LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University softball team earned a split at Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Division rival, Lock Haven University, on Saturday afternoon as both teams posted identical 4-3 victories at Lawrence Field. The Huskies moved to 12-12 overall and 5-1 in league play while the Bald Eagles moved to 13-13 overall and 4-2 in the division standings.

Senior Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run) got the start in the circle in game one but Lock Haven jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Huskies' frenetic rally in the seventh fell a run short.

The Bald Eagles scored a single run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. Faith Ceely drew a leadoff walk and later scored when McKenna Garlock lifted a sacrifice fly to left field. Lock Haven added another run in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out rally as Jodi Weaknecht reached on single, stole second, and then scored on an RBI single from Ceely.

Lock Haven padded its lead in the bottom of the sixth with a pair of unearned runs to take a 4-0 advantage. Garlock reached on an error to start the inning and that was followed by a single from Michelle Holweger. Both were pinch run for and both runners would come into score on a two-out double from Jessica Strouse.

Meanwhile, the Huskies had only two hits against Lock Haven starter, Bekah Slattery, through the first six innings - a leadoff single from junior Erin Smith (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) in the third and a one-out single from senior Holly Peacock (Williamsport, Pa./Jersey Shore) in the fourth.

But, in the top of the seventh, the Huskies' rallied. Senior Mallory Tomaschik (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) started the inning with a single and then advanced to second when sophomore Alexa Erney (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) walked. Smith collected her second hit of the day, a single, to load the bases with nobody out. Sophomore Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield) cleared the bases with a three-run double to left field to cut the Lock Haven lead to 4-3. Freshman Julia Knight (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville) reached on an error and then both she and Winkelman advanced a base on a sacrifice bunt from Parker for the first out of the inning. Junior Emily Mayhew (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) grounded out to short for the second out and, on the throw to first, Winkelman tried to score from third but was gunned down at the plate to end the inning and the game.

Parker allowed four runs (two earned) on only four hits in the complete-game loss. She walked three and struck out five to fall to 6-5 on the season. Slattery improved to 7-7 after allowing three runs on five hits. She walked three and struck out four.

Smith was the only player on both teams to have more than one hit as she finished with a pair of singles.

Game two was a complete reversal of game one as it was Bloomsburg's turn to jump out to a 4-0 lead before a Lock Haven rally attempt fell a run short.

Neither team scored until the top of the fourth when the Huskies plated a pair of runs to take a 2-0 advantage. Parker started the inning by reaching on an error and then advanced to second on a bunt single from Mayhew. Junior Maggie Hall (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) sacrificed both runners ahead a base to put runners at second and third with one out. After Lock Haven starter Rachel Mouillesseaux recorded the second out of the inning, sophomore Emily Getz (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) came through with a clutch two-out, two-run single to get the Huskies on the board.

The Huskies added two more runs in the top of the fifth on a two-out, two-run home run to left center from Parker - her team-leading third round-tripper of the season. Winkelman, who reached on a one-out single, scored on the blast from Parker.

However, in the bottom of the sixth, the Bald Eagles solved Tomaschik. Ceely led off the inning with a walk and then advanced to second when Moriah Lindsey was hit by a pitch. Two batters later, Holweger belted a one-out, three-run home run to cut the Huskies' lead to 4-3. Tomaschik got out of the inning without any further damage.

In the bottom of the seventh, Weaknecht doubled with two outs and then advanced to third before Tomaschik retired Ceely on a lineout to center field to end the game.

Tomaschik improved to 5-6 on the season with the complete-game victory. She allowed three runs on five hits, walked two, and struck out three. The home run she allowed in the sixth snapped a streak of 18 consecutive innings without allowing a run.

Mouillesseaux, meanwhile, dropped to 6-5 on the year as she went the distance and allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits. She walked one and struck out five.

Getz had a career-high three hits in three at bats and also drove in a pair of runs to pace the Huskies' offense in game two.

The Huskies will return home on Sunday afternoon, April 9, to host IUP in a doubleheader at Jan M. Hutchinson Field. Start time of game one is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.