SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University softball team rallied twice in its final at-bat Tuesday to score a pair of walk-off wins over visiting Pitt-Johnstown, defeating the Mountain Cats by scores of 6-5 and 10-8 in non-league action at Robb Field.
 
Shippensburg (17-13) continued to knock the cover off the ball, totaling 27 hits in the doubleheader, but allowed three runs in the final two innings of the opener and six runs in the final two innings of the nightcap to set up some dramatic finishes.
 
Trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the seventh in Game 1, a one-out RBI-single by Lacey Hunter tied it, and a two-out single by Morgan DeFeo gave the Raiders a comeback win.
 
SU led 8-5 entering the top of the seventh in Game 2, but Pitt-Johnstown (5-19) tied it against the Raider bullpen. A leadoff home run, a walk, a groundout, a bloop double and another walk loaded the bases with one out. Another groundout made it 8-7 and put the go-ahead run on second base. A two-out single up the middle plated the first runner, but center fielder Hunter threw out the second runner at home to keep the score tied at 8-8.
 
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Hunter singled and Alyssa Nehlen deposited the second pitch of her at-bat over the right-field fence to send the Raiders home victors.
 
Once again, all nine Raider starters had at least one hit in a doubleheader. Hunter was one of four Raiders with four hits – she had a triple, drew a walk, and stole two bases as well. Cori Ritter and Maelynn Leber were both 4-for-8 with a double – Leber had two RBIs. Taylor Radziewicz singled four times.
 
Hannah Marsteller hit an RBI-single in the bottom of the first inning of Game 1 and a solo home run in the fifth inning. In her six other plate appearances, she walked five times and ripped a slow change to the shortstop for an RBI fielder's choice.
 
Courtney Coy hit a grand slam in Game 2, finishing the day with three hits and five RBIs. Nehlen finished with three hits, two walks and three runs scored, while DeFeo had two hits, a walk and a sacrifice.
 
Freshmen Emma Flattery and Brianna Small got starts in the circle and ended up with no-decisions. Flattery allowed four runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings in Game 1, striking out four, while Small allowed two runs in 4.1 innings in Game 2, striking out six.
 
Leber pitched in relief in both games, totaling three innings. She got the Game 1 win, while Hanna Phillips ended up with the Game 2 after getting the final outs of the seventh inning in Game 2.

VIDEO: @ShipSoftball walked it off twice today!

A walk-off single in Game 1 by Morgan DeFeo and a walk-off, two-run HR in Game 2 by Alyssa Nehlen!

Also another 💣 for Mars, a grand slam for Courtney Coy and Lacey Hunter throwing out a runner at home plate! pic.twitter.com/dQP43ZLAdN

— SHIP Sports Info (@ShipURaiders) April 14, 2021