Softball Plays To 1-1 Split At Mercy
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (April 22, 2011) –
Junior second baseman Kendall Bright (Manlius, N.Y.) blasted her 10th home run of the season to lead the C.W. Post Pioneers to a 4-2 win over Mercy College in game one of an East Coast Conference softball doubleheader. The Mavericks rallied to take game two by a 3-2 score.
C.W. Post improves to 31-9 overall and 17-5 in the ECC. Mercy improves to 16-19 overall and 10-12 in conference play.
Bright's home run came in the fifth inning when she came to the plate with two outs and scaled the outfield fence to give C.W. Post a 2-0 lead. The Pioneers scratched out a run earlier in the third inning when Bright singled to score junior centerfielder
Kerry Fisher (Barto, Pa.) from first base.
In the seventh, Fisher came around to score the team's third run on an outfield error and Bright hit another RBI single that scored freshman third baseman
Nicole Hagenah (Commack, N.Y.), who had earlier reached with a single.
The Mavericks threatened in the bottom of the seventh when Tayla Gardner roped a two-run double. But senior pitcher
Christina Berardi (Raynham, Mass.) got out of the inning with a ground out to third to end the game.
Bright recorded three RBI in the game for the Pioneers as she was 3-for-4 at the plate.
Berardi let up two runs on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Gardner took the loss after allowing two earned runs on 10 hits and two walks with six strikeouts.
In game two, the Pioneers went ahead,1-0, in the first inning when Hagenah hit an RBI single.
The Mavericks matched the run in the bottom of the first when Kelly Bentson homered. The hosts took the lead in the bottom of the second when they hit their second home run, this time off the bat of Christina Lisboa for a two-run shot.
C.W. Post got a run back in the fourth courtesy of an RBI single from freshman leftfielder
Carly Chamberlain (Nesco, N.J.). But that was all the scoring C.W. Post would do in the game as the Mavericks closed it out for the win.
Mary Sieber got the win, scattering eight hits over seven innings and letting up two runs with five strikeouts.
Senior
Sarah Kiser (Arnold, Md.) suffered the loss, letting up one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts. Junior
Hayley Bettles (Surrey, British Columbia) and Berardi both came in relief and combined for four innings of shutout ball.
Sophomore first baseman
Kaci Hopkins (New Egypt, N.J.) led the Pioneers in hitting, batting 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored.
C.W. Post is back in action on Tuesday, April 26 when it hosts a key matchup against conference leader, Dowling, at 3 p.m.