WAYNE, N.J. (4/16/13) – Kelly Moorehead and Courtney Melchionna had big basehits in the seventh inning to fuel the Kean University softball team's 9-7 comeback win over William Paterson University on Tuesday. The Cougars fell in a tight 1-0 matchup in game one.

Courtney Yard was the tough-luck loser in the first game; the sophomore had her 38-inning NJAC scoreless streak snapped on a double-steal in the third frame and that was all the scoring either side could muster. Kerrin Dys earned the shutout victory for the Pioneers.

As scarce as offense was in the first game, it was plentiful in the second. Sandra Binkiewicz drove in Kean's first run of the day in the top of the first, but WPU answered with three in the home half of the inning.

Binkiewicz started things again in the third with an RBI single before Moorehead (pictured left) drove in two with a basehit to right center. Jill Martin homered in the next inning as Kean reclaimed the lead at 6-3.

The see-saw battle continued when Christina Austin knocked a bases-loaded triple and came around herself, making the score 7-6 in favor of William Paterson as the teams headed to the seventh.

Megan Cegielski singled to begin Kean's last turn at-bat, and Yard walked to move the tying run to second. With one out, Moorehead knocked a single to right that tied the game and alertly took second on the throw home. Melchionna followed with a 2-RBI basehit the other way that staked Kean to a 9-7 lead.

Yard allowed one hit in the bottom of the seventh but nailed down her 11th victory of the year after pitching all 13 innings for Kean inside the circle on Tuesday.

Kean will begin a three-date homestand with two games against Montclair State University on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.