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IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata softball team (13-13) staged a huge comeback in the opener of a non-conference doubleheader against King's (15-11) on Monday afternoon at the IU Softball Field as they erased a 7-0 deficit in the fifth inning and won on a walk-off single by freshman Tori Post by a score of 10-9 before losing 7-1 in the second game to split the doubleheader.
 
In the opener, the Macs were staked on offense by senior Meghan Kugler with three hits, including the 100^th of her career, and junior shortstop Annemarie Bartow hit a clutch three-run home run to bring IU back into the game.
 
King's raced out to a 4-0 lead through three innings against sophomore Jess Bormann, and they added three more in the fourth and fifth innings to make it 7-0 against freshman Nicole Kowalski.
 
The Macs entered the bottom of the fifth without a hit to that point, but they broke out with a crucial six-run inning to get back into the game.  Kugler scored on a passed ball and a pair of sacrifice flies made it 7-3.  Then with two outs and two on, Bartow skied one deep to right field to pull the Macs within one.
 
Kowalski surrendered another in the sixth, but the Macs tied it again through six innings with a two run double to left field by freshman Abby Carter (2-for-4, 2 RBI).
 
Freshman Michaela Petito came on in the seventh for relief and surrendered a run to put the Macs down a run heading to their final at bat and in need of a rally.  Freshman Emily Mesey (1-for-4, R) singled with two outs and Petito reached on an error to put two on with two outs.  That's when Kugler delivered the 100^th hit of her career with a single to right field to tie the game, and Post ended it with a line drive single to right-center field for the walk-off victory.
 
In the second game, the Macs fell behind 1-0 in the first, but freshman Ashley Rey lined a home run to centerfield to tie the game 1-1.  From there, King's slowly built their lead with two in the third and four in the fourth to make it 7-1 through four innings against Petito.
 
Bormann tossed three shutout innings to close out the game, but the IU offense was unable to generate anything to split the doubleheader.
 
The Macs will now go back into CSAC play to host Rosemont on Tuesday at 3 p.m.