BOX SCORE-GAME ONE (HTML) | BOX SCORE-GAME TWO (HTML)

BLOOMSBURG—On a day when the Bloomsburg University softball team honored the four members of its 2015 senior it was fitting that all four played a role in the Huskies sweep of Mansfield University by scores of 5-0 and 3-1. It was also the home opener for the Huskies who had six doubleheaders postponed or cancelled due to weather.
 
In game one senior Kayla McHale (Dillsburg/Northern) drove in two runs and fellow senior Sarah Bertoni (Nanticoke/Greater Nanticoke Area) added one, while pitchers Taylor Parker (Dewart/Warrior Run) and Sarah Bortner (Glenville/South Western) combined on a two-hitter to lead Bloomsburg to the win.
 
In the nightcap Bertoni went the distance to earn her first win of the season, while senior Caitlin O'Connor (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Knolls) hit a solo homer and senior Erika Yanora (Tunkhannock/Tunkhannock) added two hits in the victory.
 
The opener was scoreless going to the bottom of the third inning when Valerie Carcasses (Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat) singled to open the inning, while Natalie Quinlan (Drexel Hill/Upper Darby) reached on an error to put runners on first and second. Erica Keen (Gordonville/Bishop Shanahan) then singled scoring Carcasses with the first run. McHale then followed with a double with Quinlan and Keen scoring for a 3-0 lead. McHale took third on a ground out and scored on a single by O'Connor making it 4-0.
 
In the fifth inning Parker reached on an error with O'Connor coming in to score to make it 5-0.
 
While the offense gave the Huskies the lead it was Parker and Bortner in control in the circle. Parker started and went five innings allowing just two hits and fanning five. Bortner went the final two innings allowing just one walk, no hits and striking out two.
 
In game two Bertoni was in command throughout the game going the distance giving up just one unearned run and fanning three.
 
The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs O'Connor and Bertoni reached on errors and then came in to score on a double by Emily Mayhew (Perkasie/Pennridge).
 
Mansfield cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the third inning getting an unearned run. In the bottom of the third inning O'Connor got that run back when she went deep with a solo homer. From there Bertoni allowed just one hit and a walk over the final four innings to get the win.
 
Bloomsburg, 11-7, 6-2 in the PSAC East, plays at Kutztown on Sunday starting at 1 p.m.