WILMINGTON, N.C. - Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) knocked in the decisive run in the fourth inning to propel Mount St. Mary's into the Seahawks Classic Championship Game with a 3-2 win against St. Bonaventure in non-conference softball action on Saturday. The Mount (3-1) also lost 5-3 to Gardner-Webb earlier in the day. The squad has won three of its first four games for the first time since the 1988 season.

Zingle went 3-for-4 in the seeding round game against the Bonnies with an RBI and a run scored. The junior doubled and tied the game at 2 in the bottom of the third and then plated Taylor Beebe (Olympia, Wash./Capital) with the go-ahead run in the fourth with a single to center.

Nicole Pagano (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) improved to 2-0 on the season after allowing two unearned runs on two hits in a complete-game effort with 11 strikeouts. Amanda Buckel (Finksburg, Md./North Carroll) added two hits and a run scored while Liz Christiansen (Etters, Pa./Red Land) and Kristin Collins (Abion, N.J./Glouchester Catholic) each had a hit and an RBI in the win against St. Bonaventure.

Mount St. Mary's rallied from a 2-1 deficit with a run in the third and a run in the fourth to earn a 3-2 victory and advance to the Seahawks Classic Championship Game and Gardner-Webb on Sunday.

After Brooke Frey gave the Bonnies a 2-1 lead on a two-run homer in the top of the third, the Mount tied the game at 2 in the bottom of the inning. Zingle led off with a double to left field and touched home on Christiansen's RBI double to left field.

In the fourth, Mount St. Mary's started the inning with singles by Beebe, Jenna Zimmerman (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) and Erin Leddy (Great Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) to load the bases before Zingle singled to center to plate Beebe with the decisive run.

The Mount got on the scoreboard first in the game when Buckel opened the inning with a single to left, moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball before Collins brought the senior home on a double to left for a 1-0 lead. The Bonnies momentarily took the lead in the third, but the Mountaineers came back to earn the victory.

In the final game of round robin play, Gardner-Webb defeated Mount St. Mary's 5-3. Christiansen paced Mount St. Mary's with a hit and an RBI while Pagano also registered an RBI in the contest. Lisa Curreri (Clinton, N.J./North Hunterdon) registered two hits and Buckel posted a hit and two runs scored.

The Bulldogs (6-4) took a 2-0 lead in the third on a Christa Fullwood two-run single to right field.

The Mount answered to trim the margin to 2-1 in the sixth. Buckel doubled to right center, moved to third on a passed ball and touched home on Pagano's fielder choice out.

Gardner-Webb increased the advantage to 5-1 in the bottom of the stanza when McKenzie Morenus nailed a three-run homer.

Mount St. Mary's added two runs in the seventh to make a two run game. Beebe and Curreri started the inning with singles. With two outs, Christiansen plated Beebe on a single down the right field line. Buckel, who reached on a fielder's choice, scored on an error to cut the margin to 5-3.

The Mount returns to action on Sunday in the Seahawks Classic Championship Game against the Bulldogs. Game time is 1:15 p.m.