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CLERMONT, Fla. – The Shippensburg University softball team extended its winning streak to nine games on a sunny and warm Tuesday afternoon by scoring 21 runs and ripping 27 hits in a pair of five-inning victories at the National Training Center, defeating reigning PSAC champion IUP 12-0 before routing NYIT, 9-0.

Shippensburg (13-2) got multiple hits from seven players between the two games and allowed just five hits against in 10 innings.

SU was a remarkable 19-for-32 (.594) at the plate on Tuesday with runners in scoring position, had 10 hits with two outs and eight two-out RBIs. The Raiders also stole seven bases.

The top two hitters in the order – senior Kiersten Darhower and sophomore Tyler Thompson – reached base 10 times and scored five runs.

Darhower was 5-for-6 at the plate with four RBIs, three stolen bases, three runs scored and a successful sacrifice. Thompson was 5-for-7 with a RBI bunt single, two stolen bases and two runs scored.

Sophomore Jessie Trammell was one of the main run producers – going 4-for-6 with a team-high five RBIs. Fellow sophomore Maddie Justice was 4-for-6 with three RBIs, while junior Hilary Lyons was 3-for-5 with one RBI, two stolen bases and a team-high four runs scored.

Sophomore Liz Parkins had two doubles and pitched two innings of relief against IUP, while senior Jenn Deardorff went 3-for-3 at the plate against NYIT with a RBI and scored two runs.

Junior Emily Estep pitched three innings to achieve the win against the Crimson Hawks while sophomore Makenzie Lynn threw all five innings against the Bears to improve to 4-0.

The Raiders will play Minnesota Duluth (15-4) at 9 a.m. before taking on NYIT again at 11 a.m. Due to the lack of a power supply at Field 5 at the National Training Center there will be no live stats of Wednesday's first game. Updates will be available on Twitter @ShipURaiders.

Game 1: SHIP 12, IUP 0 (F-5)

Shippensburg jumped on IUP (4-4) early – scoring two runs in the opening inning – before exploding for 10 runs in the second. SU earned its first win over the Crimson Hawks since 2006, but the teams had only met just three times over the last six years.

In the first, Darhower and Thompson reached on infield singles. Darhower stole second base during Thompson's at-bat and then stole home on a double steal with Trammell at the plate. Trammell then dropped in a single between the right fielder and the second baseman that moved Thompson over to third – Thompson would end up scoring on the play after the right fielder misplayed the ball.

SU batted around in the second, bringing 14 batters to the plate and scoring 10 runs on eight hits and taking advantage of three IUP errors. Among the many key hits in the frame included a three-run double by Trammell, two-run doubles by Justice and Parkins and a two-run single by Darhower.

Estep struck out six hitters in three innings and allowed just one single. She improved her record to 4-2 and has allowed just two earned runs in her last 31 innings from the circle. Parkins pitched the final two innings.

Game 2: SHIP 9, NYIT 0 (F-5)

SU scored in four of its five trips to the plate against NYIT (4-5), including three times in both the fourth and fifth innings.

After both Darhower and Thompson reached base again to leadoff the game, the Raiders took advantage of some sloppy fielding in the first inning to extend the frame and get two runs. The first came on a fielding error by the second baseman off a Trammel at-bat and the second came on a two-out single by Justice.

Deardorff singled to lead off the third inning and scored with two outs on a single in the hole by Trammell in which the shortstop narrowly missed making a diving catch. The 3-for-3 effort by Deardorff marked the first multi-hit game of her career.

In the fourth, Darhower hit a two-run single into right field. Lyons plated a run earlier in the frame on a ball that was booted at second base. Deardorff and Thompson had RBI-singles in the fifth, with the first run of the inning scoring on an error on a stolen base.

Lynn needed just 59 pitches to get through her five shutout innings – striking out five and not walking a batter. She yielded just three hits – all singles.