Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – A walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh made a winner out of host Shippensburg in game one, and an RBI single with two outs in the fourth scored the deciding unearned run in game two as Shippensburg swept a PSAC East doubleheader from West Chester at Robb Field on Thursday.
Chelsea Carson was walked with one out in the bottom of the seventh, and Abby Block followed with a double to right-center that plated Carson with the only run of the game in the opener of the twinbill between two schools tied for second place in the Eastern Division with identical 3-3 records.
Shannon Padula (12-6) scattered four hits over 6.1 innings, walking three and striking out two in game one. The senior lefty came back in game two, relieving starter Samantha Soprano, and allowed seven hits and three runs, only two of which were earned, but suffered the loss. Soprano threw just one inning, walking three and striking out one.
In the nightcap, Shippensburg’s Courtney Steele singled to right in the bottom of the fourth, scoring Jill Mullan with the eventual winning run.
The Raiders (17-13, 5-3 PSAC East) pushed two runs across in the third when Hope Cornell and Steele singled to open the frame. Lisamarie Ramagli doubled home Cornell, and Dana Ward singled home pinch-runner Rochelle Troise, to tie the game at 2-2.
West Chester (21-11, 3-5) had gone up 2-0 in the top half of the third when Meghan Halberstadt singled in two runs after Samantha Ingersoll and Megan Harbaugh singled and doubled, respectively, to open the inning.
Ingersoll finished the nightcap 2-for-4 and Kristen McCoy was 2-for-3. Stef Kerbacher, Evelyn Anderson and Harbaugh recorded the only three hits in game one.
Shippensburg’s Lori Knopf (10-5) picked up both wins, tossing two complete games.
