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LAMPER Andrew Miller
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Shepherd SHEP-W 16-9, 1-6 PSAC E
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Winner Shippensburg SHIP-S 10-6, 4-1 PSAC E
Shepherd SHEP-W
16-9, 1-6 PSAC E
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Final
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Shippensburg SHIP-S
10-6, 4-1 PSAC E
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Shepherd SHEP-W 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0
Shippensburg SHIP-S 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3 6 0

W: Emma Flattery (4-1) L: Laing, Katie (6-4)

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Winner Shepherd SHEP-W 17-9, 2-6 PSAC E
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Shippensburg SHIP-S 10-7, 4-2 PSAC E
Winner
Shepherd SHEP-W
17-9, 2-6 PSAC E
9
Final
7
Shippensburg SHIP-S
10-7, 4-2 PSAC E
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Shepherd SHEP-W 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 12 1
Shippensburg SHIP-S 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 7 10 2

W: Lamper, Sarah (0-0) L: Hanna Phillips (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Shepherd Softball Rallies in Nightcap to Gain Split with Shippensburg

(Photo Courtesy of Andrew Miller - Shippensburg University)

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Shepherd University (17-9, 2-6 PSAC East) split a doubleheader with Shippensburg (10-7, 4-2 PSAC East) in PSAC East softball action at Shippensburg on Tuesday. Shippensburg gained a 3-2 win in game one, while Shepherd scored seven runs over the final two innings in the nightcap to rally for a 9-7 triumph. 

Shepherd took a 2-0 lead in the first inning in the nightcap on a homer by graduate student third baseman Nicole Purtell (Centreville, Va./Centreville) and an RBI-single off the bat of junior second baseman Caitlin Donnelly (Newark, Del./Padua Academy). 

Shippensburg got a two-run homer by Hannah Marsteller in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 2-all. 

The Raiders took a 3-2 lead in the second as Emilee Sullivan singled and later scored on an error. 

After the Raiders added two in the third, Marsteller hit a two-run blast in the fourth to up the lead to 7-2. 

Junior outfielder Isabella Forte (Hedgesville, W.Va./Hedgesville) hit an RBI-double and Purtell added a two-run single in the sixth as Shepherd cut the lead to 7-5. 

The Rams tacked on four runs in the seventh to gain the win. Senior catcher Alex Mantz (Edinburg, Va./Central) ripped a two-run double to key the rally. 

Donnelly went 3-for-3 and Purtell went 3-for-5 to lead the Rams. 

Graduate student pitcher Sarah Lamper  (Marshall, Va./Fauquier) (4.0 IP, 5 H, 2ER, 5 K, 1 BB) (2-1) gained the win. Hannah Phillips (0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 K, 1 BB) (1-1) took the loss. 

Shepherd took a 1-0 lead in the first inning in game one as Purtell singled and later scored on a double by senior outfielder Hannah Beeler (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim). 

Shippensburg took a 2-1 lead in the third on a two-run single by Myers. 

Shepherd tied the game in the fifth as senior outfielder Kylie Condon (Charles Town, W.Va./Washington) singled and later scored on an infield single by Donnelly. 

Shippensburg scored the game-winner in the seventh on an RBI-single by Katelyn Minney. 

Donnelly went 3-for-3 to lead the Rams.                

Emma Flattery (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB) (4-1) gained the win. Senior pitcher Katie Laing (Jefferson, Md./Brunswick) (6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 5 BB) (6-4) took the loss.  

The Rams return to action on Friday when they travel to Mansfield for a 2 p.m. doubleheader. 

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