SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Lock Haven University baseball team (16-9, 8-6 PSAC East) dropped a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Divisional road games at Shippensburg University (14-16, 4-9 PSAC East). LHU fell in the first game, 8-4, before falling in a tight second game, 4-2.
 
The Bald Eagles entered today's action coming off a mid-week PSAC East split at Mansfield.
 
GAME 1: L, 8-4
 
LHU fell 8-4 in game one.
 
Cayden Stover (Beech Creek, Pa./Chesapeake College), Nick Stotler (Pittsburgh/Coker College), Kolby Dehaas (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho/Wenatchee Valley C.C.) and Ethan Moore (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) led the way offensively.
 
Stover and Stotler both went 2 for 4. DeHaas drove in a pair of runs and Moore was 2 for 3 with a RBI.
 
Despite the loss, pitcher Jesse Slinger (Pittsburgh/Youngstown State) struck out seven.
 
GAME 2: L, 4-2
 
Lock Haven fell in game two, 4-2.
 
Brady Chappell (Milton, Pa./Milton) led the way for The Haven at the plate, going a perfect 2-2 with a home run and two runs scored.
 
DeHaas, Liam McArthur (Basking Ridge, N.J./Seton Hall) and Reagan Lawlor (McMurray, Pa./Peters) all added hits for the Bald Eagles.
 
Stover also added an RBI.
 
Scott Leitholf (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) was solid on the mound for LHU, going six innings while giving up six hits, two earned runs while striking out six.
 
UP NEXT:
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 14), Lock Haven and Shippensburg will play two in The Haven. Game 1 tomorrow is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
 
IN THE RANKINGS:
This week, LHU baseball was ranked No. 4 in the most recent (Mon., April 9) NCBWA Atlantic Region poll and the LHU received votes in the national poll, which was released on Wednesday.