SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team lost both games of a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader to Bloomsburg on Friday afternoon, falling by scores of 2-0 and 3-0 to the Huskies at Fairchild Field.
 
Shippensburg (12-8, 6-4) was stifled offensively, collecting just seven hits all day. Bloomsburg (8-12, 3-7) finished with 11 hits and got complete-game shutouts from both of its starting pitchers.
 
SU heads to Bloomsburg on Sunday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader. 
 
Game One: BU 2, SU 0
 
The Raiders managed just two hits in the opener, a lined single up the middle from junior Gio Calamia and a bunt single by freshman Erby Weller. Bloomsburg scored two runs on six hits.
 
Junior Jaxon Dalena took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Three straight singles by Bloomsburg broke up Dalena's no-hit bid, and a bloop double down the right-field line brought in the two runs. Dalena finished his day allowing just the two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts.
 
SU got a baserunner in both the sixth and seventh innings but could not push one across the plate.
 
Bloomsburg starter Nate Baranski tossed a shutout, allowing just three baserunners in the game. Baranski struck out seven batters and earned his first win of the year. 
 
Freshman Conner Barto came on in relief, pitching the final two innings for the Raiders. Barto allowed two hits but finished both innings scoreless.
 
Game Two: BU 3, SU 0
 
Bloomsburg used early runs in Game 2 to help finish off the sweep. The Huskies scored one in the second and two in the third to take an early 3-0 lead and what would become the final score.
 
Calamia and sophomore Mike Heckman combined for four of SU's five hits: each finished with two hits.
 
Graduate Ryan Gleason allowed three runs on five hits over five innings.
 
Bloomsburg starter Scott Gilbert picked up his second win of the season. In his shutout, Gilbert allowed five hits with no walks and six strikeouts.
 
A walk and a steal gave the Huskies a runner in scoring position in the second inning. A single to center brought in the run to give BU the early lead. A single and a walk to start the third inning opened up another BU rally. Gleason earned two outs. A wild pitch advanced both runners, and a groundout brought in the second run. An error in the next at-bat gave the Huskies a 3-0 lead.