EMMITSSBURG, Md. - Nicole Pagano (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) tossed a three hit shutout to lead Mount St. Mary's past Coppin State 1-0 in the opener of a non-conference softball game on Thursday. The Eagles rallied for a 4-3 decision in the nightcap. The doubleheader was the first regular season game at Our Lady of the Meadows Field.

Pagano allowed three hits with eight strikeouts in her first home game of her career to pick up her fourth win of the year. The sophomore went 4-1 last year, but did not pitch in Emmitsburg after her freshman campaign ended due to an injury.

Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) knocked in the lone run for the Mount (6-7) in the opener and added a hit and a run scored in the nightcap. Beth Everist (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the second game while freshman Cat Clifford (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) had a nice home debut with three hits and a run scored.

Jade Dudley did the damage for the Eagles (4-7) with a three-run homer in the seventh inning of the nightcap. Stacy Burgos added four hits and two runs scored. Paige Arnold was the hard-luck loser of the opener after allowing one run on five hits with nine strikeouts. Arnold allowed one hit with a strikeout to earn the save in the second game.

The opener was an old fashion pitcher's duel with Mount St. Mary's getting a run in the fifth inning and holding on for a 1-0 victory.

Taylor Beebe (Olympia, Wash./Capital) walked with one out and moved to second on an Erin Leddy (Great Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) bunt before Zingle ripped a base hit to left to bring home Beebe with the game's only run.

Coppin State had a couple of chances in the game to score, but could not convert. Burgos singled to start the second, moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a sacrifice bunt, but a pair of strikeouts got Pagano out of the jam. In the sixth, Heather Josker reached on an infield single and Charma Robinson walked before two foul outs and a line out ended the threat.

It was the Mountaineers first 1-0 victory since downing Long Island 1-0 in the first game of a twinbill on Apr. 5, 2009.

The Eagles rallied from a two-run deficit in the nightcap to take a 4-3 victory to end an 11-game losing streak against Mount St. Mary's.

Trailing 2-1 in the seventh, Burgos singled through the left side and Amber Miller reached on an infield single before Dudley belted a three-run homer to center field to give Coppin State a 4-3 advantage.

In the bottom of the inning, Everist doubled down the right field line with two outs against Arnold. Ayssa Silipino (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) coaxed a full count walk, but on the fourth ball pinch runner Courtney Mason (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown East) was thrown out at third trying to steal to end the game.

The Mount jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the game. Beebe started the rally with a walk and Zingle hit a single and moved to second on a throw to put two runners in scoring position. Everist then singled up the middle to bring in both runners.

Coppin State answered with a run in the second when Burgos reached on an infield single and came around to score on a wild pitch to trim the margin to 2-1.

Mount St. Mary's added a run in the fourth. Clifford walked and Nicole Reeder (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding singled before Clifford touched home on a Beebe RBI single to right for a 3-1 lead. Dudley then hit a three-run shot in the seventh to give the Eagles the victory.

Amanda Sadowl (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) took the loss for the Mount.

Zingle moved into eighth place in program history for career hits (125) and sixth in games played (157). Reeder moved into ninth place for at-bats (439) and Beebe jumped into the Top-10 and into ninth place for bases on balls (40). Sadowl moved into 10th place for career innings pitched (274.0).

The doubleheader was the first regular season game at Our Lady of the Meadows Field. The field was upgraded with a new scoreboard, press box and grandstand along with improvements to playing surface.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday at the Demarini Capital Classic. The Mount will face North Carolina Central (2 p.m.) and Delaware State (4 p.m.) in the first day of a two-day tournament.