Softball Completes Season Sweep Of Bridgeport, 8-0 and 5-3

4/17/2012 8:41:00 PM

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BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (April 17, 2012) – The C.W. Post softball team won its East Coast Conference doubleheader against the University of Bridgeport, 8-0 and 5-3, Tuesday afternoon at the Softball Complex.  The pair of wins completed a four-game series sweep over the Purple Knights this season.
 
C.W. Post improves to 33-15 overall and 21-3 in ECC play while Bridgeport falls to 14-26 overall and 7-19 in conference play.
 
The Pioneers scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, beginning with a two-run shot over the fence in left center from sophomore third baseman Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge, N.Y.) that was followed up with sacrifice flies from junior first baseman Kaci Hopkins (New Egypt, N.J.) and junior second baseman Nicole Fierro (East Hampton, N.Y.).
 
C.W. Post closed out the game in the bottom of the fifth with four more runs.  Freshman catcher Alyson Dzierzynski (Deer Park, N.Y.) drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly hit to center field that scored senior left fielder Kerry Fisher (Barto, Pa.) from third.  The second run of the inning was scored by Gonzalez on a wild pitch to give the Pioneers a 6-0 lead.  Then, with two outs, Fierro came to the plate and laced a double to left center that scored Hopkins and sophomore shortstop Nicole Hagenah (Commack, N.Y.).
 
Sophomore pitcher Liz Weber (Brightwaters, N.Y.) earned her 15th win in the circle after pitching a one-hit shutout with a walk and six strikeouts over five innings of work.
 
Gonzalez batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored to lead the Pioneers.  Fisher batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Fierro was 1-for-2 with two RBI.
 
Alitha Krolikowski lost the decision after allowing three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four.
 
In the second game, the Purple Knights charged out to a 2-0 lead in the first after first baseman Katelyn Wall singled up the middle to score catcher Stephanie Pearce and third baseman Morgan Dunn.  Bridgeport added a third run in the third on an RBI single from Dunn.
 
The Pioneers answered in the bottom of the third with two runs on a two-RBI single from Hopkins to cut the lead to 3-2.  They tied the game in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Dzierzynski.
 
C.W. Post's defense was able to keep the Purple Knights from scoring the go-ahead run in the fifth and went to work on putting runs on the board in the bottom of the inning.  Fisher recorded the game-winning hit with a single to right that scored Fierro, who had reached with a walk and advanced to third on back-to-back sacrifice bunts from sophomore right fielder Jessica Julich (Kings Park, N.Y.) and freshman center fielder Catherine Havens (Eastport, N.Y.).  The Pioneers added an insurance run with an RBI walk issued to Dzierzynski.
 
Fisher finished the game batting 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored while Hopkins and Dzierzynski each recorded two RBI.
 
Freshman Megan Salcido (Brawley, Calif.) went the distance for her 13th win and scattered six hits and one earned run with three walks and five strikeouts over seven innings.
 
Taylor Hendrickson was handed the loss after giving up five earned runs on eight hits with 12 walks and two strikeouts.
 
C.W. Post returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to play Caldwell College for a non-conference doubleheader, beginning at 3 p.m.