The Shippensburg University softball team fell to West Chester on the road Monday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader. The Raiders lost Game 1, 5-3, and Game 2, 10-2 in five innings, at West Chester.
 
Shippensburg (14-8, 4-4 PSAC East) recorded 14 hits on the day, plating five runs. West Chester (14-10, 6-2 PSAC East) ended the day with 16 hits and 15 runs.
 
Lindsey Haser led the SU offense with four hits. Haser went 3-for-3 in game one and added a single in Game 2.
 
Four Raiders recorded two hits on the day.
 
Dani Hayward and Kaira Zamadics got the losses in the circle for the Raiders. Hayward threw a complete game and struck out four batters; Zamadics recorded a strikeout.
 
Shippensburg returns to action at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Millersville.
 
Game 1: WCU 5, SHIP 3
 
SU scored the first run of the day after a bases-loaded walk in the top of the third inning to make it 1-0. The Raiders still had the bases loaded and no outs, but a double play and a groundout ended the inning. The Golden Rams answered in the bottom of the third with a pair of singles and a double to take the lead at 2-1.
 
In the bottom of the fourth inning, West Chester increased the lead to 5-1. After a double with one out, the Golden Rams took advantage of a SU error to score a run. With two runners on base, a single scored a pair of runs. Hayward escaped the inning with a pair of strikeouts. 
 
In the top of the fifth, Gianna Cimino and Leah Schwalm reached base on Golden Ram errors Reagan Bauman delivered an RBI single to make it 5-2.
 
Sabocsik hit a leadoff double in the top of the sixth and Emilee Sullivan drew a walk. An RBI single from Haser cut the Raider deficit to two, 5-3.
 
The Raiders attempted a comeback in the seventh inning, with a leadoff single from Schwalm. Bauman got on base on a fielder's choice, followed by a walk from Brie Wilmot. With the tying run on first and the go-ahead run at the plate, West Chester recorded back-to-back outs to end the game.
 
Hayward pitched a complete game in the circle for the Raiders, recording four strikeouts and allowing six hits.
 
The Raiders out-hit the Golden Rams in Game 1, 8-6, but left 10 runners on base to the Golden Rams' six.
 
Haser went 3-for-3, her second game in a row with three hits. She recorded a trio of singles and an RBI. Six different Raiders recorded at least one hit.
 
Game 2: WCU 10, SHIP 2 (5 innings)
 
West Chester got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning with a leadoff home run. Bauman opened the top of the second with a double followed by a bunt single from Sabocsik. A sacrifice fly from Rilee Ehrlacher scored Bauman and made it 1-1.
 
West Chester added two runs in the bottom of the second off a pair of singles, 3-1. In the top of third, with two Raiders on base, Schwalm reached base on an error to make it 3-2.
 
The Golden Rams scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. West Chester loaded the bases and drew three consecutive walks to make it 6-2. A grand slam from Danielle Ciliberto made it 10-2.
 
Haser singled in the top of the fifth, but the Raiders were unable to score, ending the game via the eight-run rule.
 
Zamadics got the loss in the circle for SU, recording one strikeout and allowing four hits. Madalyn Dyer pitched an inning, recording one strikeout. Mikayla Fontana came in the circle in the bottom of the fourth.