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Angelica Tompkins
Michael Vesci
6
Post POST 9-25
9
Winner Mercy MERCY 19-14
Post POST
9-25
6
Final
9
Mercy MERCY
19-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Post POST 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2
Mercy MERCY 1 0 1 0 0 7 X 9 13 3

W: Marina Provencio (2-0) L: Lipsky, Katelyn (7-10) S: Mackayla Secoda (1)

7
Post POST 9-26
12
Winner Mercy MERCY 20-14
Post POST
9-26
7
Final
12
Mercy MERCY
20-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Post POST 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 9 1
Mercy MERCY 1 0 3 0 4 4 X 12 13 2

W: Lauren McSweeney (7-5) L: Lipsky, Katelyn (7-11)

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

Tompkins Homers Twice in Softball's Doubleheader, Eagles Swept by Mercy

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Sophomore infielder Angelica Tompkins belted two home runs on the road against Mercy University in what was the final non-conference doubleheader of the season for Post University Softball on Wednesday afternoon. However, the Eagles would see a five-run lead in game one evaporate with a seven-run sixth by the Mavericks, dropping the decision, 9-6, before Mercy made another comeback in game two to sweep the pair of games, 12-7.

THE BASICS

Post University 6, Holy Family University 9

Post University 7, Mercy University 12

Post University (9-26)

Mercy University (20-14)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1: Post University 6, Mercy University 9
The game played out similarly to game one on Saturday against Holy Family University, but this time it was the Eagles taking the early 1-0 lead on an RBI walk issued to freshman infielder Haley DiBona by freshman pitcher Mya Marelli. Junior Julianna Coluccio would respond in kind with an RBI double off graduate right-hander Katelyn Lipsky to tie the game up at one, before Post went on to score five unanswered runs.

It started in the second with another walk and wild pitch by Marelli, this time to sophomore infielder Alexandra Bisceglia, before Tompkins knocked her second home run of the season, making it a 6-1 game in the frame. The final run of the contest for the Eagles would come in the third on an error by junior second baseman Allison Murphy, before the Mavericks responded in the sixth.

With Lipsky cruising along, things would unravel in the sixth as seven runs came across for Mercy to steal game one. It started with an RBI single from Coluccio, followed by a bases-clearing triple from freshman outfielder Emma Jackson, which made it a one-run game. Following a game-tying single by Murphy, junior shortstop Averi Miller gave the home team the lead with her RBI double, ending Lipsky's outing.

In her place, sophomore right-hander Meghan McGurk would allow a two-run home run to Coluccio, who finished a triple short of the cycle with four RBIs, before escaping the inning. Senior Mackayla Secoda allowed the tying run in Bisceglia to get to the dish with two outs in the seventh, but retired her via the strikeout to end the comeback bid in a 9-6 loss for Post.

Game 2: Post University 7, Mercy University 12
Mashing her second home run of the day, Tompkins gave the Eagles a quick 2-0 lead against freshman Juliana Abbene in the first, before DiBona made it back-to-back long balls for Post with her third home run of the season. After leading 4-1 following an RBI single from DiBona in the third, once again, the Mavericks would strike back to tie the game up at four all.

Doing so right away in the bottom of the third, another RBI base-knock for Murphy followed by the second home run of the day for Coluccio, this time off junior right-hander Allysa Calabrese, evaporated the three-run edge. But the fifth inning would be Post's turn to respond as freshman utility player Tatiana Martinez, who has reached base safely in five of her last six games now, doubled in two runs off of Secoda, who entered in the second.

Calabrese would help out her cause on the mound as well, singling in another run, turning it into a three-run lead, 7-4, before running into trouble in the circle during the bottom of the frame. Walking the first two batters, Calabrese would be pulled for Lipsky after a two-run double by Miller with nobody out made it a one-run game, and a fielding error from the graduate student allowed Miller to score from third after a wild pitch, tying the game at seven.

Post's lead would disappear once more as a one-out double steal allowed Coluccio to cross home plate, giving Mercy their first lead of the game, 8-7, before Lipsky got out of the inning. Sophomore Lauren McSweeney, who pitched the final 2 1/3 innings for the Mavericks, would shut down Post's offense, allowing only one hit while striking out one, as the offense for Mercy put up four more runs in the sixth, en route to the 12-7 win.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • Angelica Tompkins finished the doubleheader with two home runs, bringing her season total to three – Tompkins hit her first collegiate home run earlier this year against Caldwell University on the road
  • While not playing in game two, Hannah Searles extended her season-long hitting streak to five consecutive games with a hit in game one of the doubleheader
  • In all three losses to Mercy University this season, Post University has led by three or more runs in the fourth inning or later – The Eagles have lost five consecutive games to the Mavericks in the all-time series since 2017
  • Julianna Coluccio dominated at the plate for Mercy University, going 6-for-8 with two home runs, a double, eight RBIs, and three runs scored in the sweep
 
WHO'S NEXT
The remaining six games on Post University's schedule will all be in conference play, as they start it off with a doubleheader against Wilmington University in a rescheduled bout from this past weekend, on the road at 1:30 PM. The Eagles have lost seven consecutive games against the Wildcats and 10 of the last 11 matchups since the 2019 season.
 
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