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CHARLESTON, W.V. — The Shippensburg University softball team earned the Atlantic Region's No. 2 seed in the 2023 NCAA Division II Softball Championships on Monday and will travel to No. 3 seed Charleston for the Atlantic 2 Regional pod that includes No. 6 Kutztown and No. 7 Davis and Elkins.
 
Shippensburg (32-18) will face Mountain East Conference (MEC) Runner-Up No. 7 Davis & Elkins (29-26) in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Tournament. The Raiders were not able to host the NCAA Atlantic Regional at Robb Field this year due to the locker room renovation starting at Henderson Gymnasium.
 
The Raiders will begin regional play on Thursday at 3 p.m. It is the first meeting between the two teams since March 13, 2016, when the Raiders beat the Senators, 4-0 in the West Virginia Wesleyan Tournament. SU has a 10-0 head-to-head record against D&E.
 
Shippensburg has now qualified for the NCAA Tournament back-to-back years and for the second time in seven seasons under head coach Alison Van Scyoc.
 
Shippensburg is 25-33 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and has won two NCAA Division II Regional Championships: 2003 and 2004. This is the 18th NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional appearance for the Raiders and the 19th postseason appearance overall (SU competed in the AIAW Division III in 1982). The Raiders' best finish is third in the NCAA Division II Championship in 2004.
 
Scouting Davis & Elkins:

• D&E entered the MEC Tournament as the South's No. 3 seed and defeated Notre Dame and Charleston (WV) in the opening round. The Senators then defeated Fairmont State in the semifinals to book themselves in the Championship. Charleston defeated Davis & Elkins in the championship, beating the Senators twice, 6-0 and 8-1. Honesty Holt, Linzey Allard and Vanessa Hunt were named to the MEC All-Tournament Team.
• The Senators had three players who earned All-MEC honours: Allard, Holt and Anjolina Gutierrez.
  • Allard leads the team in batting average and ranks fifth in the MEC (.389) and leads the team in on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.089), hits (70), home runs (7), RBIs (51) and slugging percentage (.611).
  • Holt is ranked second in OPS (.915), home runs (4), and slugging percentage (.495).
  • Gutierrez leads the Senators in runs (40) and doubles (15). She is second on the team for batting average (.311), hits (61) and RBIs (36).
• D&E has three Senators in the circle
  • Hunt is the main starting pitcher for the Senators with a 12-11 record and has thrown 163.0 innings. She has struck out 79 batters, walked 69 batters, and had two saves and 18 complete games.
  • Sophomore Saylor Kneeland has thrown 126.0 innings with a 9-12 record and two saves. She has struck out 62 batters and walked 61. She also had 10 complete games.
  • Alexa Uphold has thrown 67 innings and has a 7-3 record and four complete games. As a freshman, Uphold has struck out 31 batters and also walked 31 batters.