SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team held onto a one-run lead late in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon from Fairchild Field to pull off a doubleheader split with Millersville that wrapped up the PSAC East weekend series. The Raiders lost Game 1 by a 2-1 margin before pulling out the 7-6 victory in the nightcap.

The Raiders (18-12, 5-7 PSAC East) dropped three of four on the weekend and now sit fifth in the division standings. The Marauders (23-9, 7-1) are tied with West Chester in second place behind East leader Kutztown.

After mustering just five hits against Millersville ace Chris Murphy in the opener, Shippensburg rebounded with seven runs on 11 hits in the second game. Junior third baseman Cal Hogan went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, including a two-run single in the second inning before driving in the eventual game-winner with a single in the fourth.

Junior center fielder Michael Douglas led off SU's four-run first inning in Game 2 with his third home run of the season and finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Senior catcher Tyler Shover went 2-for-3 while junior first baseman Pat Kregeloh smacked a two-run double in the first.

Junior Austin Bartley pitched nearly four innings on the day while finishing off both games. He gave up two total hits and struck out two and earned the two-inning save in Game 2. Freshman Marcus Shippey pitched 3.1 innings of relief and earned the victory. Junior Shawn Patterson fanned five and gave up two runs while pitching into the sixth inning of the opener.

Shippensburg will play a single non-conference nine-inning game at Wilmington (Del.) on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Game 1: Millersville 2, Shippensburg 1

An RBI double gave the Marauders a 1-0 lead in the third while Murphy had a no-hit bid with one out in the fifth inning. At that point, though, SU ripped back-to-back doubles – from senior left fielder Simon Beloff and sophomore second baseman Jimmy Spanos – with Spanos's hit tying the game at 1-1.

The Marauders responded in the top of the sixth, however, with a Zach Stone solo home run to left off Patterson. After a leadoff double in the top of the seventh, Bartley left the Marauder stranded on third with a pair of groundouts and a strikeout.

The Raiders attempted a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh with singles from junior designated hitter Kyle Hollingsworth and freshman shortstop Mike Marcinko before Murphy struck out Douglas swinging to end the game.

Game 2: Shippensburg 7, Millersville 6

Millersville opened up the scoring in the first with a run each on a double and a single. After Douglas's home run cut the deficit in half, Hogan doubled to right center and Shover singled off of the leg of Millersville pitcher Jim McDade to set up Kregeloh's two-run double. Kregeloh advanced to third on the throw home and scored in the next at-bat on a wild pitch for a 4-2 Shippensburg advantage.

In the second, a Douglas-Marcinko double steal put base runners on second and third to set up Hogan's bases-clearing single to left that pushed the Raider lead to 6-3. Millersville tied it up with three runs on three hits and an error in the third before Hogan's single in the fourth broke the tie for good.

After entering in the beginning of the sixth, Bartley allowed a single and a walk before inducing a swinging strikeout to end the Millersville threat.