The Shippensburg University baseball team came up short in a twinbill at Lenoir-Rhyne on Friday, falling to the Bears by scores of 9-4 in a nine-inning game and 16-2 in a seven-inning game in North Carolina.
 
Shippensburg (0-8) could not overcome the high-powered offense of Lenoir-Rhyne (11-1), who hit three home runs in the opener and six doubles in the nightcap. Junior Lake Lloyd (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) hit a home run in both games of the doubleheader for the Raiders.
 
The Raiders will face Lenoir-Rhyne again tomorrow to close out the three-game series.
 
Game 1: Lenoir-Rhyne 9, Shippensburg 4
 
Graduate JuJu Cason went 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and a double down the left-field line in the ninth inning. Junior Justin Darden hit a pinch-hit two-home run in the seventh inning, and Lloyd homered in the eighth inning – a solo shot.
 
Redshirt-junior Nick Zegna pitched six innings and struck out six. He yielded seven runs, four of which were earned. Sophomore Austen Labarre and redshirt-freshman Ray Winter each pitched an inning in relief.
 
Lenior-Rhyne hit a pair of homers in the first inning to take a lead it would not relinquish. David Bell hit a three-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning. Anthony Porrino had two hits, two runs scored and a two-run home run. Wade Cuda had three hits, one walk, two runs scored and a solo home run.
 
Game 2: Lenoir-Rhyne 16, Shippensburg 2
 
SU's runs came on an RBI-groundout by Darden in the first inning and a solo homer by Lloyd in the second inning. Freshman Carter Hinds (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) had a double in the third inning and stole a base. Graduate Matt Shilling hit a double in the third inning and drew a walk.
 
Sophomore Kaleb Sophy pitched 3.2 innings and struck out three. Redshirt-freshman Cameron Goble pitched 2.1 innings in relief, striking out five.
 
For Lenoir-Rhyne, Bell had three hits, two RBIs, two runs scored, and two doubles. Cuda had three hits, two RBIs, one run scored, and one double. Caleb Fluno and Erick Ramirez had a two-run doubles.