SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Riley McClellan (Granville Summit, Pa./Troy) broke the Lock Haven softball team's career stolen base record and the Bald Eagles picked up a pair of victories over Shepherd in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East doubleheader on the road on Saturday afternoon (March 30).
 
With the sweep, Lock Haven improves to 8-16 overall and 4-8 in the PSAC East. Shepherd falls to 15-15 overall and 5-7 in conference.
 
With her eighth stolen base of the season and 89^th in her career, McClellan broke the Bald Eagles' career stolen base record, set by Lynn Spiezio in 2005.
 
McClellen, who entered the afternoon with five swiped bags on the season, stole four bases during the doubleheader to secure the milestone.
 
Lock Haven's offense has been on a tear over the last four games add belted out 11 hits in game one after racking up 28 yesterday.
 
Faith Persing (Montgomery, Pa./Bloomsburg) (6-6) picked up both victories on the mound in relief.
 
Game 1 Recap: Lock Haven 7, Shepherd 5 (9 Innings)
In game one, Lock Haven didn't wait long to jump on top and scored five runs over the first four innings, including two in the first.
 
Lock Haven swiped three bags, including two double steals to plate two runs in the top of the first, before Summer Peters (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), Maci Brodzina (Warriors Mark, Pa./Tyrone) and McClellan drove in runs over the next three innings.
 
Shepherd, however, rallied for five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to knot things at 5-5 and send the game into extra innings.
 
After two scoreless innings, Lock Haven scored the eventual game-winning runs off homers from Peters and Irwin to steal the victory.
 
Delaney Good (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) and McClellan recorded a team-high three hits and combined for five stolen bases.
 
Peters led the club in RBIs with two, while Brodzina also stole a pair of bases.
 
Madison Wolfgang (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) got the start for Lock Haven and threw an effective 5 and 2/3 innings (two earned runs) before handing the ball to Persing. Persing landed the win in relief after not allowing a run in the final 3 and 1/3 innings.
 
Game 2 Recap: Lock Haven 2, Shepherd 1
Game two featured a pitching duel that kept both offenses off the scoreboard until the seventh inning.
 
For Lock Haven, Keiva Middleton (Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) pitched 3 and 1/3 scoreless innings before handing the ball over to Persing, who tossed the final 3 and 2/3 innings. The duo combined for two strikeouts and limited Shepherd to six hits.
 
In the top of the seventh, McClellan drove in Hailey Irwin (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) to give the Bald Eagles a 1-0 lead, before Irwin drove in a very important insurance run when she played McClellan with an RBI single.
 
Shepherd plated a solo run in the bottom of the seventh, but Persing shut the door from there to earn her sixth pitching victory of the season.
 
McClellan led the way for Lock Haven on offense, finishing 3-for-3 at the dish with a double, run scored and RBI. Osborne added an RBI and Irwin doubled.
 
NEXT UP:
The Bald Eagles take a break from their conference slate and will travel to University of Pitt-Johnstown on Tuesday (April 2) for a non-conference twinbill at 2 p.m. (DH).