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FAYETTEVILLE, NC—The Bloomsburg University softball team closed out its spring trip to North Carolina with a 9-1, 5-inning win over Fayetteville State on Friday afternoon. Game two of the scheduled doubleheader was cancelled.
 
The Huskies wasted little time getting the lead in the game when Mandi Baer (Douglassville/Daniel Boone) led off the game for the second time this season with a home run. Kayla McHale (Dillsburg/Northern) followed with single with Erica Yanora reaching on an error. Rachel Fredell (Dingmans Ferry/Delaware Valley) then singled home McHale with the second run. Chrissy Belko (Old Forge/Old Forge) then slammed a three-run homer to make it 5-0.
 
In the second Belko delivered an RBI single scoring Kayla McHale (Dillsburg/Northern) who started the inning with a single. Hannah Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape ) doubled home Belko for a 7-0 Huskies lead. In the third Erica Keen (Gordonville/Bishop Shanahan) singled followed by a two-run homer from Mandi Black (Huntington Mills/Northwest Area) for a 9-0 lead.
 
Fayetteville State got on the board with a single run in the fourth.
 
Black pitched the first two innings with Brianna Taylor (Mifflinville/Central Columbia) going the final three to earn the save for Bloomsburg. Belko led the offense going 2-2 with four RBI, while McHale was 3-4 with two runs scored.
 
Bloomsburg improves to 10-4 on the season, while Fayetteville State falls to 6-22. The Huskies are back in action Sunday at Philadelphia University starting at noon.