CALDWELL, N.J. — Junior righthander Katie O'Connor (Charlottesville, Va.) and sophomore righty Haleigh Fisher (Smyrna, N.Y.) set personal single-game strikeout highs with nine and seven, in their respective complete game victories, and sophomore catcher Arlette Batista (Carteret, N.J.) and freshman 1B Emerson Jarrard (Carlsbad, Calif.) drove in three runs each in the nightcap as Caldwell University softball swept a CACC doubleheader with Post University, 5-4 and 8-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Caldwell Athletic Field.

In the opener, O'Connor allowed eight hits and no walks in her fifth complete game win in her last six appearances. Caldwell scored on a squeeze bunt by Jarrard in the second, then tallied another in the third on a bunt single, two stolen bases and error, with freshman LF Melissa Lugo (Gilroy, Calif.) coming around to score.

After Post (5-18, 3-3 CACC) tied it on a home run, Lugo drove in the go-ahead marker with a clean single to center to bring in Jarrard. CU (12-12, 6-0 CACC) led, 5-2, but the Eagles loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh. When Alexandria Bisceglia drove a ball into right center, two runs scored but the potential tying run was cut down on a perfect relay from freshman RF Kendall Mazur (Millville, N.J) to sophomore 2B Maddie Matkosky (Horseheads, N.Y.) to sophomore catcher Emily Kurth (Toms River, N.J.) back to sophomore 3B Lindsay Oller (So. Plainfield, N.J.) to get the runner trying to get back in to third.

In the nightcap, Caldwell had its hitting shoes on, ripping 12 hits in its four at-bats to take the run-rule-shortened contest. Jarrard laced a two-run double over the left fielder's head in the second and had a sacrifice fly in the third, while Batista; ripped a double in the left center field gap for a two-run two-bagger in the third and drove in another run with an infield single into the hole at short in the fifth to make it 7-0.

Oller then delivered the stomp-off with a single to right-center to back the impressive pitching of Fisher, who allowed just two hits in five innings for her fifth win.

The Cougars take the Easter holiday off, returning to action next Tuesday vs. Felician.