FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In a homecoming of sorts, Senior Maya Rodriguez (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) had four hits and sophomore Jessica Klein (Trevose, Pa.) and freshman Olivia Magliacano (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) had three each, pacing a 17-hit attack as Caldwell softball rallied from an early 7-0 deficit to claim a walk-off, 9-8 win over Kutztown (6-9).

After a furious rally that included a three-run fourth which featured RBI hits by Magliacano, Klein and soph Ashleigh Tavaska (Jackson, N.J), a two-run fifth capped by another Klein RBI and single run in the sixth on a senior Courtney Grundhauser (Easton, Pa.) game-tying, run-scoring single, the Cougars found themselves behind again, 8-7, entering the bottom of the seventh. Klein drilled a one-out single to plate Magliacano and after a Tavaska single, sophomore Allison Winters (Blairstown, N.J.) hit one to third base that the Bears couldn't handle for an error, plating Klein to give the Cougars the wild win.

Graduate Madison Burns (East Greenbush, N.Y.) tossed five innings of relief, allowing just one earned run, to earn her third win of the year.

In the day's second game, Rodriguez, Winters, soph Brooke Martin (Oakland, Maine) and freshman Delaney Ridgell (Mt. Airy, Md.) had hits as the Cougars (3-7) were shut out by host Nova Southeastern (23-7), by a 2-0 score. Graduate Kayla Daly (Babylon, N.Y.) and freshman Olivia Kennedy (Chenango Forks, N.Y.) limited the potent Sharks offense, which averages more than six runs per game, to just two on eight hits.

The Cougars return to the Garden State hosting New Haven on Wednesday (2:30/4:30 p.m.).