Game one HTML Box Score
Game two HTML Box Score
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University softball team suffered a sweep at home against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central division rival Lock Haven on Friday (Apr. 6), dropping game one 3-2 and game two 9-5.
Bloomsburg started the scoring in the bottom of the first with
Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield)'s first long ball of the season to take a 1-0 lead. Lock Haven would take the lead with two runs in the third and pad it with one in the fourth, beginning with a two-run shot from Moriah Lindsey that scored Casey Carpenter. In the fourth inning, it was Carpenter notching a sacrifice fly that scored Bryann Hilty to put the Bald Eagles up 3-1. The Huskies matched the Bald Eagles in the frame with one run, but were held off the board after that. A RBI double from
Marissa Shelhamer (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) scored
Emily Mayhew (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) to make the game 3-2, before the final three innings were scoreless for both teams.
The Huskies scored two runs on six hits while committing one error in game one. Mayhew paced the offense in game one with two hits, while four others recorded hits in the ball game. Winkelman and Shelhamer drove in runs, while Mayhew and Winkelman both scored once.
Alyssa Davies (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) (3-4) got the loss in the circle, firing a complete game allowing three runs on four hits while walking one and punching out seven.
Lock Haven jumped out to a 6-0 lead over the first three innings scoring three times in the second and three times in the third. The scoring began when Amanda Loar laid down a sacrifice bunt that was thrown away by
Tara Baney (Howard, Pa./Bellefonte) allowing Madison Mathes to score. Later in the inning, Carpenter singled up the middle to score both Loar and Hilty. In the third, it was Carpenter coming to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. Carpenter roped a double to right center to score Loar, Hilty and Rebecca Caputo to stretch the Lock Haven lead to 6-0. The game would go scoreless into the sixth inning, as the Huskies were held hitless for the first five innings.
Erin Smith (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) would lead off the sixth by breaking up the no-hit bid with a single to left center, before Winkelman singled to left center to advance Smith 60 feet. With two on and no outs,
Maggie Hall (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) lifted a ball to left that was muffed by Lock Haven's left fielder and left the bases loaded with still no one out. That set the stage for Mayhew, who lined a single off of Lock Haven's pitcher Kayla Gee to score Smith and get the Huskies on the board. After Gee left the game due to injury, game one's winning pitcher Becca Slattery was called on in relief.
Kalynn Wheeland (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) greeted Slattery with a grand slam over the scoreboard in center field to make it 6-5 with still no one out. The Huskies would get a one-out single from
Alexa Erney (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) in the remainder of the inning. Lock Haven would pad their lead further with three two-out runs in the top of the seventh. After Carpenter drew a two-out walk, Slattery helped her cause with a RBI double to center field to make it 7-5. RBI singles from Traci Kromko and Lindsey would pad the Lock Haven lead to make it the final score.
Bloomsburg scored five runs on six hits while committing one error in game two. Mayhew again led the offense with two hits, while four others recorded one hit apiece in the loss. Wheeland drove in four runs, while Mayhew drove in the other. Five different Huskies scored runs in the game. Baney (3-5) took the loss in game two allowing four runs, three earned on four hits in two innings.
Abby Wild (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) allowed five runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings of relief, walking four and striking out two.
Nicolette Ray (Abington, Pa./Abington) also worked a scoreless third of an inning in the circle.
The losses move BU to 9-12 overall and 1-3 in the PSAC Central division. Lock Haven improves to 13-9 and 2-0 in the PSAC Central.
The Huskies are back at Jan M. Hutchinson Field tomorrow (Saturday, Apr. 7) for another PSAC Central division clash with Clarion for Senior Day. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m.
