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Sydney Jones
Michael Vesci
1
American Int'l AIC 3-12
4
Winner Post POST 2-14
American Int'l AIC
3-12
1
Final
4
Post POST
2-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
American Int'l AIC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Post POST 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4 7 0

W: Lipsky, Katelyn (2-4) L: Julia Krijgsman (0-7)

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Winner American Int'l AIC 4-12
7
Post POST 2-15
Winner
American Int'l AIC
4-12
16
Final
7
Post POST
2-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
American Int'l AIC 2 1 10 0 3 16 16 1
Post POST 0 2 0 2 3 7 8 3

W: Gabrielle Lambert (3-5) L: McGurk, Meghan (0-5)

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

Softball Snaps Four-Game Losing Streak in Split Wednesday with AIC


WATERBURY, Conn. – Graduate catcher Sydney Jones hit her first collegiate home run in game one of Post University Softball's doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon against AIC at home, as part of her two home run day as the Eagles snapped their four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win in game one before falling in game two to the Yellow Jackets, 16-7.

THE BASICS

Post University 4, AIC 1

Post University 7, AIC 16 (5 Innings)

Post University (2-15)

AIC (4-12)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 4, AIC 1
After allowing 23 stolen bases in yesterday's road doubleheader against Assumption, Jones had a big day at the plate and behind the plate, throwing out a runner in the sixth, for the Eagles in their second win of the season. Jones tied the game in the second at one all with her first home run of the year after freshman utility player Macey Burns gave the Yellow Jackets the lead in the top of the frame.

But graduate right-hander Katelyn Lipsky would dominate in the circle for Post outside of that one run allowed, giving up just three hits with six strikeouts and a walk, finishing the seven-inning affair on only 71 pitches. Tied at one in the fifth, that would be where the Eagles broke away to snap their four-game losing streak with a three-run inning.

With the bases loaded and nobody out, sophomore outfielder Hannah Searles gave Post the lead, 2-1, with her sacrifice fly, before sophomore first baseman Alexandra Bisceglia brought in two more with her double off sophomore pitcher Trinity LaValley. As for senior pitcher Julia Krijgsman, she would take the loss for AIC, falling to 0-7 on the year after allowing four runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

In both the sixth and seventh innings, Lipsky faced the minimum for Post en route to her second win on the mound this season in the 4-1 win.

Game 2: Post University 7, AIC 16 (5 Innings)
A 10-run third inning would be all the Yellow Jackets needed to run away with game two and earn themselves a split with the Eagles after taking a 3-0 lead after 1 1/2 innings of play. Post would come back with two runs in the bottom of the second, making it a 3-2 game behind graduate third baseman Nyla Sapia scoring on a wild pitch and Searles driving in a run off of sophomore pitcher Gabrielle Lambert.

However, 13 batters would come to the plate in the third for AIC, who produced 10 runs on seven hits, including a big three-run blast from junior infielder Mikayla Doucette off of freshman right-hander Bailey Ruel. Post would have three different players on the mound in the frame as sophomore right-hander Meghan McGurk started the inning before being lifted for junior left-hander Devin Barnett. Barnett would allow seven runs on four hits with three walks and one strikeout, while Ruel was charged with five runs (four earned) on five hits with a wild pitch and a hit batter.

Three different players for the Yellow Jackets would record three hits in Burns, junior outfielder Lauryn Ramalho, and sophomore infielder Brianna Salazar combined to go 9-for-14 with three RBIs. Sophomore infielder Nevaeh Trejo led the AIC offense with four RBIs, going 2-for-3 with one run scored, while Doucette was a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk. 

On the Post side, Sapia and junior utility player Allysa Calabrese each had two-hit games, while Jones clobbered her second home run of the afternoon in the fifth inning, a two-run shot, in her 1-for-1 performance with two RBIs, two walks, and three runs scored in the 16-7 defeat.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Katelyn Lipsky has allowed just one run on the mound, while manufacturing six strikeouts and only one walk in both of the Post University wins that she is responsible for this season
  • Sydney Jones hit her first collegiate home run in game one, a solo home run in the second inning as part of her 2-for-3 performance with an RBI and run scored, before homering again in game two, a two-run shot, as she had two RBIs, three runs scored, and two walks in that affair
  • In the all-time series, Post University's two-game winning streak against AIC was snapped with the game two loss, while they now trail 14-16 overall
  • The 16 allowed runs by Post University in game two were the most allowed in a single game against AIC in the all-time series, which started back during the 2005 season
 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University continues its six-game homestand on Saturday when they face Chestnut Hill College for Senior Day, which gets underway at 11:40 PM. First pitch for game one will be at 1:00 PM as the Eagles look to snap a three-game losing streak against the Griffins.
 
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