Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa. - Carol Mastrosante hit three homeruns, including two in the second game, as Immaculata University split a Colonial States Athletic Conference softball doubleheader against Baptist Bible College Saturday afternoon. After letting the opener slip away 10-8, Immaculata rebounded with an 11-5 win in game two.

After Baptist Bible (7-5, 3-1 CSAC) pushed one run home in the first inning, Immaculata responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning as Mastrosante hit a two-run shot over the left field fence that plated Maureen Kelly, who had come on to run for Julia Lamplugh after her single.

The Mighty Macs (2-10, 2-4 CSAC) added four more in the second inning on four hits. Melissa Fetter started off the inning with a single and Valerie Rutt-Guerriere followed her up with a double. Sara Holleran then drove in Fetter. Tori Musselman continued the Mighty Macs damage with a RBI double that brought Rutt-Guerriere around home plate. Jackie Finkbohner singled to left center, driving in Musselman, and Finkbohner later scored on a wild pitch.

The Lady Defenders chipped away at the Mighty Macs lead with one run in the fourth and three runs in the fifth. However, Immaculata tacked on three runs in the fifth and two for insurance in the sixth.

Rutt-Guerriere was 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI in game two. Musselman and Mastrosante each collected two hits and drove in three runs, and Fetter and Mindy Monastra also had two hits in the contests. Both of Mastrosante's hit were homeruns.

Fetter (2-4) picked up her second win in as many days in the circle for Immaculata. She gave up five runs on nine hits and stuck out three.

Jessica Kuhnle (3-1) took the loss for Baptist Bible, only lasting 1.2 innings after giving up six runs on six hits. Renee Korb came in and pitched the final 4.1 innings for the Lady Defenders allowing five runs, three earned, on eight hits.

In the opener, Immaculata scored three runs in the bottom of the third to take the 3-1 advantage, and the Mighty Macs would go up 4-1 after putting another run on the scoreboard in the fourth.

However, the Baptist Bible bats began to wake up in the fifth, as the Lady Defenders scored two runs on two hits. Baptist Bible then added four more runs on five hits in the sixth to take the lead, 7-4.

Immaculata cut it to 7-5 with a run in the bottom half of the sixth, but Baptist Bible wasn't through adding to its lead. The Lady Defenders pushed three more runs across the plate in the seventh.

The Mighty Macs had a late rally with three runs of their own in the seventh but came up just short.

Mastrosante was 3-for-4, including one homer, and had 2 RBI. Musselman, Finkbohner and Fetter all had two hits in the opener. Finkbohner added three RBI while Fetter had one.

Rutt-Guerriere (0-6) pitched game one for the Mighty Macs allowing 10 runs, only five earned, on 13 hits and she struck out five batters. Korb (3-5) got the win for Baptist Bible.

Immaculata continues its homestand on Monday at 3 p.m. hosting Ursinus in a non-conference doubleheader.