SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team had its home opener Saturday and split a doubleheader with Le Moyne amidst frigid conditions at Fairchild Field, winning Game 1 by a 9-0 score before dropping the nightcap, 12-9.
 
Shippensburg (5-7) cranked out 29 hits in the doubleheader, but Le Moyne (6-4) used a four-run second inning and a seven-run fourth inning in Game 2 to gain enough of a lead to hold off the Raiders and record a split.
 
Senior Kyle Lysy threw six shutout innings in Game 1, scattering six singles and walking one while striking out six to improve to 2-2 on the season. Lysy has thrown 13 shutout innings and struck out 13 spanning his last two starts.
 
Senior Zack Zoller was the offensive star of the day for the Raiders, going 6-for-9 at the plate with five extra-base hits and four RBIs. Zoller was 4-for-4 with a single-game school record of four doubles in Game 1. Thirteen players have hit three doubles in a game, with the most recent being Mike Douglas back in 2013.
 
Junior Scout Knotts continued his strong start to the season by going 5-for-9 with a double, three RBIs, two runs and two steals. Fellow junior Ben Werkheiser had three hits and three RBIs, while senior Jacob Pollock had three hits and two steals.
 
Freshman Joe Barbera capitalized on a pair of starts at second base, finishing the doubleheader 4-for-7 with a stolen base and four runs scored.
 
Senior Jack Jenkens had a strong relief appearance in Game 2, scattering a run on two hits in 3.1 innings while striking out two. It was the longest outing for Jenkens since he went 3.2 innings in a mid-week start against IUP on Apr. 25, 2018.
 
Weather conditions were sub-optimal, with a steady wind and frequent snow flurries the signature of a 30-degree afternoon. At one point during Game 2, the cows that graze in the field behind the diamond started running back to their barn during a snow squall. Play continued.
 
Shippensburg and Le Moyne will play a nine-inning game at 1 p.m. Sunday at Fairchild Field.