Box Score Game One
Box Score Game Two
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (April 18, 2010) The 18th-ranked C.W. Post softball team posted a doubleheader sweep of Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon, winning game one by an 8-0 score before taking the nightcap, 7-2.

The Pioneers improve to 31-9, 17-1 ECC, while Bridgeport slips to 1-36 and 1-18 in the conference. It also marks the fifteenth consecutive season that the C.W. Post softball team has reached the 30-win plateau, and the twelfth consecutive season that head coach Jamie Apicella's team has won at least 30 games. 

C.W. Post put up three runs in the bottom of the first, as senior center fielder Melissa Medina (Levittown, N.Y.) led off with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Freshman second baseman Rogin Hardy (Kirkland, Wash.) lined a single to left center that scored Medina, and Hardy moved to second on the throw. Graduate Shannon Kulnis (Flemington, N.Y.) followed with a two-out single to left field, advancing all the way to third on an error by the left fielder that allowed Hardy to score. Kulnis would score on a wild pitch for a 3-0 Pioneer lead.

C.W. Post tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the third as Hardy knocked a one-out single to left, then advanced to second on a wild pitch. Senior shortstop Christie Softy (Floral Park, N.Y.) singled to center to drive in Hardy, and Kulnis followed with a double to left center that put runners on second and third. Sophomore third baseman Kendall Bright (Manlius, N.Y.) singled to left field, driving in Softy. With two outs, Kulnis scored on a wild pitch, giving C.W. Post a 6-0 lead. 

Another run in the fifth, courtesy of an RBI sacrifice fly by Nicole Capella (Shirley, N.Y.), put C.W. Post ahead 7-0. The Pioneers closed out the game with another run in the sixth, as Hardy singled in the final run and the game ended with the Pioneers on top, 8-0, ending due to the mercy rule.

Sarah Kiser (Arnold, Md.) earned the win as she tossed a three-hit shutout, striking out 11 as she improved to 15-3 on the season. Hardy went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, and Softy, Kulnis and Bright each knocked two hits in the effort.

The Pioneers struck quickly in game two, as they took a 3-0 lead in the first yet again. Medina singled to the shortstop to lead off the inning, and a two-out walk to Softy put two runners on base. A fielding error by the Bridgeport shortstop brought in one run, and a fielding error by the second baseman scored another.   Capella's infield single scored the third run of the inning.

C.W. Post carried the 3-0 lead into the fourth, but Bridgeport scored two runs to break up the shutout, courtesy of an RBI single to left and an RBI sacrifice fly to right field.

However, the Pioneers answered with two runs of their own in the fifth, with a Kulnis sacrifice fly driving in sophomore left fielder Kerry Fisher (Barto, Pa.), who had led off the inning with a single, and Bright singling in another run as she drove Hardy in from second base.

Up 5-2 in the sixth, the Pioneers tacked on two more runs on a Fisher RBI single up the middle, and C.W. Post went on to win by a final score of 7-2.

Junior hurler Christina Berardi (Raynham, Mass.) threw the complete game, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out five as she improved to 8-4 on the season.

Fisher, Medina and Bright each had two hits in the contest, and Fisher also contributed two RBI, and Medina scored two runs.