Shippensburg University Athletics

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University baseball team completed its regular season home schedule by splitting a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division doubleheader against Shepherd Thursday afternoon at Fairchild Field.
 
Shippensburg (28-18, 15-11 PSAC East) thumped Shepherd (27-21, 13-13) 11-4 in Game 1 before dropping a wild Game 2, 10-7, in eight innings. The split means Shippensburg can clinch a PSAC Tournament berth with a win tomorrow or a Bloomsburg loss.
 
Ty Sherman and Thomas Cano-Piszel combined to drive in 10 runs during the doubleheader.
 
Sherman smashed a three-run home run in both halves of the twinbill, finishing 4-for-8 (.500) with six RBIs. Cano-Piszel batted 4-for-6 (.667) with six RBIs and three runs scored, including a missile off his bat for a solo home run in the opener.
 
Conner Barto recorded his PSAC-leading ninth victory with six solid innings in Game 1.
 
Shippensburg will conclude its regular season slate with a doubleheader Friday at Shepherd beginning at 1 p.m.
 
Game 1: Shippensburg 11, Shepherd 4
 
A seven-run bottom of the second powered the Raiders to victory in the opener.
 
Cano-Piszel's solo blast in the first canceled out a Shepherd run and set the stage for the Raiders' big rally.
 
Evan Shoffler began the second-inning fireworks with a two-run single, and Sherman added on with a three-run bomb to blow the game open. The Raiders piled on additional runs courtesy of a Will Oates double and a Brady Harbach, giving the Raiders an 8-1 cushion.
 
The Raiders answered a two-spot from the Rams in the third with two more in the home half of the frame.
 
Cano-Piszel brought home Jake Pope with a sacrifice fly, and Sherman singled home another run to make it a 10-3 game. Kyle Ausgotharp doubled home a run in the fourth to round out the Raider scoring.
 
The eleven runs came in support of Barto, who allowed three runs on five hits and struck out six over six frames.
 
Sherman went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the opener, while Cano-Piszel finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
 
Oates contributed two doubles, scored twice and drove in a run.  
 
Game 2: Shepherd 10, Shippensburg 7
 
Shippensburg stormed back from a 7-1 deficit to tie the game and force extras before Shepherd's Nik Rubendall blasted a decisive go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning.
 
Shepherd's Wyatt Lamb took advantage of a strong wind blowing out to left field to add onto a 3-1 Ram lead in the fifth, clearing the fence with the bases loaded for a grand slam to make it 7-1.
 
The six-run deficit did little to deter the Raider offense, as they sent 12 men to the plate and scored six runs to tie it in their very next turn.
 
The outburst began with a walk, a Mike Heckman bunt single and a hit batter to load the bases with no one out. Cano-Piszel followed with a two-run double and Sherman cleared the bases with a mammoth three-run blast to quickly make it a one-run game, 7-6.
 
The Raiders loaded the bases again later on in the frame, this time with two outs. Oates scored from third on a balk to bring the hosts all the way back, 7-7.
 
The game then turned into a battle of the bullpens. Nathan Lake and Jack Robinson held the Rams scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings, with Robinson getting a key strikeout to send the game to the bottom of the seventh still even.
 
Meanwhile, Shepherd's Cooper Bryan was lights out, setting down a Raider lineup that had all the momentum from the sixth inning on – including a one-two-three bottom of the seventh to force extras.
 
Rubendall's eighth-inning longball put Bryan in line for the win, and the right-hander then sealed it with a perfect bottom of the eighth.
 
Rubendall homered twice in Game 2, giving the Rams an initial 2-0 lead with two-run blast in the top of the first inning. He finished 2-for-3 at the dish with six RBIs and three runs scored.
 
Lamb finished 3-for-4 in the nightcap with four driven in.
 
Shippensburg starting pitcher Jonah Mayer fanned six in 4.1 innings pitched.
 

BASEBALL: Cano-Piszel starts off the game with his 10th homerun of the season 💣 pic.twitter.com/BoIMj8WEhk

— Shippensburg University Raiders (@ShipURaiders) April 30, 2026