IUSB Nadia Bhuiyan in a game last season
IU Softball's Nadia Bhuiyan in a previous game
10
Winner Keystone KEYSTONE 1-2
1
Immaculata IMMACULA 0-1
Winner
Keystone KEYSTONE
1-2
10
Final
1
Immaculata IMMACULA
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Keystone KEYSTONE 0 8 0 2 0 10 8 2
Immaculata IMMACULA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

W: Aimee Lyons (1-0) L: Pierson, Sara (0-1)

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New Jersey City NEW JERS 0-5
2
Winner Immaculata IMMACULA 1-1
New Jersey City NEW JERS
0-5
1
Final
2
Immaculata IMMACULA
1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
New Jersey City NEW JERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Immaculata IMMACULA 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2 5 0

W: Bhuiyan, Nadia (1-0) L: Maggie Martin (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Earns Split on Opening Day in Myrtle Beach

NORTH MYTLE BEACH, S.C.- The Immaculata softball team opened its 2026 season, earning a split in its first two games of the Fast Pitch Dreams Spring Classic in Myrtle Beach. Immaculata fell to Keystone 10-1 in five innings in their first game and bounced back to earn a 2-1 win over New Jersey City University in their second game.
 
The win earned Immaculata Head Coach Alexa Peterson her first win as the Mighty Macs head coach.
 
Keystone 10, Immaculata 1 (5 Innings)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST KEYSTONE
  • Keystone (1–2) plated eight runs in the top of the second inning to take control early in the contest.
  • Keystone added a pair of runs in the fourth inning to increase their lead to 10-0.
  • In the fifth, Naila Valdez reached on a walk and used her speed on the basepaths to spark the Mighty Macs. Valdez stole both second and third before scoring on a Keystone throwing error to put Immaculata on the board.
  • Keystone went on to close out the win 10-1.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Sara Pierson took the loss for Immaculata, pitching 1.2 innings, allowing five hits, eight runs (0 earned).
  • Nadia Bhuiyan pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing 3 hits, two earned runs, and struck out five.
  • Naila Valdez scored the lone run for Immaculata, drawing a walk, and had two stolen bases.
 
 
Immaculata 2, New Jersey City University 1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST NJCU
  • New Jersey City (0–5) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, scoring on a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead.
  • The Mighty Macs responded in the bottom of the third. Emma Pinto started the rally with a single before Emily Davis reached a fielder's choice and Madison Formica worked a walk to put two runners on. Jamie Green then delivered the key swing of the game, lining a two-run double to left field to bring home Davis and Formica and give Immaculata a 2–1 advantage.
  • NJCU threatened in the fifth inning with a runner reaching third base, but Nadia Bhuiyan worked her way out of the jam, inducing a groundout to second base.
  • Bhuiyan would set the Knights down in order in the sixth and closed out the game in the seventh with a fielder's choice and a lineout to give the Mighty Macs a 2-1 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Nadia Bhuiyan earned the complete game win, allowing just one run on six hits while issuing one walk and inducing 10 ground-ball outs.
  • Jamie Green led the Immaculata offense, finishing 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
  • Naila Valdez, Carlee Karcher, and Emma Pinto added hits for Immaculata.
  • Immaculata committed no errors in the field.
UP NEXT

The Immaculata softball team will continue to play in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, when they play Bridgewater State at 9 a.m. and Penn State Mont Alto at 11 a.m.
 
 
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