WATERBURY, Conn. –  Freshman safety Rihanna Boland picked off three passes for Post University Women's Flag Football as the defense continued its dominant Sunday afternoon with a 26-6 victory over Bryant and Stratton College to wrap up a 2-0 day at LaMoy Field. Boland had five interceptions across the two games, totaling 46 return yards in the second game, and also had a pass breakup in the win. 

THE BASICS

Post University 26, Bryant & Stratton College 6

Post University (2-2)

Bryant & Stratton College (1-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Like the first game of the day, it was all Eagles from the very beginning as they had their way with both Lundyn Benjamin and Nicole Spinelli, who were under center for the Bobcats. On the very first drive of the game for Bryant and Stratton, Benjamin would get picked off by freshman safety Aniyah Booker, who, for the second time on the afternoon, returned the interception to the house, this time for a 65-yard score that got the Eagles on the board right away. 

That interception was the first of four that the Eagles would snag as Boland had two in the first half and another in the second half to lead a Post defense that allowed just 13 points between the two games. Benjamin would run in the only touchdown the Bobcats had, a five-yard scramble at the end of the third, which cut into an Eagle lead that had grown to 18 points already.

After the Booker pick for a score in the first half, junior quarterback Delia Kotsaftis went to work again, hitting sophomore wide receiver Hannah Vancise with a 10-yard touchdown pass, before junior wide receiver Melanie Carrasco rushed in an 11-yard score for the offense in the second to build the Eagle lead to 18 points going into halftime.

Kotsaftis threw her second touchdown pass of the game in the second half, a 15-yard hookup with freshman wide receiver Wilma Fjall in the fourth, to cap off her 5-for-10 game in the air for 45 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. Post's ground game elicited 179 rushing yards among six different players as sophomore running back Hanna Solis led the way with 64 rushing yards on seven carries.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Rihanna Boland finished the game with three interceptions, a new single-game record for Post University, as part of a day where she had five total interceptions across the two wins the Eagles had 
• Aniyah Booker had a pick-six for the second consecutive game, taking this one 65 yards for a touchdown after returning a 30-yard interception to the house earlier in the day
• Hannah Vancise finished the entire afternoon with three touchdown grabs for 73 receiving yards, hauling in a 10-yard touchdown pass against Bryant and Stratton College
• The fourth-quarter safety for Post University was the first time in program history that they have tallied points via safety in a game

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University plays on the road for the first time next weekend on Saturday, as they head to Buffalo, New York, to face Villa Maria College at 11:00 AM and then D'Youville University at 12:30 PM.