In dramatic fashion, the St. Kate's softball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh in both games of their double header against Northwestern College on Monday afternoon. The Wildcats won game one 7-5 and game two 2-1. 

St. Kate's took an early lead in game one, started by a double by Jenna Clark. The next batter, Kaitlyn Frank homered to left field to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead after the first inning. Ashley Matthys added another Wildcat run in the second inning, scoring on a Northwestern error after singling through the right side. But the Eagles tied the score at 3-3 in the third inning and later took a one run lead after the fifth inning.

The Wildcats tied the score 4-4 in the top of the sixth inning when Katie Allen singled to score Frank, who reached base earlier on an error. However, Northwestern came right back, grabbing a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a manufactured run.

In dramatic fashion, St. Kate's started their comeback rally that broke the game open in the top of the seventh inning. With the bases loaded, Frank drove a sacrifice fly to right field to score Cassie Rooney. Pitcher Megan Kriechbaum helped earn herself a win by driving in two runs by singling to left field, bringing home Clark and Kelsey Luedtke. St. Kate's shut out Northwestern in the bottom of the inning to take the 7-5 win.

Frank finished the game with 1 hit, 2 runs, and 3 RBI and Clark had 2 hits and 2 runs. Kriechbaum pitched all seven innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 9 hits with 6 strike outs. She also had 1 hit, 1 walk and 2 RBI.

Game two proved to be a defensive battle, capped by another exciting Wildcat win. Northwestern grabbed a 1-0 lead after the third inning and held St. Kate's scoreless until the top of the seventh inning.

With the bases loaded after singles by Kelsey Adair, Ann Schmitz, and a fielder's choice by Beth Freier, Cassey Rooney singled through the left side to bring two runs home. The comeback proved to be enough, as the Wildcats took the Eagles out 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning for their second win of the day.

Kayla Bergerson pitched another stellar game, throwing 7 innings, allowing only 1 run on 5 hits.

The wins improve the Wildcats record to 9-28 on the season.

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