WATERBURY, Conn. – It was another day of walk-offs for Post University Softball as the Eagles had another come-from-behind victory at home in game one against Dominican (N.Y.) on Wednesday, taking a 7-6 decision in eight innings on an RBI single from graduate infielder Nyla Sapia, before dominating in game two for the sweep. While the second game would not be your typical walk-off hit, sophomore infielder Alexandra Bisceglia sent the Eagles to a five-inning mercy rule victory with her RBI single in the 8-0 win.

Post now sits at 6-4 in conference play so far this season and in a top-four spot in the conference standings, which means if the CACC Tournament started today, they would host the first round of playoff games at LaMoy Field.

THE BASICS

Post University 7, Dominican (N.Y.) 6 (8 Innings)

Post University 8, Dominican (N.Y.) 0 (5 Innings)

Post University (9-22, 6-4 CACC)

Dominican (N.Y.) (2-24, 1-9 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 7, Dominican (N.Y.) 6 (8 Innings)
It was another comeback victory in game one for the Eagles, as they stormed back from an early 3-0 deficit against the Lady Chargers to secure their fifth conference victory of the campaign. Sophomore right-hander Meghan McGurk would allow three runs in the first inning, two of which were unearned as an error by freshman infielder Haley DiBona, which scored the first run allowed in the frame to continue. Sophomore outfielder Victoria Iorio delivered the two-run, two-out single for Dominican (N.Y.), one of her two hits in the contest.

Sophomore pitcher Gianna Longo would go the distance in the extra-inning affair, throwing 153 pitches in the 7-6 decision. A passed ball allowed by junior catcher Isabella Mitterando allowed Post's first run to come in during the second, but senior outfielder Emily Angulo would get that run back in the third with her RBI single off of McGurk, before the bats went cold for the Lady Chargers until the seventh.

In the process, graduate catcher Sydney Jones would double home a run, and a walk issued to Bisceglia chipped the deficit down to one run, 4-3, in the fourth, before an interesting sixth inning. Loading the bases with nobody out via two walks and a hit batter, Post seemed prime to take the lead, and another passed ball seemed to do just that.

However, freshman utility player Tatiana Martinez would break home and would be ruled out just ahead of tapping the edge of the bag. In that same at-bat for sophomore outfielder Isabella Oliver, a wild pitch by Longo allowed the game-tying run to score before she would get out of the inning.
Walks would haunt the Eagles in the seventh too as McGurk loaded the bases up with two outs on walks and hit batters, leading to graduate right-hander Katelyn Lipsky being brought in to relieve her. On a low line drive to center, Oliver looked to make the diving catch on Mitterando's hit, but it would pop out of her glove, allowing two runs to score as Dominican (N.Y.) retook the lead, 6-4.

Down but never out, a two-out walk by Longo was the catalyst for a two-out, two-run triple by Martinez, as the dying ball could not be corralled by graduate outfielder Deja Robinson. After Longo escaped the inning, Post would finish things off in the eighth as a lead-off walk to Bisceglia eventually led to her getting on third with two outs before Sapia knocked her home with a hard infield single to the left side. For Sapia, it was her second walk-off hit in the last two weeks, as well as the third overall for the Eagles in the same span.

Game 2: Post University 8, Dominican (N.Y.) 0 (5 Innings)
From start to finish, the Eagles would dominate game two as Lipsky picked up her second win of the day and seventh of the season in the circle for Post. The graduate student spun five shutout innings for her first shutout victory as an Eagle, allowing just two hits while striking out two batters and walking one on 50 pitches. Her offense would immediately reward her in the first with a two-run, two-out double by junior utility player Allysa Calabrese off of Iorio, who got the start for the Lady Chargers, to put Post ahead, 2-0.

Iorio would remain winless in the circle this season for Dominican (N.Y.) as she fell to 0-8 following her four innings of work in which she allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits with three walks and a wild pitch. Four more runs would come across the plate for the Eagles in the fourth as Biceglia singled home a run, which scored via an error, as part of her 2-for-2 day with an RBI, a run scored, and two walks at the dish. Oliver would be the only other multi-hit player for Post as she tripled in Bisceglia, then scored on a wild pitch during her 2-for-3 performance with an RBI and two runs scored.

Martinez, who had the big two-run hit in the first game, made it three total RBIs in the doubleheader with her fifth-inning RBI single, which led to Bisceglia's at-bat moments later in which she rocketed a ball down the third base line for the game-winning run in the 8-0 shutout win for Post. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Sydney Jones continues to heat up at the plate, going 3-for-6 in the doubleheader today for Post University with a double, an RBI, a walk, and two runs scored
• In the last two weeks alone, Post University has had three seventh-inning comeback victories and three walk-off hits, including two by Nyla Sapia in that timeframe
• Katelyn Lipsky threw her first shutout of the season as she went the full five innings, allowing just two hits while striking out two batters and walking one in the game two victory -- Lipsky picked up both wins in the circle to move to 7-8 on the year
• Each of the last five matchups between Post University and Dominican (N.Y.) has either ended in less than seven innings or extra innings, as the Eagles have gone 3-2 against the Lady Chargers in that stretch 

 
WHO'S NEXT
Hitting the road for six consecutive games, Post University continues conference play this Saturday when they face Holy Family University, starting its doubleheader at 12:00 PM. The Eagles have lost seven of the last eight games they have played against the Tigers, including each of the last four head-to-head matchups.