MANSFIELD, Pa. – The Lock Haven University softball team saw the offense explode in game two today on the way to an 8-0 (6 innings) victory, which helped The Haven earn an important PSAC East road-split at rival Mansfield University today.
 
LHU (11-21, 7-11 PSAC East) dropped a nine-inning thriller, 3-2 in game one to Mansfield (8-18-1. 3-15 PSAC East), but the Bald Eagles responded in a big way to on the way to an 8-0 (6 innings) game-two victory. In game two,
 
Lock Haven erupted for eight runs on 15 hits.
 
Game 1 Recap: L 3-2 (9 innings)
 
Mansfield tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh and eventually won game one in the ninth.
 
Despite the loss, LHU recorded 10 hits, including three from Nicole Smith (Milton, Pa./Milton).
 
Smith was 3-for-5 with a home run and a triple.
 
Sarah Schwalm (Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin), McKenna Garlock (Three Springs, Pa./Southern Huntingdon) and Michelle Holweger (Landsdale, Pa./North Penn) all had two-hit games.
 
Pitcher Rachel Mouillesseaux (Endicott, N.Y./Union Endicott) struck out 11 over 8 2/3 innings.
 
Game 2 Recap: W, 8-0 (6innings)
 
LHU responded in a big way in game two and recorded eight runs on 15 hits. Smith was at it again and hit her team-best seventh home run of the season in the top of the first inning.
 
Mouillesseaux was 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and a run scored.
 
Schwalm was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a double.
 
Pitcher Jessie Probst (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) picked up the win throwing a two-hit shutout. She struck out five.