SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – The Lock Haven University softball team (28-14) dropped both games of a non-conference doubleheader today at Shepherd (29-12).
 
The Rams won game one 6-2 and completed the sweep at home with a 2-1 victory in game two.
 
Shepherd won game one, thanks to a strong pitching effort from Tara Hanson, who allowed just two hits.
 
Both Lock Haven hits came off the bat of Faith Ceely (Troy, Pa./Troy), who was 2 for 3.
 
Trailing 1-0, Lock Haven tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth inning when the Bald Eagles pulled off a double steal. Ceely moved to second and Amanda Loar (Barto, Pa./Boyertown) stole home.
 
Ceely drove in LHU's only other run in the seventh on a double down the leftfield line.
 
In game two, Shepherd plated two runs in the fourth and to come back and win.
 
Lock Haven took a 1-0 lead in the second on a Ceely RBI-single. She went 2 for 3 again in game two and was 4 for 6 on the day.
 
Rachel Mouillesseaux (Endicott, N.Y./Union Endicott) was 2 for 4 at the plate.
 
Lock Haven will host rival Bloomsburg on Friday, April 22 at 2:30/4:30 p.m. in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central showdown.