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Senior pitcher Emily Estep carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of Game 1 and junior third baseman Liz Parkins hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning of Game 2 to lift the No. 16 Shippensburg University softball team to a PSAC East doubleheader road sweep of Lock Haven from Lawrence Field. SU won the opener 3-1 before taking the nightcap 6-5.
 
After surrendering a 5-1 lead with a Lock Haven grand slam in the fifth inning of the second game, the Raiders (19-5, 5-3 PSAC East) re-took a 6-5 lead with Parkins's single up the middle to score junior shortstop Taylor Weisman.
 
Shippensburg then won the game with a play at the plate in the bottom of the seventh after a Lock Haven (6-19, 1-9) runner on third with two outs broke for home on a wild pitch. Sophomore catcher Taylor Llewellyn recovered the ball and threw to junior pitcher Makenzie Lynn covering home to put out the potential tying run and clinch the Raider sweep.
 
Estep retired 15 of the first 16 batters she faced in the opener and struck out nine in a two-hit, complete-game performance. She allowed a single and double to lead off the seventh before surrendering a run-scoring groundout to make the score 3-1 and place the potential tying run at the plate. Estep induced a pair of pop ups to third base in foul territory to end the game, however, and improve her record to 10-1 on the season.
 
Senior left fielder Hilary Lyons went 4-for-7 on the day with two runs driven in and two stolen bases while sophomore right fielder Briana Giovenco and sophomore second baseman Taylor Pattillo each collected three hits. Giovenco went 3-for-6 with a run and an RBI while Pattillo drove in three runs, including a home run in the opener to go along with a pair of RBI singles.

The Raiders host Millersville tomorrow in a 1 p.m. doubleheader from Robb Field. SU will be hosting MS Awareness Day surrounding the doubleheader. More information on the event can be found here.
 
Game 1: Shippensburg 3, Lock Haven 1
 
Pattillo's second home run of the season came in the second inning before Estep struck out the side swinging in the bottom half of the frame.
 
The Raiders added two more runs with two outs in the third, with junior first baseman Maddie Justice following back-to-back walks with an RBI single to left center before Pattillo added her second RBI in as many innings with a single to left.
 
Game 2: Shippensburg 6, Lock Haven 5
 
Each team scored a run in the third inning – with SU's coming on a Pattillo RBI single to right – before Shippensburg tacked on three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth for a 5-1 lead. Giovenco hit a sacrifice fly to right before Lyons hit a two-out, two-run single in the following at-bat in the fourth and senior designated player Rachel Shumway doubled to left field to send home the SU run in the fifth.
 
Freshman pitcher Casey Thompson earned the start and entered the fifth inning having not given up a run on five hits. Lynn pitched the final 2.2 innings in relief and allowed two hits to earn the victory and improve to 6-3.