GAME ONE   |   GAME TWO

EAST STROUDSBURG—Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run) tossed a one-hitter and drove in a run to lead the Bloomsburg University softball team to a 3-1 win over East Stroudsburg on Wednesday in a PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) non-division game. In game two of the day the Warriors snapped the Huskies 22-game winning streak with a 2-1 win.
 
In game one Parker allowed just a fourth inning double in lead the Huskies to a victory. Bloomsburg got on the board in the top of the second inning. Erica Keen (Gordonville, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) singled to lead off the inning and moved to second on an infield single by Mallory Tomaschik (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia). Keen was out at third on Bridget Casey (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge)'s fielder's choice. After Anna McElroy (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) reached on an error to load the bases, Valerie Carcasses (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) reached on a fielder's choice with Tomaschik scoring.
 
The Warriors tied the game in the fourth getting a leadoff double from Mary Wallick, who after taking third on a wild pitch, scored on a sacrifice bunt. The Huskies regained the lead in the fifth. With two outs Natalie Quinlan (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) singled and scored on Parker's triple to right field. Parker later scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-1.
 
In the circle Parker retired nine of the final 10 batters she faced to earn her 11^th win of the year against one loss.
 
The nightcap saw the Huskies fail to get the big hit as they stranded 10 runners and saw their 22-game winning streak end. After East Stroudsburg took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, the Huskies had runners at first and second in the top of the third with two outs. Carcasses singled to left, but Tomaschik was thrown out at the plate trying to score.
 
It stayed 1-0 until the fifth when the Huskies pushed across one run. Anna McElory singled and moved to second on a wild pitch. Carcasses then bunted McElroy to third where she came in to score on Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield)'s sacrifice fly. Quinlan followed with a walk and took second on Parker's single. But East Stroudsburg got a pop up to end the inning.
 
Bloomsburg left two runners on in the sixth and wasted a leadoff double from Winkelman in the seventh. Winkelman moved to third on a bunt, but was stranded, along with Parker who walked, after the Warriors got a short fly out and a ground out.
 
In the bottom of the seventh East Stroudsburg got the game-winning run when Rae Holden homered to left with one out to send the home team to a win.
 
Sarah Bortner (Glenville, Pa./South Western) was the tough-luck loser for the Huskies giving up just five hits and fanning five.
 
The 22-game winning streak for the Huskies was tied for the seventh longest in school history. The school record for the team is a 37-winning streak in 1986 followed by a 33-game streak in 1995.
 
Bloomsburg, 36-5, will play at Lock Haven on Friday at 2:30 p.m.