Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa. – Immaculata broke up a tie game in the bottom of the seventh inning of each game as the Mighty Macs completed the sweep against Centenary, 2-1 and 8-7, in a Colonial States Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon. Immaculata stays undefeated in CSAC play as it improved to 5-0 and 8-7 overall.
 
Brittany Merkle played the hero in game one with a solo home run that cleared the left field fence. Merkle then scored the game-winning run in the second game as she walked, stole second and scored on Meagan Fitzgerald's single up the middle.
 
In game one, Holly Schell had a lead-off double for the Mighty Macs and scored on Melissa Ejk's sacrifice fly. It would be Immaculata's only run before Merkle's solo shot to clinch the win in the seventh.
 
Centenary (2-2, 2-2 CSAC) plated its only run in the top of the third as Cara Montferrat started the inning reaching base after being hit by a pitch, and she scored on a single by Brianne McManus.
 
In what was a pitcher's duel in the opener, the two teams combined for just seven hits and three runs. Fitzgerald got the win in the circle for Immaculata after going seven innings and allowing just four hits for one run while striking out five.
 
Both team's bats came alive for the nightcap with the Mighty Macs and Cyclones' combining for 20 hits and 15 runs.
 
Centenary quickly put a run on the scoreboard as its leadoff hitter, Montferrat, homered. However, Immaculata came back with one run in the bottom half of the inning as Schell singled, stole both second and third before scoring on a wild pitch.
 
The Cyclones led 3-1 after they pushed two more runs across in the second, and help the edge until the bottom of the fourth.
 
The Mighty Macs broke out in the bottom of the fourth for six runs as they sent 12 hitters to the plate. Immaculata had three singles to start the inning as Danielle Palmisano, Samantha Strickland and Merkle all reached base. Jenny Barnholt then had a one-out single to load the bases for Immaculata. Patsy Murphy then hit a dribbler down the first base line, and Centenary's first baseman tried to make a play at the plate but threw the ball to the backstop as two runs scored for Immaculata. The Mighty Macs' other runs for the inning came courtesy of a two-RBI double by Ejk and walk by Strickland.
 
Immaculata's 7-3 lead thru four didn't last long though as Centenary tied the game at 7-7 with four runs on three hits in the top of the fifth.
 
It appeared that Centenary was going to break the tie game in the top of the seventh, but Fitzgerald was able to work out of a jam. After getting the first hitter out, the Cyclones hit three-straight singles to load the bases. The next hitter reached on a fielder's choice as the Mighty Macs cut down the runner at the plate, and got the third out on a grounded to second to strand all three runners.
 
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Merkle walked to get on base and stole second. Fitzgerald then helped herself to the win with a single through the middle that scored Merkle.
 
Fitzgerald picked up the win in game two as she pitched the final three innings. She allowed two runs, six hits and had two strikeouts. Nicole Curcione started in the circle for the Mighty Macs, lasting four innings with three hits, five runs, two earned, and three strikeouts.
 
Immaculata will be home on Tuesday, March 26, for a single game against Cedar Crest at 3 p.m.