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Sydney Jones
Owen Brown
6
Bridgeport BRIDGEPO 18-15, 3-2 CACC
7
Winner Post POST 7-21, 4-3 CACC
Bridgeport BRIDGEPO
18-15, 3-2 CACC
6
Final
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Post POST
7-21, 4-3 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bridgeport BRIDGEPO 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 2
Post POST 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 7 11 0

W: McGurk, Meghan (2-7) L: Vise Zarate (10-6)

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Winner Bridgeport BRIDGEPO 19-15, 4-2 CACC
1
Post POST 7-22, 4-4 CACC
Winner
Bridgeport BRIDGEPO
19-15, 4-2 CACC
9
Final
1
Post POST
7-22, 4-4 CACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Bridgeport BRIDGEPO 0 7 0 0 2 9 12 0
Post POST 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

W: Samantha Ledger (8-3) L: Lipsky, Katelyn (5-8)

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

Jones Continues Seventh-Inning Magic in Game One Walk-Off Win, Softball Splits with Bridgeport


WATERBURY, Conn. – Graduate catcher Sydney Jones continued the seventh-inning magic for Post University Softball as she completed a six-run comeback against the University of Bridgeport in game one, as the Eagles took a 7-6 victory in dramatic fashion as part of a split with the Purple Knights, who took game two, 9-1, in nine innings at LaMoy Field on Friday afternoon. 

THE BASICS

Post University 7, University of Bridgeport 6

Post University 1, University of Bridgeport 9 (5 Innings)

Post University (7-22, 4-4 CACC)

University of Bridgeport (19-15, 4-2 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 7, University of Bridgeport 6
Things would not start the way that the Eagles would have hoped they would, as junior right-hander Allysa Calabrese was rocked for five runs in only two innings of action, allowing seven hits, while walking and striking out two batters. With sophomore right-hander Meghan McGurk relieving Calabrese, she held the Bridgeport offense in check, allowing just a sacrifice fly to junior infielder McKenzie Morgan in the fourth.

The Purple Knights had the bases loaded to start that fourth inning, too, but after the sacrifice fly, McGurk would get the next two batters to strike out swinging, ending the threat and scoring the rest of the game for Bridgeport. Post would still trail 6-1 heading into the bottom of that frame, but slowly began to chip away at the deficit with two runs on an RBI single by freshman utility player Tatiana Martinez and a sacrifice fly by sophomore outfielder Hannah Searles, making it a 6-3 game.

Graduate infielder Nyla Sapia added on another run in the fifth with her RBI groundout against senior pitcher Vise Zarate, before the second seventh-inning comeback in as many days came about for the Eagles. After sophomore infielder Angelica Tompkins walked, Zarate would retire the next two batters before Tompkins was nearly thrown out at third with Sapia at the dish on a wild pitch.

Sapia kept the game alive with an RBI single on a 3-2 pitch, bringing Jones to the plate with a chance to win it. Down to their final strike again, Jones drove Zarate's pitch over the wall in right-center field, walking off the Eagles for the second time in three games, 7-6, against Bridgeport. The victory completed a stretch of six unanswered runs, while snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Purple Knights dating back to the 2018 season.

Game 2: Post University 1, University of Bridgeport 9 (5 Innings)
After Tompkins continued the scoring for the Eagles into game two with her RBI single against junior pitcher Samantha Ledger, she would hold Post in check the rest of the five-inning affair. Winning her eighth game of the season in the circle, Ledger allowed just that one run on two hits, which came in the first and fifth innings, along with walking four and striking out three on 64 pitches.

Graduate right-hander Katelyn Lipsky started off strong for Post, but her undoing would be the second inning, in which she allowed seven runs on six hits with two walks and a strikeout, knocking her out of the game after the frame, as the Purple Knights opened up a six-run lead, 7-1. McGurk would come in to pitch the final three innings, allowing two runs on six hits with two walks. 

Across the entire Purple Knights lineup, five different players recorded multi-hit performances, while seven total had at least one hit and one RBI, and all nine starters reached base safely in some capacity in the 9-1 win for Bridgeport, which earned them the split. 

BY THE NUMBERS
  • With her home run in game one, Sydney Jones now has four on the season for Post University, which is the most for a single player since Lily Tomasiello led the team with nine home runs during the 2024 season
  • Samantha Ledger moved to 8-3 in the circle for the University of Bridgeport after allowing only one run on two hits with four walks and three strikeouts in game two 
  • So far this season, Post University holds a 7-4 record when committing no fielding errors in a game – The Eagles finished both games without recording an error on Friday
  • Winning game one on a walk-off home run, this was the second time in three games in which Post University has won a game via walk-off, while also snapping a nine-game losing streak against the University of Bridgeport in the all-time series, dating back to the 2018 season
 
WHO'S NEXT
The eight-game homestand for Post University will conclude next Wednesday when they face Dominican (N.Y.) at home, starting at 2:00 PM in the doubleheader. The Eagles have lost five of their last six games against the Lady Chargers since the start of the 2023 season, with the lone win being a walk-off hit by Bailey Dickenson to enforce the eight-run mercy rule, 9-1, in five innings.
 
 
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