SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. – The Lock Haven University softball team (11-14, 2-6 PSAC East) dropped both halves of an afternoon Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) road doubleheader on Friday afternoon at Shepherd University (12-14, 5-3 PSAC East).
Game 1: L, 7-0
Game one was tight throughout the contest before Shepherd opened the game up with a five-run, fifth inning.
The host Rams tagged a run on the board in the first to take the early lead and kept the LHU bats quiet before erupting for five runs in the fifth. Shepherd used a bases-clearing double and a two-run homer to run out to a 6-0 lead after five innings of play.
In the sixth, Shepherd added an insurance run to take a 7-0 advantage which is how game one ended.
Delaney Good (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) led the Lock Haven offense in the opener with a 2-for-3 outing.
Shepherd's Katie Laing secured the win for the hosts. Laing tossed a four-hit, complete-game shutout to pick up her sixth victory of the season.
Game 2: L, 6-3
In the nightcap, Lock Haven fell behind early before scrapping back in the middle innings, but couldn't overcome the early deficit in a 6-3 loss.
Shepherd took advantage of a pair of Lock Haven fielding miscues in the first inning to run out to a 4-0 lead.
In the second inning, the Rams once again converted on a pair of LHU errors to plate a pair of runs and extend their lead to 6-0 after two innings of action.
Lock Haven responded with a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Back-to-back walks opened the inning before a Sydney Arrigale (Blackwood, N.J./Highland Regional) fielder's choice plated Karasek to cut the gap to 6-1.
Haley Lestician (Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence) kept things going for the Bald Eagles with a sacrifice fly to center field to cut the Shepherd lead to 6-2 after three-and-a-half innings of play.
Following a trio of scoreless frames, Lock Haven got back on the board in the sixth. Summer Peters (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) belted a two-double down the line in left field and scored on a Mikayla Ruppert (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) infield single to trim the gap to 6-3.
Neither team threatened over the remainder of the contest as Shepherd held on for a 6-3 victory.
Peters and Ruppert led the way for the Lock Haven attack with mirroring 2-for-3 efforts.
Up Next:
The Bald Eagles are back in action tomorrow, Saturday, April 15 when they travel to Millersville for an afternoon twin bill. First pitch in the opener with the Marauders is set for noon.
