Box Score
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (May 10, 2008) – C.W. Post rallied from a 3-1 deficit to score three runs in the seventh inning and defeat Le Moyne College, 4-3, during Saturday afternoon’s NCAA Northeast Softball Regional.
The winning run was scored when senior Samantha Yodowitz (Suffern, N.Y.) hit a hard grounder with one out to the shortstop and reached on a fielder’s choice while senior leftfielder Kelsey Cooley (Syracuse, N.Y.) scored from third.
C.W. Post (47-14) remains unbeaten in the regional and will face the winner of Sunday morning’s contest between LeMoyne (46-10) and the University of New Haven later Sunday afternoon.
The Pioneers scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the second when senior first baseman
Holly Eringis (Tewksbury, Mass.) doubled down the right field line to score junior catcher
Melissa Hippo (Granite Bay, Calif.) from second.
The Dolphins tied the game in the fifth when second baseman Bailey Phillips (Rochester, N.Y.) flied out to right field to score shortstop Kelly Schweikert (Rochester, N.Y.) from third.
Le Moyne took the lead in the top of the sixth when Schweikert blasted a two-run home run to left field.
Trailing 3-1 to start the seventh, the Pioneers’ first run was scored on a bases loaded walk issued by junior pitcher
Jennifer Farrelly (Latham, N.Y.). Hippo batted next and reached on a fielder’s choice that scored sophomore centerfielder
Melissa Medina (Levittown, N.Y.) from third that tied the game at 3-all, leading to Yodowitz’s game-winning hit.
Hippo and Eringis each tallied two hits to lead the Pioneers offensively. Yodowitz pitcher her 28th complete game of the season and improved her overall record to 29-6. Yodowitz allowed three runs on four hits, struck out six and issued one walk.
LeMoyne starter Jenna Vanacore (Hicksville, N.Y.) pitched five complete innings and allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and two walks for the Dolphins. Schweikert finished her day at the plate batting 1 for 2 with two RBI and two runs scored.
