IUSB 2025 DR Rylee Martin
Don Robson Photography
Rylee Martin during a game in the 2025 season.
12
Winner Immaculata IU 5-6
1
Penn St.-Abington PSA 7-4
Winner
Immaculata IU
5-6
12
Final
1
Penn St.-Abington PSA
7-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Immaculata IU 1 0 3 3 5 12 13 1
Penn St.-Abington PSA 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2

W: Pierson, Sara (2-4) L: Paula Casale (1-3)

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Winner Immaculata IU 6-6
3
Penn St.-Abington PSA 7-5
Winner
Immaculata IU
6-6
9
Final
3
Penn St.-Abington PSA
7-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Immaculata IU 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 9 10 0
Penn St.-Abington PSA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 8 3

W: Vido, Jessica (1-0) L: Jess Dinardo (4-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Sweeps Penn State Abington Nittany Lions

ABINGTON, Pa. – Immaculata softball's offense exploded in their doubleheader with the Penn State Abington Nittany Lions on Wednesday, scoring a combined 21 runs. They won game one 12-1 in five innings and 9-3 in game two.

The Mighty Macs are 6-6 for the season. They are 0-2 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST PENN STATE ABINGTON – GAME 1
  • Immaculata broke the scoreless tie early in the first with an Alexis Andrada sac-fly to score Madison Formica. Penn State Abington answered with an RBI double in the bottom of the first. Both teams would see runners in scoring position in the second inning, but each was retired on a fly-out to center field. The score was knotted 1-1 after two innings.
  • Andrada caused more chaos on the bases in the third with a two-RBI double. Emma Pinto put another run on the board in the very next at-bat with an RBI on a fielder's choice. The Mighty Macs' offense continued its attack in the fourth and fifth innings. Carlee Karcher and Andrada hit back-to-back RBI triples before Pinto logged an RBI single. Immaculata put the game away in the fifth with five more runs. Naila Valdez and Formica knocked in scores. Andrada, Pinto, and Keira Joyce went three consecutive at-bats with a scoring play to increase the lead to 11. Immaculata retired the Nittany Lions in three batters to win game one 12-1 in five innings.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS – GAME 1
  • Formica, Karcher, and Andrada each had three runs.
  • Andrada added three hits and five RBIs.
  • Sara Pierson went all five innings on the mound with five strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST PENN STATE ABINGTON – GAME 2
  • Both sides were quiet in the first, but Immaculata pounced in the second inning with four runs. Valdez, Rylee Martin, Natalia Donofrio, and Formica each registered an RBI in four consecutive at-bats. Immaculata and Penn State Abington retired the sides three up and three down for the next three half-innings, and Immaculata led 4-0 through three.
  • A Nittany Lions sac-fly in the fourth got them on the board. Neither team could score runners in the middle innings, but the Nittany Lions earned back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth to trail by one. With one inning to go, Immaculata got five runs in the seventh, started off by a Jamie Green RBI single. A Karcher two-RBI double did the most damage, as Andrada and Rukudzo Taruwinga also added RBIs. A fly-out ended the game in the bottom of the seventh. The Mighty Macs won game two 9-3 and swept the afternoon.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS – GAME 2
  • Karcher led with two runs and two RBIs.
  • Karcher and Pinto each logged two hits.
  • Jessica Vido earned the win in relief and struck out a batter.
UP NEXT
The Mighty Macs host the Ursinus College Bears in a doubleheader tomorrow, Thursday, March 26 at 3 p.m. for their home opener.
 
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