GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- Immaculata took a pair of games from Gwynedd Mercy on Friday as the two battled in a CSAC Doubleheader. The Mighty Macs won game one, 8-4, and the second, 5-2.

Game one
Gwynedd saw Immaculata score runs in the first three innings to put them in an early hole.

Down 3-0 going into the bottom of the second, Lauren Waller led off the frame with a home run to left, her third longball on the season to put GM on the board. Immaculata put two runs in the third for a 5-1 lead. In the bottom half, Becki Christoffers reached on a lead-off double and would score on a base hit from Jessica Behr. Looking to start a rally, a bit of back luck bit the Griffins as Behr would get doubled off on a line drive snag from pitcher Jessica Bormann off the bat of Jenna Trythall.

It became 7-2 when the Mighty Macs scored two runs on four hits and an error in the fifth.

In the bottom of the sixth, Gwynedd loaded the bases with one out. Erin Hallahan sent a short blooper to right, to score Waller from third, but would get thrown out at first. During the play to first, Trythall hustled home from second to score, but Nikki Canfield was thrown out trying to get to third for the second and final out of the inning.

Gwynedd got out of a huge spot in the seventh, as IU loaded the bases with no outs, but the Griffins would only allow one run to cross to hold it to a four-run game.

Waller and Behr each had two hits for GM. Meghan Kugler drove in three runs on a 4-for-4 effort at the plate for Immaculata.

Alexis Gartner took the loss, allowing four earned runs on five hits in two-plus innings.

Game two
Immaculata scored a run in each of the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh and held Gwynedd to three hits. IU starter Michaela Petito did not allow a hit until the fifth.
In the fourth and down 2-0, Behr reached third on a ball that was hit hard to center but off the glove of the fielder. Trythall would groundout to second, not before Behr scored to make it a 2-1 game.

Kugler tripled home a run in their next at bat in the fifth and would cross an unearned run in the sixth.

Behr stuck again in the bottom of the sixth as she plated Christoffers, who led off the frame with a double, with a triple down the right field line. But she would be stranded at third as Petito got a lineout and a pop up to end the inning.

In the seventh, Kugler added her fifth RBI on the day when she singled home Emily Mesey.

Looking for a spark in their final at bat, Canfield led off the seventh reaching on an error at second. The bad luck continued as Hallahan smacked a liner off of Petito which rolled to the second baseman who tagged out Canfield and fired to first for another double play.

Alyssa Morales struck out five for the third game in a row, but was charged with four earned runs and one walk in the loss.

The team will travel to Centenary tomorrow for a big CSAC twinbill. The Griffins are a game behind the Cyclones for the sixth and final playoff seed.