Softball Stays Hot, Wins Two at Post

WATERBURY, Conn. – Now winners of 10 straight conference games, the University of Bridgeport's softball team earned a doubleheader sweep at Post University on Tuesday. The Purple Knights, who are now 10-2 in the CACC, picked up wins of 8-3 and 9-5 over the Eagles.

GAME ONE – Bridgeport 8, Post 3
UB's first win featured a 5-1 lead through an inning and a half and three insurance runs in the seventh. Kaite Burawski picked up the save after throwing three hitless innings to close out the victory.

Also, on the pitching side of things, Vise Zarate pitched the first four innings to earn her sixth win of the season.

Offensively, Meg McFarland and Samantha Schiebe each drove in a pair of runs and finished with multiple hits. Schiebe went a team-best 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.

Grace Derita, Isabella Benjamin, Sydnee Perrault, and McFarland all finished with two singles in the game.

GAME TWO – Bridgeport 9, Post 5
McFarland followed up her solid game one performance with a sensational finale. The Monroe, Conn. native went 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. She is now batting a team-best .378 with 24 RBIs this season.

Burawski, meanwhile, was also noteworthy in her second great game of the day. The left-hander went the distance, allowed just three runs, and struck out 12.

Burawski, who eclipsed 700 career strikeouts on Tuesday, is now sitting with a 3.55 ERA across 94.2 innings pitched. She ranks second in the CACC with 119 strikeouts.

Derita hit two more singles in Game Two to finish the day 4-for-7 with three runs scored.

Hailey Kim and Mya Jones also notched a pair of knocks, each going 2-for-3 in the game.

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The Purple Knights will play at Felician tomorrow afternoon.