Softball Salvages Split In Mid-Week Doubleheader At Molloy
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (April 10, 2012) – C.W. Post played to a split with East Coast Conference leader Molloy College, losing the first game 9-1 in five innings before taking the win in game two by a 5-3 score Tuesday afternoon in an ECC softball doubleheader at Skelos Field.
C.W. Post improves its overall record to 28-14 with a 16-2 mark in conference play. The loss in game two ended a 19-game conference win streak for the Lions as they fell to 30-7 overall and 19-1 in the ECC.
In game one, the Lions staked themselves to a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, beginning with a three-run blast off the bat of first baseman
Carla Campagna. Catcher Josette Cavallaro added a two-run double to center field.
The Pioneers got one run back in the top half of the second when sophomore designated player
Liz Weber (Brightwaters, N.Y.) cranked a solo shot over the wall in right center.
Molloy answered in the bottom of the inning with a fielder's choice RBI from center fielder Jeana Frey to push its lead to 6-1. The damage continued into the fourth when the Lions scored two more on back-to-back homers from Campagna and Calderwood.
The Lions plated the final run of the game in the bottom of the fifth when Calderwood drew an RBI walk.
Campagna was 3-for-3 at the plate with four RBI and two runs scored for the Lions. Kelley Jansen earned her 15
th win of the season. She gave up just one run on four hits while fanning 11 batters.
Freshman
Megan Salcido (Brawley, Calif.) took the loss after giving up seven earned runs in nine hits through three and a third innings pitched. Senior
Hayley Bettles (Surrey, British Columbia) pitched an inning and a third and gave up one run on one hit and three walks.
In game two, C.W. Post scored the first run in the top of the third on an RBI single to center field that scored senior right fielder
Krysta Palazzo (Sea Cliff, N.Y.), who had reached base with a single.
The Pioneers added another run in the fourth on an RBI single to right field that scored pinch runner
Jessica Julich (Kings Park, N.Y.). Sophomore shortstop
Nicole Hagenah (Commack, N.Y.), who is tied with Dowling's Stephanie Tarango for the lead in home runs in the ECC, led off the fifth inning with her 10th home run of the season to left center. Sophomore
Carly Chamberlain (Nesco, N.J.) scored on a wild pitch later in the inning.
Molloy got two runs back in the bottom of the fifth on a two-run single to right field from Calderwood to cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Pioneers responded with another run in the sixth when Weber slapped an RBI single to left field to score sophomore third baseman
Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge, N.Y.) who had reached with a single.
The Lions threatened in the bottom of the seventh as Campagna launched her third long ball of the day over the center field wall to start the inning. Shortstop Nicolette Sinagra reached with a single down the left field line with one out. Bettles came in relief of Weber and allowed a single from second baseman Brenda Lee before getting out the jam with a ground out double play from Cavallaro.
Gonzalez led the Pioneers at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored. Weber earned her 13
th win of the season after pitching six and a third innings and allowing two earned runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts. Bettles earned her second save of the season.
Butterworth was charged with her third loss of the season after giving up four earned runs on 10 hits through four innings pitched. Jansen pitched the final three innings for the Lions and allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts.
C.W. Post returns to action when it hosts Mercy College on Thursday, April 12, beginning at 3 p.m.