run (unearned) on three hits after a throwing error by senior infielder Brooke Dickenson extended the third inning and led to freshman catcher Sophia Angiolini's RBI single immediately afterwards.

Six runs would come across the plate against Lipsky in the fifth inning off an RBI triple by sophomore utility player Karley Austin and RBI double from freshman infielder Izzy Ingersoll with one out in the frame. Two straight singles by graduate outfielder Rachel Miller and sophomore utility player Olivia Young extended the Owl lead to five runs before a fly ball to center by senior utility player Dominique DeLutri popped out of freshman outfielder Isabella Oliver's glove and went over the fence for two more runs via the home run.

Senior right-hander Alyssa Hughes would come in to finish off the fifth before Southern Connecticut plated five more runs in the sixth to put them in mercy rule territory with more than an eight-run lead after five innings, leading 12-0. Lewis would proceed to finish off her second no hitter of the season with seven strikeouts and a walk, falling just short of a perfect game due to the walk she allowed to freshman utility player Meghan McGurk. 
 
Game 2: Post University 7, Southern Connecticut State University 23 (5 Innings)
The bats of the Owls continued to stay hot from the end of game one into game two, striking for 23 runs across the first four innings to pace themselves to a five-inning mercy rule with a 23-7 win. Eight of the nine starters for Southern Connecticut recorded hits in the victory with the top three hitters in Ingersoll, Young, and sophomore infielder Nicole Spinelli all recording three hits and driving in three RBIs each.

The top third of the Owl lineup finished the game 9-for-11 with four doubles, a home run, nine RBIs, and nine runs scored while senior infielder Nadia Cestari also recorded a three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Also driving in three runs was freshman infielder Cassidy Sullivan at the bottom of the order with a 2-for-4 day which included a double and two runs scored.

Trailing by 20 runs, 23-3, Post would get four back in the bottom of the fourth inning as sophomore utility player Allysa Calabrese drove home her second run of the game, finishing 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs, and a walk. Freshman first baseman Alexandra Bisceglia preceded Calabrese with her first collegiate hit and runs scored with a two-RBI double while freshman outfielder Hannah Searles drove in the other run via an error at third by Sullivan.

As a pitching staff, the three Post pitchers who entered the game combined to allow 23 runs (22 earned) on 20 hits with five walks, three wild pitches, one hit batter, and one strikeout while throwing a combined 125 pitches in the affair. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Alexandra Bisceglia tallied her first collegiate hit and runs batted in with a two-run double in game two -- Bisceglia finished the day 1-for-3 with that double, two RBIs, and a run scored 
  • Ashley Lewis threw her second no hitter of the season after doing the same against Bloomfield College on Tuesday afternoon – Lewis went the full six innings in which she struck out seven batters and walked one 
  • This is the fifth time since the start of the 2024 season in which Post University has been no-hit as they were held hitless in four games last year 
  • The 23 runs allowed by Post University were the most given up in program history, with the previous high being 20 runs against Winona State University on March 13th, 2005 

WHO'S NEXT
Post University takes on Southern New Hampshire University in a doubleheader at LaMoy Field next Tuesday starting at 1:00 PM before their trip down south to the Space Coast Spring Games. The Eagles are 1-12 in the all-time series against the Penmen with the one win coming during the 2014 season when they split their doubleheader at home. 

 
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