SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University softball team split a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader with Millersville on Saturday, winning Game 1, 7-5, but dropping Game 2, 7-3 on a cold, windy afternoon at Robb Field.
 
Shippensburg (16-13, 1-3 PSAC East) hit .358 on the day, cranking out 19 hits and striking out just three times. The Raiders got a win in the opener from junior Chloe Collins, who allowed three runs in five innings, and a save from sophomore Julia Tosti, who got the final six outs. Sophomore Taryn Wilson struck out eight in the nightcap.
 
Millersville (14-13, 1-1) hit three home runs in Game 2 to salvage a split. The Marauders had 15 hits and committed just one error on the day. Brittany Smith hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to swing the nightcap in MU's favor.
 
Junior Tara Bicko was the offensive star, reaching base in seven of her eight plate appearances. Bicko had four RBIs and four hits, including a three-run homer in the second inning of Game 1. She also drew three walks. Her only out was a loud liner to right field in the opener. Bicko was 2-for-2 with two walks in the nightcap.
 
Collins reached base five times, totaling two hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch. Her base running in Game 1 was pivotal to scoring an integral fifth-inning run; she went first-to-third with a strong read off a single and later tagged up on a diving play by the shortstop for a rare sacrifice fly from just off the infield dirt.
 
Freshman Kayla Bonawitz had three hits, an RBI, a stolen base and three runs scored. Of the additional Raiders with multiple hits on the day, freshman Emily Zaring had an RBI-double, while junior Macy Luck had two hits, a steal and a walk.
 
Junior Maddie Mulhall and freshman Meghan Klee each had a double among their two hits.
 
All nine Raider starters had at least one hit overall, including an RBI-double from freshman Micaela Ghanayem. Freshman Kendall Geis had an RBI and two sacrifices. SU totaled five extra-base hits in the doubleheader.
 
Shippensburg hits the road Wednesday for a 2:30 p.m. non-conference doubleheader at Shepherd.