The Shippensburg University softball team began a weekend excursion in Myrtle Beach on Friday with a pair of victories at the 2019 Snowbird Softball Freeze Out, as the Raiders defeated Le Moyne by an 8-3 score and Felician by an 11-1 score in neutral-site games from the Grand Park Complex.
 
Shippensburg (3-3) finished the day with 24 hits over the course of the two games, including 10 doubles, while striking out just six times and drawing seven walks over 60 at-bats. The Raiders also had three sacrifice flies, two successful sacrifice bunts and a stolen base and did not commit an error on the day.
 
From the circle, senior Taryn Wilson grinded out a victory over Le Moyne with a complete-game effort in which she allowed one earned run, walked eight and struck out 10. Freshman Tressa Kagarise threw a complete-game victory against Felician, allowing one run on three hits, walking six and striking out six.
 
At the plate, sophomore Courtney Coy was 5-for-7 with three doubles and four RBIs. Junior Meghan Klee went 4-for-6 with a double, four RBIs, a walk, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base.
 
Freshman Grace Palmieri reached base four times, going 3-for-6 with a double, sacrifice bunt, three runs and was hit by a pitch. Wilson also was afforded chances at the plate and took advantage – going 2-for-4 with a pair of sacrifice flies and a successful sacrifice bunt.
 
Freshman Morgan DeFeo went 3-for-7 with two doubles and a walk, while junior Kayla Bonawitz also had three hits – including a double and an RBI. Junior Micaela Ghanayem doubled twice.
 
Shippensburg 8, Le Moyne 3
The Raiders fell behind 2-1 after the second inning but rallied for the victory over the Dolphins with two runs in the third, two more in the fifth and three runs in the seventh inning. Le Moyne managed 15 base-runners, but left 12 on base.
 
Coy, who went 3-for-3 against Le Moyne, delivered a two-run double in the third to put the Raiders up 3-2. A Klee sacrifice fly and an unearned run in the fifth put SU up by three. In the seventh, Klee slammed a two-run double and later came around to score on a Wilson single. Wilson struck out two in the final inning to earn her complete game.
 
Shippensburg 11, Felician 1
The Raiders held a 3-1 lead through four innings against Felician (0-2) before breaking the game open with four runs in the fifth inning and four runs in the seventh inning to achieve their largest victory of the young season.
 
The top of the order had a big day – DeFeo was 3-for-4 with three runs, while Coy added two more hits and two more RBIs from the cleanup spot. SU had 13 hits and five walks against the Golden Falcons.
 
DeFeo doubled in the first and scored on a Coy groundout to give SU an early 1-0 lead. The lead went to 3-0 in the third on a bases-loaded walk by freshman Lacey Hunter and an RBI-fielder's choice by Bonawitz.
 
The fifth inning included an RBI-double by Coy, a two-run double from Ghanayem and a sacrifice fly from Wilson. In the four-run seventh inning, Palmieri and Klee delivered RBI-singles before sophomore Alyssa McKean smacked a pinch-hit, two-run single for the final runs of the game. It was McKean's first collegiate hit and RBIs as a Raider.