IMMACULATA, PA. -- Gwynedd Mercy was doubled up at Immaculata on Friday, 16-8, in the first game of the weekend series.

The two teams meet tomorrow in a doubleheader with a special early start time of 10:45 a.m.

For GMercyU, T.J. Brasier and Billy Collins each poured in three hits. Brasier, who scored three times, and Frank Ebling drove in two runs apiece.

Frank Margiotta paced the Mighty Macs by going 2-for-4 with four RBI's and two runs scored. Tyler Kmiec added three hits with teammate R.J. Mason driving in three runs.

Ebling's two-run single in the fourth followed by the offense generating a three spot in the fifth, helped erase an early 4-1 deficit to take a two-run lead. IU answered in the bottom half thanks to a two-run single from Mason and took the lead for good in the sixth as a two-run homer from Joey Wright was part of a four-run frame.

Collins entered the mound in the fifth after starting as the DH but was charged with the tough-luck loss yielding five unearned runs.