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Alyssa Hughes
Charlotte French
0
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0-26, 0-11 CACC
4
Winner Post POST 2-25, 1-10 CACC
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE
0-26, 0-11 CACC
0
Final
4
Post POST
2-25, 1-10 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Post POST 1 0 3 0 0 0 X 4 5 0

W: Hughes, Alyssa (1-5) L: K. Juskiewic (0-11)

4
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0-27, 0-12 CACC
6
Winner Post POST 3-25, 2-10 CACC
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE
0-27, 0-12 CACC
4
Final
6
Post POST
3-25, 2-10 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bloomfield BLOOMFIE 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 11 2
Post POST 0 1 0 4 1 0 X 6 7 1

W: Calabrese, Allysa (2-3) L: R. Romero (0-13)

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

Alyssa Hughes' First Collegiate Shutout, Allysa Calabrese's Bat Lead Softball Over Bloomfield to First Doubleheader Sweep Since 2023

WATERBURY, Conn. – It was the Alyssa and Allysa show at LaMoy Field on Wednesday afternoon for Post University Softball as senior right-hander Alyssa Hughes and sophomore right-hander Allysa Calabrese dominated for the Eagles in their doubleheader against Bloomfield College, snapping Post's 13-game losing streak and giving them its first doubleheader sweep since the end of the 2023 season.

Hughes' 4-0 shutout win in game one marked the first time in her collegiate career that she threw a complete-game shutout. Calabrese went 3-for-3 in game two, and her solid pitching performance capped off the sweep with a 6-4 victory in game two. 

THE BASICS

Post University 4, Bloomfield College 0 

Post University 6, Bloomfield College 4

Post University (3-25, 2-10 CACC)

Bloomfield College (0-27, 0-12 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 4, Bloomfield College 0
Hughes' first shutout of her collegiate career came in what was her 53rd career appearance for the Eagles in game one. The senior threw seven shutout innings, allowing just six hits while striking out five and walking two in her first victory of the season. 

All four of Post's runs came in the first three innings as senior third baseman Nyla Sapia hit a no-doubt home run over the left field wall off of junior right-hander Kate Juskiewicz in the first, giving the Eagles a quick 1-0 lead. Senior infielder Brooke Dickenson provided the rest of the offense with her bases-clearing double in the third, which also knocked Juskiewicz from the game.

Senior pitcher Jillian Holmes mowed through the final 3 2/3 innings of the affair for the Bears, just allowing two batters to reach via a pair of singles, while allowing no runners to get into scoring position. As a team, Post manufactured just five hits offensively, and defensively did not get credit with an error while allowing none of the six runners in scoring position for Bloomfield to cross home. 

Game 2: Post University 6, Bloomfield College 4
Calabrese's big 3-for-3 afternoon in game two with three runs scored helped complement her pitching performance en route to the 6-4 win for the Eagles. Calabrese pitched all seven innings of her outing, throwing only 69 pitches while allowing four runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts and one walk. Freshman utility player Alexandra Bisceglia helped the sophomore come across the plate for Post's first run of the game following her second-inning triple off of sophomore pitcher Rayn Romero.

Romero, who fell to 0-13 for Bloomfield this year, threw all six innings while allowing six runs (three earned) on seven hits with four strikeouts, three walks, and three wild pitches. Two of those three wild pitches would lead to two runs for the Eagles in the fourth inning as part of their four-run inning, while freshman utility player Hannah Searles reached safely on an error and Brooke Dickenson drove in her fourth run of the afternoon between the two games to open up a 6-0 lead for Post. 

But the Bears would not go away quietly as freshman outfielder Jadenalia Rodriguez's RBI double and an RBI single from Holmes cut the Eagle lead down to four runs, 6-2, before Juskiewicz's two-run homer with nobody out in the seventh threatened Post's chances at the doubleheader conference sweep. After Romero singled to put the tying run at the plate, junior catcher Brianna Hynds would throw her out trying to steal second while Calabrese set down the next two batters, putting an end to the threat and sending the Eagles to their second straight win. 

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Throwing her first collegiate shutout in 53 appearances with Post University, Alyssa Hughes threw seven shutout innings in game one, allowing no runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two walks – Hughes now has 15 career complete games with the Eagles
  • Nyla Sapia's home run in game one was the second of her collegiate career between her time at Post University and two seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas College – Sapia finished game one with a 2-for-3 performance with two runs scored and an RBI via her home run 
  • Allysa Calabrese picked up her second win on the mound this season after going all seven innings while allowing four runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts and a walk -- Calabrese was also a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate in game two with a triple and three runs scored 
  • Earning a doubleheader sweep over Bloomfield College today, this marks the first time since 2021 in which Post University has swept the Bears in a doubleheader, as well as the first doubleheader sweep since April 26th, 2023, when the Eagles swept Chestnut Hill College to end the season 

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will host Senior Day this Sunday afternoon at 12:40 PM, before taking on Holy Family University in a doubleheader starting at 1:00 PM at LaMoy Field. The Eagles have lost four of the last five games they have played against the Tigers, being swept last season 8-0 and 5-4 on the road. 
 
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