WATERBURY, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut softball team dropped a pair of decisions to Post University, 9-1 and 3-1, at LaMoy Field. With the losses, the Owls fell to 4-6 overall, while the Eagles improved to 5-5.
Game 1: Post 9, Southern Connecticut 1 (five innings)
Sophomore
Katrina Roy (Bristol, Conn.) went 2-for-3 in game one with a double and a RBI. Senior
Jacqueline Dumont (Nashua, N.H.) went 3-for-3 in game one with a double.
How It Happened
- Post picked up a pair of first inning runs off back-to-back doubles, which proved to be the deciding run after five innings.
- After Jacqueline Dumont knocked a double down the left field line in the third, Katrina Roy kept her hot streak alive with a double to center field that drove Dumont home. The Eagles countered in the bottom half of the inning, scoring on a wild pitch.
- The Eagles went on to score three runs in the bottom of the fourth and two runs in the fifth to defeat the Owls, 9-1.
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Game 2: Post 3, Southern Connecticut 1
Katrina Roy was on point in game two for the Owls with two hits in three at bats adding a RBI to her daily total. Senior
Ally Petrella (Willington, Conn.) went 2-for-3 at the plate, while sophomore
Emily Lange (Monroe, Conn.) picked up a hit and a run.
How It Happened
- Post had the initial strike in the first inning scoring an unearned run on a passed ball.
- The Eagles picked up their second run of the game with a RBI single to left field, 2-0.
- In the sixth inning, Lange got on base for the Owls with a single to center field. After Jacqueline Dumont reached first base on an error, Roy singled to center field and brought Lange home to cut the Eagles lead to one.Â
- The home team capped their scoring with a RBI single to center field that scored the Eagles third and final run in the sixth.Â
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 Up Next
The Owls begin a six-game home stand with their home opener on Wednesday, March 23 for a doubleheader against Saint Thomas Aquinas.
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