The Shippensburg University softball team clinched a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament berth for the third consecutive year on Saturday with a road doubleheader sweep at Millersville, defeating the Marauders by scores of 11-5 and 10-3 to claim all four games in the season series.
 
Shippensburg (24-18, 9-5 PSAC East) had a torrid day at the plate, totaling 25 hits and nine walks in the doubleheader. The Raiders' 21 combined runs marks the most scored by the team in a PSAC East doubleheader since the 2005 season.
 
SU scored four runs in the first inning of Game 1 to chase MU starter Catherine Johnson and took a 7-1 through two innings of the opener. The Raiders scored four more times in the fourth inning to take an 11-2 lead. In Game 2, SU used a six-run second inning to take control.
 
All nine Raider starters had at least one hit, with eight producing multiple hits on the day. Freshman Hannah Marsteller went 4-for-8 with a home run, double, and seven RBIs. Marsteller hit a three-run homer in Game 1, marking her team-leading eighth round-tripper of the season.
 
Freshman Morgan DeFeo went 5-for-9 with two RBIs, a sacrifice and four runs scored. Freshman Hannah Johnson was 3-for-8 with a double and four RBIs.
 
Sophomore Courtney Coy and junior Meghan Klee combined four five hits and five walks while producing three RBIs. Junior Kayla Bonawitz hit three singles and stole two bases.
 
Freshman Tressa Kagarise struck out a career-high 15 batters in Game 2, allowing three runs on six hits in achieving her 11th win of the year. Kagarise's 15 strikeouts are the most by a Raider in a single game since Emily Estep did so on April 21, 2012 at Millersville.
 
Senior Taryn Wilson scattered five runs on 10 hits but struck out 10 in her Game 1 victory. Wilson notched her 13th win of the year with her seventh double-digit strikeout game of the season.
 
Millersville (20-29, 3-11) got four hits from Faith Willenbrock, including two doubles, while Brianna Battavio had three extra-base hits (home run, two doubles).
 
Shippensburg has clinched no worse than the No. 2 seed in the PSAC Eastern Division. The Raiders must finish one game ahead of West Chester to earn the division's No. 1 seed due to tiebreakers. West Chester hosts Millersville on Sunday.
 
UP NEXT: Sunday, 1 p.m. vs. East Stroudsburg (DH).