BOXSCORE - Game One
BOXSCORE - Game Two

NEW YORK, NY - The Old Westbury softball team warded off a late comeback attempt by Hunter College to defeat the Hawks, 9-7 and then 5-2 in the second contest at Randall's Island on Friday afternoon.

Hunter falls to 13-23 while Old Westbury moves to 21-13 on the year.

Josephine Estevez was perfect at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a double and run batted in while Meghan O'Shea tallied three hits and drove in two RBI. Sophia Ponce added three hits and a RBI.

Angel Iacovetti (8-11) suffered the loss in seven frames after allowing nine runs on 10 hits while striking out four.

Hunter's comeback effort in game one fell short as the Hawks found themselves in an early hole. The Panthers scored three runs across the first two frames before the Hawks got one on the board in the bottom of the second on O'Shea's RBI single.

Iacovetti held the Panthers scoreless in both the fourth and fifth innings while Hunter managed to score a run in each frame. In the fourth, a Panther throwing error enabled Ponce to score from third while she clubbed the tying RBI in the following stanza, driving in Briana Kresback on a double to make it a 3-3 ballgame.

The Panthers ended their scoreless streak by putting up three runs in the sixth inning to make it a 6-3 affair. Hunter retaliated but still trailed as it scored two in the home half of the sixth.

Old Westbury had another big inning in the seventh, driving in three more runs to make it 9-5. The Hawks attempted to rally in the home half, scoring runs on a RBI double from Estevez and RBI single from O'Shea but the Panthers buckled down and retired the side to take the 9-7.

The Hawks lost game two, 5-2 but O'Shea continued her impressive efforts at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a run scored to lead the charge.

After surrendering one run in the first and second inning Hunter responded in the home half of the second as a two-out rally resulted in a Julia Lipovac RBI single, plating O'Shea to make it a 2-1 game in favor of the Panthers.

Neither team managed to score in the next two innings but Old Westbury would end the streak in the fifth, adding one before tallying two more in the sixth, pushing in front 5-1.

Hunter's final run came in the seventh when a couple of Panther errors combined with a two-out RBI single from Ponce scored Briana Kresback who reached via error to account for the final, 5-2.

Lauren Stensland (1-6) worked a frame and a third in her outing, allowing two runs on as many hits. Iacovetti pitched the remaining 5.2 innings to close out the contest.

Hunter returns to Randall's Island on Tuesday, April 24th at 3:00pm as it hosts Drew University in the final home game of the season.