The Misericordia University softball team won two games to advance to the finals of the ECAC South championships, Saturday at Juniata College.

The Cougars rallied for a 6-4 win over top-seeded Juniata in the opener before dispatching second-seeded Centenary, 13-2, in five innings.

MU, the defending ECAC champions, improved to 28-14 and will face the Bethany/Centenary survivor in the title game, Sunday at noon.

Nicole Wenner led the way with five hits on the day, including a double, a homer and six RBI against Centenary.

Nicole Hoskins added three hits and two RBI against Centenary while Hollie Sarnak and Gina Urbon both drove in two run.

Kat Lucenti tossed a four-hitter to earn the win.

In the opener, the Cougars scored four runs in the sixth inning to beat Juniata. Wenner ripped a solo homer just inside the left field foul pole and Katie Eiden added a two-run double.

After pinch-hitter Ashley Dinko walked, Jillian Castaldi re-entered and eventually scored on a passed ball.

Trailing 2-0, the Cougars tied the score in the fourth. Lindsay Miller single and Sarnak was hit by a pitch. Both runners moved up on a passed ball and Miller beat the throw home on Wenner's grounder to shirt.

Sarnak scored on Urbon's sacrifice fly.

Juniata went ahead 4-2 in the fifth to set the stage for the Cougars' sixth-inning rally.

Wenner and Eiden both had two hits.

Eiden scattered seven hits over seven innings to pick up the win on the mound.