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Freshman catcher Taylor Llewellyn hit her first two career home runs in Game 2 on Tuesday to cap off the Shippensburg University softball team's 29-hit afternoon en route to an impressive PSAC East doubleheader sweep at defending division champion Kutztown in the regular season road finale. The Raiders won Game 1, 6-2, before taking the nightcap by a 10-3 margin.

The Raiders (27-8, 9-3 PSAC East) – who clinched a PSAC playoff spot and remain in the driver's seat for the East No. 1 seed with two doubleheaders remaining – finished off their first season sweep of the Golden Bears (23-21, 7-7) since 2005 by totaling 14 hits in Tuesday's opener and 15 hits in the nightcap, which ties their season single-game high and are the most SU has had vs. a PSAC opponent this year.

Sophomore Tyler Thompson sparked SU's success at the plate from her spot in the top of the order. The center fielder batted 7-for-9 on the afternoon and totaled four stolen bases. She swiped three bags in the opener before going 4-for-5 from the dish in the nightcap.

Thompson, sophomore shortstop Taylor Weisman and sophomore first baseman Maddie Justice each went 3-for-4 in Game 1 with the latter two players driving in two runs apiece.

Llewellyn went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored in the second game, as each of her homers were two-run shots. She also caught a Golden Bear base runner stealing second in the second inning.

Sophomore Jordie Darchicourt earned starts at second base in both games and took advantage of the playing time, going 2-for-4 in each game with an RBI in the opener and a pair of run-producing doubles in the nightcap.

In Game 1, sophomore Liz Parkins recorded her sixth complete game of the season and pushed her spotless record to 9-0, giving up three hits while striking out six.

Junior Emily Estep earned the win in Game 2, giving up one run on three hits in five innings of work with six strikeouts. Sophomore Makenzie Lynn pitched the final two innings in relief and struck out two.

The Raiders return home this weekend to host a pair of PSAC East doubleheaders from Robb Field that will wrap up SU's regular season schedule. SU will square off against Millersville on Friday beginning at 2:30 p.m. before welcoming East Stroudsburg on Saturday for a 1 p.m. start.

Game 1: Shippensburg 6, Kutztown 2

Shippensburg plated runs in each of the first four innings, beginning with a first-inning Weisman RBI single that ricocheted off KU pitcher Dominique Ficara's leg and into right field before a run-scoring bloop single from second baseman Darchicourt in the second.

Back-to-back doubles from sophomore first baseman Jessie Trammell and Weisman that lead-off the third preceded a Justice two-run single to right that scored both runners. Weisman then added her second RBI in the fourth inning with an infield single to the pitcher that brought home Thompson for a 4-1 lead.

SU nearly tacked on another run in the next at-bat with a Justice double to left center, but Weisman was thrown out on a collision at the plate coming all the way around from first for the final out of the frame.

SU added one more insurance run in the seventh when Parkins drove home freshman pinch runner Briana Giovenco with a single to center field on a full-count pitch.

Game 2: Shippensburg 10, Kutztown 3

Kutztown used an RBI double in the first to grab a 1-0 lead before Estep settled down and retired eight of the next 11 KU batters. SU took a 2-1 lead in the third behind a Trammell two-run single to right field that scored Llewellyn (lead-off double) and Thompson (bunt single and a stolen base).

Parkins, starting at third base, drove in her second run of the day in the fourth on a double to right center – on a full-count pitch – that brought home freshman pinch runner Julie Cramer. Parkins then came home herself in the next at-bat with Darchicourt doubling to left-center.

SU pushed the lead to 6-1 in the sixth with Llewellyn's first round-tripper, a shot to center field on the first pitch of the at-bat, that also scored the pinch-running Giovenco.

Llewellyn's second home run came in the next inning as SU finished off the day with a four-run seventh. Llewellyn followed up a Darchicourt RBI double to center with a two-run homer to center. Back-to-back singles from senior right fielder Kiersten Darhower and Thompson then set up a Raider run scored on a fielding error from the KU first baseman.