SALISBURY, N.C. – The Shippensburg University baseball team opened the 2018 regular season Friday night in North Carolina but dropped a non-conference matchup at Catawba, 11-2, from Newman Park.
 
Shippensburg (0-1) got multi-hit efforts from senior Dalton Hoiles and junior Cash Gladfelter. Hoiles went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Gladfelter tallied a team-high three hits while also driving in a run.
 
Catawba (2-8) scored six runs over the first four innings of play to outpace the Raiders on the night. Senior Gabe Mosser started on the mound for SU, tallying six strikeouts in four innings of work.
 
Sophomores Kyle Lysy and Jack Jenkens, redshirt-freshman Noah Inch and freshman Dalton Oates all made appearances out of the Raider bullpen.
 
Jenkins pitched 1.2 innings, recording a strikeout while surrendering just one run. Oates pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in his collegiate debut.
 
Shippensburg will return to action Saturday at 11 a.m. when it will take on Catawba in one nine-inning game.