Gallery: (4-14-2026) 2026 Softball vs. Mansfield 4.14
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University softball team picked up a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division victories on Tuesday afternoon with a doubleheader sweep over Mansfield, defeating the visiting Mountaineers by scores of 6-0 and 8-0 at Robb Field. The Game 2 win came in five innings.
Shippensburg's (24-12, 12-8 PSAC East) wins were highlighted by a pair of impressive pitching performances from
Dani Hayward and
Kaira Zamadics.
Hayward pitched a perfect game in Game 1, striking out six batters, allowing no walks or hits. This marks just the first perfect game in program history in 20 years, since Dani Shields did so with a 1-0 win vs. Kutztown on May 6, 2006 in a PSAC Tournament game at Lock Haven.
It was the first seven-inning no-hitter for Shippensburg since May 9, 2014, when Hayward's pitching coach, Emily (Estep) Goshorn pitched a 2-0 victory against IUP, allowing no hits and walking three batters in an NCAA Tournament game played at Robb Field.
Zamadics got the win in the circle in Game 2, throwing her first career no-hitter. She matched her season high with four strikeouts, allowing just one walk. This marks her third career shutout and third of the season.
Both performances in the circle marked the first no-hitters of any kind for SU since May 5, 2017, when Chloe Collins pitched a five-inning no-hitter against Lincoln.
The SU offense totaled 16 hits on the day.
Reagan Bauman led the Raider offense going 4-for-6 at the plate, totaling two RBIs.
Caitlyn Martell,
Rilee Ehrlacher and
Gianna Cimino added three hits apiece. Martell recorded a double and a pair of singles, recording an RBI.
Ehrlacher went 3-for-6 at the plate, notching her 100th career hit in Game 2. Cimino finished the day with a home run, triple and a single, totaling six RBIs.
Shippensburg will travel to Frostburg State on Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.
Game 1: SHIP 6, MANSFIELD 0
Hayward started the game with a pair of strikeouts. The Raiders got one runner on base after a walk but were unable to score.
Mansfield pitcher, Emma Maurer retired three straight batters in the bottom of the second to keep the game scoreless.
The Raiders scored the first run of the day in the bottom of the third inning. Ehrlacher singled followed by a sacrifice bunt from
Sarah Sabocsik and an RBI single from Martell to make it 1-0.
SU increased its lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Raiders had the bases loaded after a Martell single, a hit by pitch and a Mansfield error. Bauman recorded a single to drive in a pair of runs and make it 3-0.
Emilee Sullivan followed with an RBI single to increase the lead to four. Cimino then cleared the bases with a triple to make it 6-0.
Ehrlacher recorded a single in the bottom of the sixth, but three fly outs kept the Raiders from scoring.
Hayward got the win in the circle after pitching a perfect game. She struck out six batters, allowing no walks or hits. This marked her fifth career shutout and third of the season.
Ehrlacher and Martell led the Raider offense with two hits. Ehrlacher went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of singles and Martell added two singles with an RBI. Five different Raiders recorded at least one hit.
Game 2: SHIP 8, MANSFIELD 0 (five innings)
The Mountaineers got their first baserunner of the day in the top of the first inning after a Raider error. A strikeout from Zamadics and a foul out ended the inning.
The Raider offense maintained their momentum in the bottom of the first. Martell led off with a double and Bauman recorded a single. Sullivan hit a single to score both runners and make it 2-0.
SU scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning. Martell got on base after being hit by a pitch and Bauman hit her second single of the day.
Lindsey Haser hit an RBI single to make it 3-0. With two outs, Cimino launched her eighth home run of the season to clear the bases and make it 6-0.
Ehrlacher started the bottom of the fourth with a bunt single, recording the 100th hit of her Raider career.
Bauman opened the bottom of the fifth inning with a leadoff double. Haser drew a walk to put two runners on. Cimino hit an RBI single to make it 7-0. The game ended via run rule after pinch runner
Emily Lafferty scored on a wild pitch.
Zamadics matched her season high with four strikeouts, getting the win in the circle for the Raiders. She threw her first career no-hitter, allowing just one walk and one hit batter.
Bauman went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double and two singles. Cimino recorded two hits and totaled four RBIs. Six different Raiders recorded at least one hit.
