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IMMACULATA, Pa. – Immaculata University combined for 19 runs during the doubleheader to sweep Keystone College in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) softball action on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The Mighty Macs cruised to a 9-0 win in just five innings in the opener, and won 10-5 in game two.
 
Immaculata improves to 10-6 overall and 7-1 in the CSAC, and Keystone drops to 4-12, 1-7 CSAC.
 
Meghan Kugler, Danielle Palmisano and Samantha Strickland each went 4-for-6, and Rachel Kelly had four RBI while Jenny Barnholt added three RBI to lead the Mighty Macs to the two wins.
 
Meagan Fitzgerald pitched a five-inning shutout only allowing three hits while striking out eight in game one to earn her sixth win this season.
 
The Mighty Macs put five runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning and added four more in the fourth to win the opener against the Giants, 9-0, in five innings.
 
Four of Immaculata's runs in the second scored before Keystone was able to record the first out. Strickland singled to the left side to lead off the inning, and Palmisano and Brittany Merkle both had bunt singles to load the bases. Barnholt and Christiana Donofry then hit RBI-singles for the first two runs. Kelly then walked to push a run across, and Jessica DeCastro singled up the middle to plate Barnholt. Liz Biddle drove in the Mighty Macs' final run of the inning on a sacrifice fly to left field.
 
The Mighty Macs' run in the fourth inning started with a leadoff double by Kelly into center field. DeCastro then bunted Kelly to third for the first out, and Kugler hit a RBI-single through the left side to score Kelly. Biddle then reached base on a fielding error by the left fielder, and Strickland loaded the bases with a single. Palmisano earned a walk to score one run. Then with two outs, Barnholt singled to right field to plate the final two runs for Immaculata.
 
Kugler, Strickland, Merkle and Barnholt all produced two hits during game one. Barnholt led the squad with three RBI.
 
In the second game, Immaculata got on the board in the bottom of the first as Kelly led things off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch.
 
Keystone took a brief lead as it scored two runs in the top of the second. However, Immaculata did most of its damage in the bottom half of the second as it scored seven runs on nine hits.  
 
The Mighty Macs got six-straight hits, including doubles by Strickland and Kelly, to start their half of the inning. Kelly's double came with the bases loaded and all three runners scored on the play. The second time through the order, Strickland doubled once again to drive in two more Mighty Mac runs for the 8-2 lead.
 
After Keystone got runners at second and third with no outs in the fourth, Kugler was able to pitch out of trouble and use the defense behind her to avoid any runs by the Giants.  
 
Kugler then doubled to lead off the fourth for the Mighty Macs and Biddle hit a RBI-single to follow. Later in the inning, Caitlyn Hudock doubled into left field to score Merkle for the 10-2 advantage.
 
Keystone was able to keep the game going with a three-run home run in the fifth, but that was all the Giants could muster.
 
Palmisano and Hudock both were 3-for-4 in the game, and Hudock had two RBI. Kelly, Kugler, Strickland and Melissa Ejk all had two hits while Kelly had three RBI and Strickland had two runs driven in.
 
Kugler (2-2) started in the circle and went five innings to get the win. She allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits while striking out three Giants. Fitzgerald came back and pitched the final two innings giving up just one hit and striking out three.
 
Immaculata is scheduled to travel to Baptist Bible tomorrow afternoon for a CSAC series beginning at 3 p.m.